INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
The City's innovation and information technology organization. DoIT's mission is to enhance delivery of City services through easy, reliable, cost-effective and secure access to information and to promote Chicago's advancement through technology.
The Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) is the City of Chicago's central IT organization, providing a number of technology and telecommunication services to departments, the Mayor, Aldermen, residents, businesses, and tourists.
DoIT works with partners to realize Chicago's potential as a city where technology fuels opportunity, inclusion, engagement, and innovation for all by:
- Facilitating creative thought to improve existing City processes
- Designing and implementing systems to power processes and services
- Leveraging data to drive decision-making and improve City service delivery
- Piloting and evaluating new technologies
- Producing and contributing to open source projects
- Supporting public access to technology at City facilities
- Building strategic partnerships
- Hardware and Software Technology Standards