COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY Rich Fitzgerald County Executive FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29, 2015 CONTACT: Amie M. Downs 412-350-3711 office 412-327-3700 cell Allegheny County Launches Information Portal PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald today announced that the County has launched an information portal, providing quick access to public information, data and forms in one place. The portal includes information from departments in the Executive Branch along with the Treasurer, Sheriff, District Attorney and Courts. The portal can be found at: InfoPortal.AlleghenyCounty.us. “Visitors to the County’s website can often be overwhelmed when trying to find information that they need,” said Fitzgerald. “Our goal in launching the portal is to provide one page where residents and visitors can go to in order to quickly find the resources they need from the County. We intend to continue adding to the data and information available to the portal so that the site is customer-friendly and helpful to those who use the county’s site. The one-stop shop provides new information, as well as quick access to real estate information, department data, forms and other materials that are already available through the county’s website. New features include reports and data from the Medical Examiner’s Office and sales data from Real Estate. Additionally, there are quick links to commonly used information in the county including job listings, real estate and court records, restaurant inspection reports, elections information, budgets, maps and forms. “I’m proud of the work that Computer Services did in making information accessible to everyone through this easy to use portal,” said County Manager William D. McKain CPA. “The cooperation that we received from our Departments, as well as the District Attorney, Treasurer, Sheriff and Courts, in making information – particularly information that is frequently needed or requested – more easily accessible made the difference in this project. We look forward to adding additional detail and material in the future.” The County’s information portal is a first step towards the joint open data effort between Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh, in conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. The open data efforts, being supported by a Richard King Mellon Foundation grant, will build join technology infrastructure that will provide leaders and citizens with data-driven tools to improve the effectiveness of local government. ### Office of the County Executive 101 Courthouse • 436 Grant Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Phone (412) 350-6500 • Fax (412) 350-6512