The City earned the Silver What Works Cities Certification in recognition of its excellence using data and evidence to improve outcomes for residents.

The City of Alexandria received the 2023 Organizational Leadership Award from the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA) Center for Accountability and Performance.

The City is proud to be recognized in the 2025 Digital Cities Survey.  This national recognition reflects our City’s ongoing work to advance digital equity, data-driven operations, and smarter service delivery for our community. The City has been ranked in the Top 10 for 20 years.

The City earned the ICMA Certificate of Excellence in performance management, the highest award available.  The City has previously earned an ICMA award in 2019 and 2020.

Alexandria was named an innovative City by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

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The data service standard provides guidelines and best practices that the City follows to produce quality data and analytics services.

The City co-leads the regional government consortium, Mid-Atlantic StatNet, that facilitates and furthers analytics in local government.