Information Services Department
Transparency PortalA single search across every public record the City has already published.
Bryon Horn - Chief Information Officer
Pedro Braz - Senior Programmer Analyst
Arturo Pineda - Programmer Analyst IV/Webmaster
Transparency Portal
Where things stand
Public records exist — but they
aren't easy to find
Documents are spread across Fresno.gov pages, Laserfiche archives, and standalone compensation spreadsheets. Residents who can't find what they need file a Public Records Act request — which costs staff time Transparency Portal
What we built
One search bar for every published City record
Fresno.gov pages, Laserfiche documents, and
Transparency Act data — indexed together,
searchable from a single page.
Documents indexed at launch
Growing every day as new records are published.36,781
Fewer PRSA requests
If a resident can find it themselves, they don't need
to file a request.
Goal
Transparency Portal
A Real Search
Two search terms. Thirty-six matching
documents.
•Multi-term, faceted search
A resident types a name and a year. The
portal returns 36 matching documents.
•Auto-generated summaries
Every document has a plain-language
summary so residents don't have to
download a 40-page PDF to know what it is.
•Related documents
Pull up an amendment and the original
agreement and prior amendments are right
there.
•Filter, sort, and request
Filter by document type, sort by relevance or
date — and if the record isn't there, a one-
click PRSA request.
Transparency Portal
Compliance Made Easy
Every Transparency Act record — now a
searchable dataset.
Employee earnings. Consultant disclosures.
Executive and elected official compensation
benchmarks. Indexed and filterable by Article
and year.
Transparency Portal
Questions / Nexts Steps
Thank you.
Information Services Department