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Who We Are

We are an award-winning, nationally recognized team of data and mapping experts dedicated to helping the City of Dallas make data-driven decisions. By analyzing and visualizing data, we transform information into actionable insights—empowering City leaders, departments, and residents to better understand community needs, enhance services, and drive positive change across Dallas.

Mission

To use data to improve the lives of the people of Dallas.

Goal 1

Discover, manage, and maintain the City's Data Assets in a way that promotes transparency and accessibility to all.

  • Develop a data inventory for the City of Dallas.
  • Build a framework to enhance the City’s Open Data efforts.
  • Partner with ITS to design a data architecture that allows easy access, maintenance, and management of the City’s data assets.
  • Establish Data Governance in the City of Dallas to enable high-quality data management and utilization.

Goal 2

Provide crucial insights and analytics that support better decision-making throughout the organization.

  • Build a Team that can complete complex, high-quality, and insightful data analytics products.
  • Cultivate a Data Culture in the City of Dallas to enable all to speak, understand, and access data.
  • Elevate communication around data throughout the City.
  • Research, design, execute and publish high-impact data projects in key objectives areas.
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Awards

  • Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities Certification Silver 2024
  • Results for America Sharman Stein Award for Storytelling Changemakers 2024
  • Center for Digital Government GovX Awards City Government Experience Winner 2024
  • Chief Data Officer Magazine Top Data Executives in state and local government list 2022

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