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Im kate howard. Im the mayors budget director. Im here to just to talk briefly about the really exciting opportunity that i 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 a...

I ran it for almost nine years. And when i was elected to office four years ago, i was unfortunately more surprised than i wanted to be about how far behind San Francisco government was. This was very 2008, 2009. With you im really proud of the leaps and bounds we have taken as a city. I was proud in 2010 to help move forward legislation to really bring together city departments to work in a coordinated way with our committee on information technology. To help create a chief Information Officer position for the city. I was also proud to work with then mayor newsome in passing the first generat...

Of a culture shock. And this is where all of us come in today. We have 200 data sets that have already been put out there, but by and large the data sets put out by City Government are data sets that i think show us in a very positive way. From my perspective, its important for us to keep on pushing data sets that allow us to deal with the sometimes imperfections in City Government. To figure it out, where it is we need to take risks, we are we can be more entrepreneurial, where we can be more transparent and frank little more accountable to all of you as the residents and as our customers her...

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 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...

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 years ago, i like all of you started a company. I started in iti a Technology Company in the 1. 0 world. It was a company that created technology to connect citizens better with government. I ran it for almost nine years. An...