Cloud-Based OpenGov.com Enables Sierra County to Engage Residents by Inviting Them to Explore County's Financial Data on the Internet Downieville, CA - January, 30th 2014 - Sierra County and OpenGov.com announced the deployment of a powerful new tool that visualizes the county's financial data. By leveraging the OpenGov open budget platform, citizens and staff can use the web-based software to enhance access, understanding, and analysis of the city's annual budget. Van Maddox, Sierra County's Auditor/Treasurer-Tax Collector, initiated the partnership to make the government administration's finances easily accessible and understandable, and to build trust with citizens in the community. The public is invited to explore the tool on the County's web site, or directly at http://sierracounty.opengov.com. "With the OpenGov Platform, Sierra County residents have a better understanding of where their tax dollars are going and how the money is spent locally. We wanted to be more transparent and this software allows visitors to drill down into the data and view it in a more enticing way," said Maddox. "Sierra County is the first county in the state of California on the OpenGov Platform and is raising the bar for government by bringing its finances to life," says Zachary Bookman, CEO and co-founder of OpenGov. "The county deepens it trust with its citizens and provides meaning to the data by making its finances easily accessible." About OpenGov, Inc. OpenGov offers web-based software for state and local government finances. The OpenGov Platform provides instant access to the budget and visualizes current and historic revenue and expenses-from multi-year trends to object-level details. Government officials and citizens use the platform to understand, analyze, and share the data. Learn more at https://sierracounty.opengov.com/