Turn government data into results residents can see.
Increase transparency, improve performance, and achieve maximum impact. Clear Impact pairs Results-Based Accountability with software that connects your strategic plan, budget, and performance management in one system — at every level of government.
Trusted across federal, state, and local government — a GSA contract holder and certified small business.
In government, transparency isn't optional — it's the job. When residents and leaders can see whether conditions are improving, trust and better decisions follow.
Every agency collects data. Few can turn it into results.
Public agencies sit on enormous amounts of data, yet struggle to convert it into insight that leaders, legislators, and residents can act on. Three gaps get in the way.
Data that doesn't drive decisions
Agencies collect and report enormous volumes of data, but it rarely becomes the clear, comparable insight leaders need to set priorities and act.
Plans, budgets, and performance disconnected
Strategic plans, budgets, and performance management live in separate documents and systems — so strategy and spending drift apart from day-to-day management.
Accountable to everyone at once
Residents, elected officials, funders, and oversight bodies all demand proof of results — often in different formats, on different timelines.
The answer is a shared operating system for results — one place that connects budgeting, strategic planning, and performance management around the outcomes that matter.
Built for federal, state, and local government
The same disciplined approach scales from a single county office to a federal agency — meeting each level of government where it is.
Federal
Turn massive volumes of program data into actionable, impact-driven insight — focusing stakeholders on measurable improvements in the services people rely on.
State
Collaborate across agencies and regions to simplify data collection, standardize reporting, measure progress, and demonstrate improvement at scale.
Local
Integrate budgeting, strategic planning, and performance management in one place — maximum outcomes for residents, even with constrained resources.
Collect it, manage it, communicate it
Clear Impact translates Results-Based Accountability from a framework into daily practice — three products that work as one, connecting strategy, budget, measures, and public reporting.
Compyle
Collect participant, program, case, survey, and referral data across agencies and providers — turning scattered inputs into reliable, comparable performance information.
Scorecard
Organize population indicators, performance measures, strategies, narratives, and trendlines in one system — connecting your strategic plan and budget to day-to-day management.
Showcase
Publish accessible, interactive public dashboards and report cards — so residents, legislators, and oversight bodies can see progress the way Connecticut publishes its Children's Report Card.
Compyle collects the data · Scorecard turns it into managed performance · Showcase communicates it — all framed by Results-Based Accountability.
Two kinds of accountability — kept clear
Results-Based Accountability was built for public-sector work. It separates the whole-population conditions government is responsible for from the performance of the programs that serve them.
The whole population
Whether children are ready for school, communities are safe, and residents are healthy and financially secure — conditions that require many agencies and partners working together.
A program or agency
Whether a specific program or service is delivered well and its participants are measurably better off — the performance an agency directly owns and can improve.
Every program answers three questions
How much did we do?
How well did we do it?
Is anyone better off?
"Turn the Curve" — from a trend to action
Reporting a measure is the start, not the end. Leaders read the trend, tell the story behind it, and decide what to do next — then repeat.
Measure what government is accountable for
A strong system doesn't track every possible data point. It selects the measures most useful for decisions, budgeting, oversight, and public transparency.
Population conditions & indicators
Whole-population well-being — school readiness, public safety, health, economic security — that government is ultimately accountable for.
Program reach
How many residents and constituents received services or support across programs and agencies.
Service quality
How well services were delivered — timeliness, access, responsiveness, and completion.
Constituent outcomes
Whether residents are measurably better off after receiving a service or participating in a program.
Equity & disaggregation
Whether outcomes differ by geography, race, income, or age — so disparities across communities are visible.
Cross-agency coordination
How agencies and partners align around shared results, and where hand-offs and referrals succeed or fail.
Budget & resource alignment
How dollars and staff connect to results — so investment can be evaluated against outcomes, not just outputs.
The guiding principle
Every measure should have a clear purpose — inform strategy, guide budget, demonstrate accountability, or reveal disparities.
What accountable government looks like
Public agencies at every level use Clear Impact and RBA to connect strategy to results — and show residents the difference.
Move a whole-population result
By aligning partners around a shared result and tracking it in Scorecard, Queen Anne's County, MD raised school readiness from below 50% to 85%.
Publish a public report card
Connecticut's Children's Report Card puts whole-population indicators in front of the public and policymakers — making progress and priorities visible to everyone.
Connect budget to results
Local governments integrate budgeting, strategic planning, and performance management in one place — so spending decisions are grounded in the outcomes they produce.
Accountability the public can see
Government answers to many stakeholders at once. One shared system lets you give each of them clear, credible, consistent evidence of progress — and builds the public trust that good government depends on.
- Residents can see what's improving and where continued attention is needed.
- Elected officials gain a clear line of sight from budget to strategy to results.
- Agencies & partners align around shared population results, not siloed reports.
- Oversight & funders get credible evidence that investment is producing outcomes.
One measurement system, many audiences — each seeing the evidence that matters to them.
From strategic plan to measurable progress
A staged path that connects the work you already do — strategic planning, budgeting, and performance management — into one accountable cycle.
Identify & Train
Build the team's skills across RBA, Scorecard, Compyle, and Showcase.
Align
Define population results and priority outcomes; connect them to the strategic plan.
Design
Select population indicators and program performance measures; link them to budget.
Configure
Build Scorecards, forms, and dashboards connecting strategy, budget, and performance.
Engage Agencies
Bring agencies and partners into shared measures and reporting.
Pilot
Start with one priority result or department; refine before expanding.
Scale & Publish
Expand across agencies and publish public dashboards and report cards.
Review
Hold regular Turn the Curve reviews; report to leadership, legislators, and the public.
Show residents results they can see
Let's talk about your priorities, your agencies, and a practical path to connect strategy, budget, and performance around measurable outcomes.