Citizen Y: Are Citizen Reporting Apps Protecting Your Pizza?

It seems so obvious now.  Pizza man was confused.  Couldn’t find our street. 

Newly equipped with YourGOV eyes, I finally figured out why my cheese and green olive with extra sauce was soggy and late:  our street sign is missing.  How long have we been living in this chaos? 

Time for some woman-on-the-street YourGOV reporting! 

The process is simple.  Tap the YourGOV app.  A map of your location will appear.  Tap “+” to add the location and start a report.  When your location is determined, you’ll get a window telling you if it’s served by a YourGOV organization.  If it is, the information you submit is streamlined to the recipient. 

But here’s the cool thing:  even if your local government isn’t a YourGOV organization (mine isn’t), you can submit a citizen report and it will be sent to the appropriate agency.

I’ve never been accused of being a techie, but I find this app to be straightforward and simple.  Tap “issue” and a scrolling list of options will appear.  “Sign Issue” is it today, so I tap it.  Add details?  I could suggest where I believe the sign went, but I’ll leave that to the local police. 

For now, I note the name of the street and that the bird perch atop the stop sign is missing the part that names it.  Add photo?  Of course!  Simple:  tap it and take it. 

I’ve also opted to “include contact info."  You know,  just in case someone wants to call to thank me.  It could happen.