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Think is going to be coming up in the city, which is announcement of our new chief data officer. Some people may think that the Budget Office is mostly being countered, but really our office is focused on how do we make government more efficient, how do we make it more effective, and how do we use information to make better decisions. And i think thats why the mayor has asked that the chief data officer sit in my office. So that they have access to Financial Information as well as a team of peop...

People dont know there might be an existent location that they dont know about that could be related to their health. And they could have that instantaneously. These are just three of some of, i think, just hoards of examples that when we allow Data Analytics and this is really to me a Technology Geeks really dream, is to have all of this Data Available so that we can mine them in different ways and very creative ways. And i want to say, again, as someone who has worked in government for 23 year...

Us, thank them for celebrating innovation month in such a exemplary way. And i think were going to have a lot more to announce before this month is out, including on our way to the world series. Thank you very much. applause now, if i may introduce our partner in crime here, board president david chiu who is also going to be complimenting us with all of his efforts at the board. Come on up, david. applause good morning. I am incredibly excited to be here today for a couple of reasons. First of a...

More accountable to all of you as the residents and as our customers here in City Government. And this is why i am proud tomorrow to help move forward legislation that my staff has been working closely with jay nath and mayor leon that will real i do three things. First of all, it will create a chief data officer because we need one person who is responsible and accountable for moving forward our open data agenda. Secondly, were going to require every department in the city to have a representat...

You yourself are interested, id love to talk to you, so, find me after. The role of this person is to figure out how do we build on what weve already done in terms of open data, how do we make government more transparent, what kinds of standards are needed to make sure that data is accessible both within the city, between agencies and also to the private sector and the public. And i think that this person, this data officer really will help us do what many of you in the private sector are alread...

Really to me a Technology Geeks really dream, is to have all of this Data Available so that we can mine them in different ways and very creative ways. And i want to say, again, as someone who has worked in government for 23 years, ive been at those departments like dpw and others where we think in one dimension. This is where we clean the streets. This is how often we clean it. This is when we tell the cars to move off. And this is what dpw does and it does it pretty well within that constraint....

I am incredibly excited to be here today for a couple of reasons. First of all, the hatchery is one of my Favorite Places in the city. There is truly a bee hive of activity of the newest innovations that San Francisco will be famous for. I also love the fact that just a couple of blocks from here is where our San Francisco giants are moving on to the world series. But just in this room, all of you are giants and making sure that San Francisco is the World Champion when it comes to innovation. 13...

I want to thank supervisor chiu who has been a leader both in the parks world and in the technology world. Sf city has really been a driving force behind helping government think about new ways, new and improved ways maybe for some of you theyre old ways now. But new and improved ways for government to reach users of our programs and services. And i want to say the last special thank you to the folks from appleliscious. This thing is awesome. This past year, the trust for public land which is a ...

President david chiu who is also going to be complimenting us with all of his efforts at the board. Come on up, david. applause good morning. I am incredibly excited to be here today for a couple of reasons. First of all, the hatchery is one of my Favorite Places in the city. There is truly a bee hive of activity of the newest innovations that San Francisco will be famous for. I also love the fact that just a couple of blocks from here is where our San Francisco giants are mong on to the world s...

This month is out, including on our way to the world series. Thank you very much. applause now, if i may introduce our partner in crime here, board president david chiu who is also going to be complimenting us with all of his efforts at the board. Come on up, david. applause good morning. I am incredibly excited to be here today for a couple of reasons. First of all, the hatchery is one of my Favorite Places in the city. There is truly a bee hive of activity of the newest innovations that San Fr...