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Recognition for receiving the Government Finance Officers Association Award for Excellence in Government Finance.
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The City of Rock Hill was honored by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) as a winner of the 2011 Awards for Excellence in Government Finance. The GFOA's Awards for Excellence in Government Finance recognize contributions to the practice of government finance that exemplify outstanding financial management. The awards stress practical, documented work that offers leadership to the profession and promotes improved public finance.
The City of Rock Hill was recognized in the category for Management and Service Delivery for "Measuring Service Performance, Not Departments: Using Dashboards to Communicate Results." GFOA summarized the award entry by saying,
"Taking the concept of dashboards a step further, the City of Rock Hill, South Carolina, decided to present a wide variety of measures in a number of categories, arranging them by service area rather than by department. This approach advances the practice of providing information to departments, elected officials, and the community in an easy to understand, straight-forward manner. The city now produces easy-to-read 30-page reports twice a year, complemented by an online performance dashboard that uses graphs, timelines, and narrative information to communicate a wealth of information about the city’s progress. Rock Hill now has an accountability system that truly increases the financial awareness of its organization and community, allowing the city to use performance management in a way that meaningfully affects its operational practices and holds the city responsible for outcomes."
Rock Hill is among three winners in the category of Management and Service Delivery for 2011, including a joint project between the City of Los Angeles and City of Atlanta, and a program of the Government Finance Officers Association of British Columbia.