Case Study: Allegheny County achieves streamlined management reporting and faster financial insights with OpenGov

Allegheny County, PA Streamlines Management Reporting with OpenGov

Allegheny County, PA—a large, post‑recession county facing tight budgets and rising service demands—struggled with a legacy financial and payroll system that made reporting slow, cumbersome, and heavily dependent on IT. Delayed, static reports created knowledge gaps, impeded timely decisions, and limited transparency for managers, officials, and the public.

Implementing OpenGov as the county’s primary reporting platform allowed Allegheny to load anonymized payroll and financial data into interactive, shareable dashboards so managers can self‑serve, drill to transaction level, and spot issues (for example, missing accruals) much faster. The move replaced bulky monthly PDFs with live reports, freed IT for strategic work, streamlined accounting and reconciliations, and improved decision‑making, accountability, and financial transparency.

Allegheny County

Tony Cholewinski

Assistant to the Deputy Controller of Management Systems