- “I don’t want to do tech for tech’s sake,” she told the roomful of tech vendors.
- Sacramento city leaders have officially relaxed certain strictures governing the RFP/bid process, with the goal of streamlining procurement and fostering innovation.
- Her advice to vendors: Be “flexibly engaged” with the city; focus not merely on selling a product but also on helping to solve a problem; and prepare to work “more broadly” with the city.
MacGunigal, who has been CIO since October 2013, said her department uses several criteria when judging the merits of a project and whether to approve it:
- Does it meet the city's "structured metrics" for cost, value and service?
- Does it address a specific problem?
- Does it position the city for the future?
- Does it promote "inclusiveness?"