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QUESTION
How does the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) provide data support to other agencies and manage emergencies?
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The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI)'s data scientists undertake analytics projects with other agencies, deliver emergency analytics services, and engage in public open data initiatives. - Analytics projects are scoped with other agencies and within OTI to focus on priority citywide issues. - Data scientists play a vital role during emergencies, offering 'SWAT team style' analytics support. - The Open Data Team works with open data coordinators from various agencies, focusing on public engagement and managing the Open Data Help Desk.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:14:41
Do the data scientists or other employees assist other agencies with it or other units with ATI or do other agency staff assist, Mota?
0:14:49
Or
Martha Norrick
0:14:51
Yeah.
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Both both ways.
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Our our data scientists primarily work on sort of scoped analytics projects with other agencies.
0:14:59
We sometimes do scoped analytics projects within OTI itself.
0:15:04
We also So the data science team works on sort of priority projects from from city hall and sometimes also gets called in in the event of an emergency situation to do kind of like, you know, SWAT team style analytics, I guess.
0:15:19
I don't know if I'm thinking that's not the right the right phrase.
0:15:21
But the and then the open data team works primarily with open data coordinators at every different age agency Mhmm.
0:15:32
And also works on public engagement and runs the opens the open data help desk.
0:15:38
Okay.