Their processes. Right now there is a meeting going on where the Strategic Plan i shared with you is going into what we call a deep dive, so we are actually working with each one of the divisions and reviewing each individual project and have that dashboard, color coded dashboard to review and im aware where each project is. Thank you for the opportunity to present and i certainly look forward to working with all of you on Technology Projects for the city. So, im happy to answer any questions. Thank you, linda. Colleagues . I do have a few questions. So, thank so much, for presenting today. And it feels like you know, theres quite a bit of work that needs to be done, but im glad that we are moving towards a process of addressing it. I had, i wanted to bring up somewhat separate concern, although related to this audit, which is expense of our licensed Software Usage here in San Francisco and i know i bring this up all the time at the Board Meeting when we have licensed software contracts that come before the board. And its really not a criticism on each individual contract, but just the citys overall vision and work on what we are doing at reducing our reliance on licensed software, paid licensed software and the work we are doing to figure out which systems need to be on licensed software and which are on free or open source. This is something ive been bringing up continually since at least 2011, and neither of you were on the board when i first began speaking about this. But i do think that government spends an inordinate amount of money on licensed software, some we have to do, probably not other times of operating systems that we can include that isnt paid licensed software. But some of which i think we could wean ourselves off of and save the city millions of dollars, you know, taxpayer dollars. So what i want to ask the department of technology and this has come up in previous years, but what has been the continuing discussion and vision about how we can relook at how we do licensed software here in San Francisco. Im happy to address that, and i agree with you, i have always been a proponent for open source solutions, having said that, open source is a unique type of software implementation, and its not just about the, how the software is coded, it is the infrastructure thats around it. So, having said that, i know there have been discussions with the p. U. C. About their use of open Source Software. They have demonstrated that they are using open source. And quite honestly, the Biggest Software system that d. T. Supports, or did support, is an open source product. You may not be aware, the citys entire web presence, both internal and external, is on druple, an open source environment. So i think that shows the commitment to that type of technology. Having said that, we also need to recognize that druple is widely supported, has a very Large Community of support that makes it viable. So i think as we move forward and talk about how we make technology choices, i am always going to come down on the side of reliability, sustainability, and its ability to be improved and stay secure into the future. I think an open source project needs to demonstrate that just like we would require that of a vendor and i think we look forward to lowering our license costs by also starting to use more standards. So, really adopting a strategy that says lets look at the portfolio, the Technology Portfolio that we have today. Lets use the Software Technology we have in place today. Lets expand that. We gain so much when we do that through training thats already in place, support thats already in place. All we have to do is expand a bit of capacity and its operational as opposed to a complete implementation. So, im an advocate for, lets always before we implement something totally new, and i know there are lots of industry conferences that people go to and come home with a new shiny widget, lets look at what we have in the city. The more we can standardize, the more we can share data. You heard the conversation this morning about shared data. The more we share systems, the more we share data. Thank you so much for that response and i think its great the website is operated on open source, im not sure everything should be open source although i question whether licensed software is more secure than open source, in particular given what we are seeing in the National Headlines what we assumed were the most secure agencies in the country that is getting hacked. But i think its that is the answer that ive gotten before, that its something thats being examined, that we look at it. I guess i want to understand if we are going to establish protocol so we start to see less licensed software contracts come before the board of supervisors. I guess i have not seen that reduction yet. And so im not sure if departments are seriously examining the options. One great example is the fact all of our emails on microsoft outlook. There are clearly other Free Email Software thats out there that other government uses, and so you know, there are just some easier ones that seems we are not tackling. I get it with the recent, for example, the recent p. C. Contract with oracle that came through, there probably is not a lot of open Source Software that deals with bill management and construction communications. Seems like for some very specific types of operating systems we will have to pay for licensed software, but for stuff like microsoft word and email, there clearly are other free options that are available to the city where you know, i think security is probably equal between paid and unpaid. And im just wondering why we havent been examining the resources so we can save our taxpayer dollars and put them towards street cleaning. So, i can address that. I think you have to look at the total cost of ownership on any project and you also need to look at integration, which we have also heard can be crippling when the systems dont talk to each other. So, the fact that patch management for Office Products is integrated with its security, integrated with its identity managements, integrated, so its not just email, its the whole suite of applications that interface with email and can those be delivered in a Cost Effective way looking at total cost of ownership. Integrating or trying to manage identity differently in maybe a siloed email systems versus how other desktop tools are provided might actually increase the cost of ownership. We can always do a study on that, if you would like me to. But i think its really looking at as we move forward and i agree with you, have new conversations about new investments or even look at old ones as contracts come up for renewal, lets look at that total cost of ownership, look at what it takes to integrate, deliver and secure, and make sure we are making the best investment possible. Supervisor kim im not going to put this on both of you, you were not here when i was bringing this up, when i was on Budget Committee in 2011 and 2012, but i have not seen a plan come forward, and i think its often too late at the point that we are procuring contracts to begin to examine open source. I feel we have to do that work now and have a longterm plan for the next 10, 20 years. In the time we do contract procurement, we dont have a lot of time to look at massive kind of systems change, and i think what im asking for is more of a comprehensive system change look that will take time to implement. So, 5 or 6 years down the road when we are finally looking at what type of email system we will use, today we have already determined that moving to this system, you know, is the right move and the Cost Effectiveness for the city. I just think these decisions are going to take a lot longer to implement. And so i just think what i would ask, actually, is that we begin to examine that now so that, you know, we can say by 2025 we will move our email system to a free service, or you know something along those lines. Im not suggesting it be email, although i do know municipal governments and other cities use g mail for free, i believe others are on g mail, not saying it has to be google. But i think we should be looking at these systems and seeing how we can save taxpayer dollars and put them into, you know, put them into uses that, where we really need some changes like improving our parks and our streets like i said. So thats something that i asked 5, 6 years ago and i think there was some lip service that was given to open source or Free Software but i have not seen the city really move in that direction. And i think department of technology is in a very difficult position in the sense that you know, we would like you to lead and manage for all of our departments around their technology but thats just not frankly what happens today. And so there is just some incredible inefficiency on the executive side in terms of the project management that you have been talking about. We put the accountability on d. T. , but i dont feel like we really give you the authority and power to make sure all the departments are aligning under one vision and one system, i dont know how we can fix it. Its frustrating we have the same conversation year after year about improving efficiency and direct management but that does not seem to actually happen the next year we have the same discussion. So im not providing any answers, im just venting a little bit of frustration that ive had over the conversation thats been, at least for me going on for seven years and i have not does not appear theres been a lots of improvement and it may not be on the department of technology. I think we can look at it. Overall frustration ive been having. I think we can look at it. But remind you, its always on the business requirements as well. So, and business requirements change and the technology changes. So, there was a time when many of our peers were looking at g mail. But it does not support other requirements, which are required for Law Enforcement so then we would be supporting two environments. Now duplicating infrastructure for two environments. Its the total cost of ownership. What is it going to take to support, what is it going take to deliver the Business Service and is it Cost Effective. We may get the license for free, but staff up 25 people to support an environment, its more costly than possibly another solution. So, thae absolutely, and i think i think thats why an overall plan is really helpful because when we get these contract by contract kind of Decision Making here at the board its really hard to understand the overall thinking and vision that went into why that individual contract comes before the board. Very, very good point. The contracts are incredibly expensive. They are millions of dollars, and so for me as someone who is a steward of public dollars i think its important for us to always be asking questions, is this the most cost efficient way to deliver these services for the city. And often i feel like i dont get the bigger birds eye view of why we decide to go down this route with each individual contract but it would be helpful to have the overall vision and answers of why the system is not going to work for us and thats why we went with this licensed software. I absolutely agree with you. And i am a very big proponent for what is called i. T. Governance, and that sounds kind of nebulous, but really isnt. For every project understanding many of the things in the audit, about scope, about cost, but really doing that cost benefit analysis over five years, its understanding what the market provides, and what are your options and alternatives and making that part of the business decision before procurement is done, and i will promise you that we are going to implement that. My final comment that ill make, and this is a comment i made several times, is that i in particular have a long standing frustration with Certain Companies like oracle who have been in the business of providing licensed software to government that have these ballooning payments in the final years when their software is largely outdated but we are totally dependent on it because everybody is on it so we pay the exorbitant amounts of money and i want us to be cautious as we contract with companies that there are Certain Companies in their Business Model with government have figured out ways to extract argue amounts of public taxpayer dollars and you know, that is how they kind of meet their bottom line. And so i hope we are thoughtful in the negotiations with these companies who put that kind of in there, the reports to their investors in terms of how they make money. I think its incredible irresponsible of those company, for example but its incredibly frustrating from our side to see these contracts come before us. Thank you. Thank you. So, if there are no further questions, why dont we open this up to public comment. I dont know unless d. T. Staff want to make public comment, you are welcome to do. Ok. Seeing no public comment, item number 4, closed, any closing comments . I would like to thank the budget and legislative Analysts Office and the department of technology and linda, you better stay for a long time, and thank my colleagues on the government audit and Oversight Committee and with that, i would like to file this item. Thank you. We will take a motion to file this item and do it without opposition. Any other items before this board . That completes the agenda for today. Meeting is adjourned. 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I am mohammed nuru, the director of the San Francisco public works department. I want to gyp by just thanking all of you by joining us to celebrate the completion of our new office of chief medical examiners facility. [ applause ] just to acknowledge a couple of people that are joining us today i see the fire chief. His wife is here. I see commander laz is r is here, along with commander ewing from the police department. Of course, our sheriff, sheriff hennessee, who will be actually providing security at this facility, tom dewey, the director, and the office of occi. The office of Community Engagement and involvement. Yes. And, of course, all of you. I just again want to say thank you. What a tremendous project this is. It brings me great joy to welcome this new addition to the citys infrastructure to Hunters Point the neighborhood the prom has been in the works for a while. Were glad to have it in bayview. Not only is this facility a worldclass facility, its this facility has been delivered in a very fiscal matter and timely. I think, for me, one of the most important things that we like on a job and it happened on this job, it was delivered with a great safety record. Not one injury in the two years this prom was built. This project is a support project. Its and as the director of the project i want to say how proud hi am to deliver this project. And i want to take this opportunity to thank the Public Works Team in all of the work they did on this project. That was led by city architect edgar lopez. Several of our project architects, magnidina royal. I also want to thank our talented construction crew and construction company, clock construction, who did a very, very good in delivering this. And, of course, k. M. D. Architects, the designers of the facility. And, most important, our client and partner, dr. Hunter, and his staff. And i can tell you, with all of the projects in this city, none of them would be possible without the leadership of our mayor, ed lee. Who, ed, before you became mayor, you were at the city administrators office. You will hear from the city administrator today also. But his commitment and his dedication to making sure that