certainly the cio should have that authority for technology matters city wide to provide direction, coordination and communication. if the mayor thinks that the city cio should have that authority and already does he should check it out and make sure it's there and functioning. if he finds it's not there he should require it be done. it would make a world difference and that requires a strong capable cio as it does a controller or head of hr or purchasing or capital planning. beyond that the role of the city cio and the role of dt need to be separated into two positions. dt reporting to the city cio. the role of the city cio is to create a clear vision for technology city wide, develop strategies with departments for new projects, and implementing what has been approved. he should be concerned with integrating and cord naided interdepartment activities. dt on the other hand focuses on daily operations that are shared throughout the city. combining these two roles causes confusion, particularly over the role city cio and in combination it's too much for one person to do properly. information -- p

city. thank you president chiu. >> thank you. i want to thank you for your work you have done at department of technology and tough economic times and the fact of the matter is your department has been subjected to the lion's share of budget cuts we were forced to do and not asking departments to make similar cuts in their it situation and i think that is part of the tension and why we shouldn't know been able to make headway. you allude to the fact until you get direction from the top about need of centralization you had to form partnerships and you as the head of department of technology can't tell other heads to cooperate and you have to work out and partnership. one of the things that i wished the grand jury spent more time on. this is the trend we're seeing in agencies and governments around the country. by in large most governments have a growing decentralization and we know we're not doing that for everything but there are functions that need to be decentralized and we know there are successes here in california and the state is expected to save $3 billion. denver went through a great consolidation and saving millions of dollars. what are those ent

matters. and the list out this morning on the top-10 smarter cities in north america and one bay area city makes the list. they were chosen for been leaders in technologyability, and better living conditions. the list is by kodok exists and often comes in first. san francisco a segment in seattle vancouver and new york city. coming in six is washington d.c. toronto's chicago lost angeles and running out the top 10 as montreal. we posted this list on the kron4 news facebook page. in response to it says it chicago should not be on the list or at least be last. at the road and sang pretty surprising results. montreal should be before and ballet. what are your thoughts about the city? tell us what you think on the kron4 news facebook page. >> the man who gave america a free talk and talk about by stealing a base in the world series will stay a stamp and cisco giant. a 40 year 40 million contract for year 40 million contract they celebrate with a $270 a bottle of tappan juror. marco scutaro is the latest key free agent who has not re-signed yet. >> will have updates for you in the next ouour watching muni s.i. of relief this morning. in the 5:00 hour they'v

school in new york city and after it's about what is happening in the world, i think it would take your breath away. this is a serious problem. the second part of what the technology can matter is because we did not have to limit the school day anymore to the hours inside the school room. as -- there is much more we can do. i watch people here from a great school in sweden. and they have managed to create a portal in ways. i met a kid whose mother was an aris -- was a nurse. we are the only profession that admits we are failing in what we're doing for our kids and we all go home at 3:00. there has to be a way to think differently about the dimensions of the challenge. i think technology is part of that problem. about to go back to what condie started. as important as music and art and global history is, to two cannot read into basic mathematics -- kids who cannot read or do basic mathematics will not do higher or critical thinking. we have to figure out how to build the foundation and then build on the foundation. tragically we are doing either. rex you began by pointing out the fact that we are falling behind. 30, 50 years ago we ranked a lot higher than we did in basic ski