The US Federal government has recently released an IT Dashboard at it.usaspending.gov. The sites provides an insight into how taxpayers money is being used by the government. They have cited the following reasons for creating this site:

- Greater transparency for their clients (the taxpayer)

- To demonstrate a cultural change in the attitude towards their clients

- To enhance their reputation for the way they are spending the money

These are all the same reasons that IT teams should be creating their own dashboards. The dashboard is not only a great tool for them to use themselves but is also an excellent way to connect with, and demonstrate value to, their clients – i.e. the rest of the business.

If there is any doubt about whether clients are interested in this kind of information, the federal IT Dashboard site has to date had in excess of 20 million hits. This is an easy way for them to connect with their clients and gain credibility.

So if the US Government are doing this then so should you. With The IT Dashboard (www.itdashboard.co.uk) you can demonstrate the value of your IT team by providing transparency in the way that you spend your budget, run projects, as well as handling risks and problems. What’s more, all the hard work of creating the site has already been done for you

Why not check out the features of The IT Dashboard

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