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Update on Mogafy demonstration project and asylum seeker initiative
1:12:41
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Commissioner Matthew C. Fraser provided an update on the Mogafy demonstration project, which has been put on hold due to the deployment of Mogafy in the Asylum Seeker Initiative run by other agencies.
- The demonstration project for debit cards (Fairs program) is currently tabled
- OTI did not pay Mogafy for the demonstration project
- The project was put on hold as of November 15th of the previous year
- Clarification was provided on the separation between OTI's demonstration project and the asylum seeker program run by other agencies
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:12:41
Thank you.
1:12:42
Okay.
1:12:43
Thank you so much deputy commissioner.
1:12:46
Commissioner, can I ask about these are short questions about the the Mokify contract?
1:12:54
Yeah.
1:12:55
I'll just I'll read them off.
1:12:56
You tell me what you can answer.
1:12:59
Sure.
1:13:00
Is can you share if there is any update on the demonstration project that OTI was working with on with Mogafy?
1:13:37
So it's tabled?
1:13:39
Okay.
1:13:39
And the demonstration projects was just for the debit cards?
1:13:44
And my city at all?
1:13:53
Do you know how much the city paid to to Mocafy at all?
1:14:02
Does Mocafy have any access to
1:14:17
For the asylum seekers?
1:14:21
But for okay.
1:14:22
Okay.
1:14:22
Got it.
1:14:22
Thank you for clarifying that.
1:14:24
Do you know if Mogafy still has access to any or if they ever had do they still have access to city data?
1:14:42
Okay.
1:14:42
Would they have any access through the My City demonstration project?
1:14:51
And so it was as of when did OTI table or the demonstration project or partnership, is that is that a stand still since when?
1:15:07
Okay.
1:15:09
Can you share did it have anything to do with the DOI probe into their contract?
Matthew C. Fraser
1:13:09
Given the deployment of Mogafy to support the Asylum Seeker Initiative.
1:13:15
We The which initiative?
1:13:17
Asylum Seeker Initiative, which wasn't run by the OTI, was run by other agencies.
1:13:23
We put the demonstration project basically in a standstill state to see the success that we could glean from the other programs.
1:13:32
And and that that that's the current state where it currently sits.
1:13:38
Yeah.
1:13:38
That is right.
1:13:44
That is correct.
1:13:46
Yeah.
1:13:46
It was it was for the Fairs Fairs program, the Fairs Okay.
1:13:50
Yeah.
1:13:50
That is correct.
1:13:57
We didn't pay anything to Mocafy.
1:13:59
Mocafy is part of the program.
1:14:04
Just clarification.
1:14:07
We didn't pay anything to them as part of the demonstration program.
1:14:10
Remember, Mocify is a completely separate initiative that was run by other agencies through the asylum seeker program for which I believe they were paid.
1:14:19
Asylum seeker program, which has nothing to do with
1:14:31
I I would have to defer to the agencies that manage that initiative because they manage the data dissemination and the contract with Mocify directly that wasn't done by my office.
1:14:46
No.
1:14:47
No.
1:15:02
This would be November fifteenth of last year.
1:15:15
No.
1:15:16
We looked at it.
1:15:17
We had an agency.
1:15:18
We were looking to get a demonstration project off the ground to prove value to see if they could be useful.
1:15:23
When we had another agency that launched a service that was providing access to asylum seekers for benefits.
1:15:31
So it gave us the capability to evaluate their success to see if it was worth pursuing future Okay.