
Digital Service & Open Government
Contact
San Rafael , CA 94901
Our Mission
Digital’s purpose is to make City services easy to use, and work for everyone. We do this by applying human-centered design, process improvement, and performance measurement to continuously improve service delivery, civic engagement, and civic technology.
We Believe:
- Government should be designed with and for people
- Empathy for all users leads to equitable outcomes
- Data and information should be used to create trust, transparency, and better government
- Building capacity across City teams empowers positive change
- Technology should be secure, accessible, and make life easier
Digital's Strategic Focus Areas
Civic Engagement
Making City services easy to use and work for everyone in the Digital age.
- User research and human centered design
- User testing, A/B testing
- Strategic guidance
- User experience design
- Product management for digital engagement applications
- Data collection and analysis
- Software evaluation
Digital Transformation
Empowering City staff with the digital skills and tools in their daily work to improve processes and help deliver on our mission.
- User research and human centered design
- User testing, A/B testing
- Process mapping and advising on analytics needs, key metrics, data source
- Development of digital applications and tools
- Software evaluation
- Implementation support for enterprise projects
- Integration and automation
Data & Insights
By proactively managing the needs of the community we serve through increased connectivity, modern digital infrastructure, and data-driven decision making.
- Performance measurement and data tools
- Data governance and data management
- GIS
- Software landscape research and evaluation
- Solution design and delivery support
IT Operations and Maintenance
Keeping our technology assets secure, up to date, and accessible.
Digital oversees the City's Managed Service Provider, Xantrion, who is responsible for:
- Maintaining City IT infrastructure
- Broadband and telephony
- Provide 24/7 help desk support through phone and email
- Onsite support for technical issues
- Cyber security program
- vCIO role and IT service delivery oversight
- Assist Digital team with technical solutions for departments
- Proactive hardware lifecycle management