that is where we went to meet michael mattmiller.the youngest municipal ctos in the country. bloomberg shows us how the former microsoft strategist is wiring his world in the pacific northwest. >> seattle, washington, the emerald city has roots in nature. high tech is pushing it to grow silicon branches. enter michael mattmiller. >> the bus leaves in two minutes. >> ex microsoft and now seattle's chief technology officer. before dawn, he's online. >> are they going to cover e-mail archiving? >> pushing his digital initiative. >> this is our dashboard, where the public can get information on the government. >> performance seattle is the centerpiece. launched in february, open public data shows the state of the city. >> with metrics from nine city departments, departments from the police department to our utilities. >> home burglaries, car thefts potholes, all here. [sirens] >> seattle police, 911. >> coming from here and other departments every 15 minutes. michael mattmiller: the public gets a real-time view of what is happening, how