Ordinance appropriating $200,000.00 from the Contributed Capital Project Fund for the Open Data Portal project for Houston Information Technology Services and various other departments.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION:
The Chief Information Officer recommends that City Council approve an ordinance to appropriate $200,000.00 from the Contributed Capital Project Fund (4515) for the Open Data Portal project. The following project is budgeted in the approved FY2022 Capital Improvement Plan adopted by City Council.
The project description with allocation is as follows:
PROJECT PROJECT NO AMOUNT
Open Data Portal WBS # X-680078 $200,000.00
The existing City of Houston open data portal has not been upgraded since 2017. In support of improving transparency and access to City data points and resiliency efforts, an upgrade is needed to the open data portal to increase stability, sustainability, and security of the portal. The scope of this project consists of evaluating the current environment, architecting the future technical designs, and implementing upgrades according to the evaluation and design.
Fiscal Note:
No significant Fiscal Operating impact is anticipated as a result of this project.
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Lisa Kent, Chief Information Officer