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So, we have a unique problem, i think, to a lot of startups in the fact that we have a product that we sell and a lot of different vertical. We also have data we want to provide to the society at large. And how do we not step on our own toes and give away our own data and make the company worthless. So, its tough. Its a definite fine line between the two. Today we announced that were going to give crowding data to the city so youll know where crowds are in the city and when they occur and where they occur. And that really isnt commercially viable for us. So, something we can provide to the cit...

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 already doing well, which is using that information to make better decisions. And thats really what our of...

Mind, i want to do a show of hands. I get this question a lot in terms of how much of the work is getting out there. How many of you have ever heard of the green button, a green button . Most of the panelists and audience members. Its a good thing were here. It is a initiative launched by the white house but industry led. You should be able to get your own energy data in a machine readable format you can then give to companies, organizations like the ones being celebrated here today to provide real value to you such as saving money, improving energy efficiency, and protecting the environment. ...

An excellent job and i would like to say publicly that since your involvement with this you have really elevated this event and i remember years ago that we first had the room at the hotel in japan town and it was a oneday event and where it is at now and you have really raised the bar on this and i dont know how we can top it. And i am sure that we will about to hear how we will top this later on. And so, which i dont doubt that you can do. And i thought that flavors was excellent and i like, you know our committee decided to, you know, charge with flavors and it worked. And i mean, and so we...

Attorney, the district attorney, and private law firms, and there was one entity that olse had and there were some wage theft and the business closed was going to sell the property and the entities were about to leave town, the employees alerted olse and because of the Wage Theft Task force it really, the people have established a relationship so, the City Attorney and the district attorney, and the private attorney, all worked together to take some immediate action that they needed to take in a matter of like 72 hours. And did it and got it done and really prevented, this entity from being ab...