OpenGov has launched “OpenGov Across America” in support of local government leaders to thank them for shouldering the burden of keeping their communities safe and governments open for business throughout the pandemic.
As part of this campaign, OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman has set out on a nearly 4,000-mile cross-country bike tour to meet with and hear directly from town, city, and county leaders about how their governments have evolved to address the urgent needs of their communities in the pandemic.
In conjunction with this ride, OpenGov has committed to supporting the mission of the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute For American Democracy to increase awareness of the importance of civic engagement, civics education, and civil discourse. OpenGov will match up to $10,000 in donations for this effort.
“I’m excited to embark on this amazing adventure to highlight the local government visionaries who have devoted their lives to serving American communities,” said OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman. “In support of that mission, OpenGov is proud to team up with the O’Connor Institute to champion the next generation of public servants and educate residents about the importance of civic engagement.”
“The Institute is gratified that OpenGov recognizes the importance of public service and leadership,” said Institute CEO Sarah Suggs. “We appreciate this tremendous effort by Zac Bookman in civic engagement and philanthropy.”
As OpenGov looks to shed light on the importance of local leadership, government leaders and public-sector allies are encouraged to post photos and videos of themselves thanking someone in the public sector or sharing how they got into public service on LinkedIn or Twitter with #OpenGovAcrossAmerica and #GovLove, for an opportunity to be featured on OpenGov’s social channels.
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About Zac Bookman
Zac Bookman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenGov. He holds a BA from the University of Maryland; MPA from Harvard Kennedy School; and a JD from Yale Law School. He is a former Fulbright Fellow, Mexico, studying transparency through the lens of Mexico's Freedom of Information Act; law clerk to the Honourable Sandra S. Ikuta on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; practised trial litigation, Keker & Van Nest, San Francisco, representing Silicon Valley and Fortune 500 clients in contract, trade secret, white-collar criminal and patent matters; and served as an adviser to U.S. Army General H.R. McMaster on the Combined Joint Interagency Task Force - Shafafiyat (Transparency), an anticorruption task force at the International Security Assistance Forces headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.
What Is OpenGov?
OpenGov is the leader in modern cloud technology for government. OpenGov was founded in 2012 by Zac Bookman, Joe Lonsdale, and technologists from Stanford University, who studied government budgeting in the aftermath of the Great Recession. They observed dedicated public servants struggle against outdated technology that prevented them from accessing timely spending information and communicating their priorities to citizens and elected officials. Believing there was a better way, the team set out to build a modern cloud ERP designed exclusively for the unique budgeting, financial management, and citizen services needs of the public sector in order to power more effective and accountable government. Today over 1,000 public agencies nationwide form a growing network leveraging OpenGov to become more collaborative, digitalize mission-critical processes, and enable best-in-class communication with stakeholders.
