QUESTION
How does the steering committee operate, and is there funding specific to its initiatives?
1:56:29
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The steering committee operates under the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with representation from every agency, without specific funding for the committees themselves.
- The steering committee is chaired by the CTO and includes members from all agencies.
- There is no direct funding assigned to the steering committee; however, initiatives fall under the strategic initiatives division of OTI.
- OTI's strategic initiatives division focuses on future strategies and integrating cutting-edge technologies.
- The city coordinates with the state on various fronts, including cyber security and AI, but has not asked for funding specific to the AI action plan.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:56:29
Now Congrats.
1:56:33
I know the the the folks comprising the external steering committee was was announced today.
1:56:39
Yesterday.
1:56:39
Excuse me.
1:56:40
So great.
1:56:42
The those internal steering committee there's a difference, right, between the in internal steering committee which is just agency to agency?
Matthew Fraser
1:56:49
Which is agencies.
1:56:50
Correct.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:56:50
Okay.
1:56:51
Will the Syrian Committee operate under OTI?
Matthew Fraser
1:56:54
The the the chair of the steering committee or the the committee is under my is underneath the CTO.
1:57:02
But it we have representation from every agency and like any of the cities tech tech steering committees or authorities or boards, they operate under the guidance votes.
1:57:12
Yeah.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:57:13
Okay.
1:57:13
And is there particular I know how these are in commit I know certain companies work, but do they use funding?
1:57:20
Do they use do they have any funding?
1:57:22
And are they using funding from OTI or additional sources?
Matthew Fraser
1:57:26
So there there's no funding specific to the committees themselves.
1:57:31
Under OTI, we have a strategic initiatives division that's focused on building building a future strategy of how we integrate future technologies and on the bleeding edge.
1:57:43
And anything that we're using to support this will be coming under that umbrella.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:57:47
Okay.
1:57:48
Is the city coordinating with the state or advocating to the state for any funding support related to the initiative, the steering committee, the bigger action plan?
Matthew Fraser
1:58:01
So we we work we work in concert with the state on many fronts, on cybersecurity front, on the AI front.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:58:07
But are you asking them for many?
Matthew Fraser
1:58:08
Oh, well.
1:58:10
We ask them for money all the time.
1:58:11
Yes.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:58:12
A specific specific to
Matthew Fraser
1:58:14
Susana.
1:58:15
To
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:58:15
AI action plan.
1:58:16
Yeah.
Matthew Fraser
1:58:17
We have not asked them from we have not asked them for money yet
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:58:21
Right.
1:58:21
During the year.
Matthew Fraser
1:58:21
An AI action plan because we need a tangible initiative to coalesce around to say we need money for.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:58:27
Okay.
1:58:27
But you
Matthew Fraser
1:58:28
We could.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:58:29
But you could.
1:58:29
We could.
1:58:30
And maybe.
Matthew Fraser
1:58:30
Maybe.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:58:31
Okay.