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Collaboration for the win! The Office of Data and Innovation (ODI) and Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) are proud to have earned a joint award for Best IT Collaboration. The award was announced at the California Government Innovation Summit in Sacramento on September 19.  The recognition is for our innovative, collaborative, and human-centered design … Read more

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) is a major safety net program. A recent study estimated 40% of eligible families are not enrolled in CalWORKs. The Office of Data and Innovation (ODI) worked with the Department of Social Services to explore enrollment barriers. We learned that: Learn more about the details of helping … Read more

The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) gives Californians the opportunity to comment on proposed toxic substance cleanup projects. They wanted to bring in people who have historically not been part of making decisions. The Office of Data and Innovation (ODI) worked with DTSC to find ways to give these communities a bigger voice in … Read more

The California Victims Compensation Board (CalVCB) offers financial assistance to victims of crime. While violent crime has gone up over time in California, applications for compensation have gone down. The Office of Data and Innovation (ODI) worked with CalVCB to: We learned that: Learn more about the details of getting compensation to more California crime … Read more

One duty of the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is to oversee permitting and cleanups of toxic substances. This includes engaging with the communities near properties where environmental cleanup is necessary.  In an effort to increase public comment, the Office of Data and Innovation (ODI) and DTSC worked on expanding engagement with Californians. We … Read more

ODI and the California Department of Technology (CDT) won Best IT Collaboration for our combined efforts on the California Design System. We accepted the award at the Digital Government Summit in Sacramento.  The Design System is a set of core principles, style guidelines, and components that makes it easier for state departments to develop user-friendly … Read more

Same initials, new expanded team.

Working in crisis response is tough. We got through it by taking time to care for each other.

We talk about content design a lot. Here’s what it is and why we use it.

True to our core principles, ODI has found a way to fund and foster projects that put Californians first.

ODI uses plain language in its projects to make sure all Californians get the information they need.

Learn about the decisions we made (and why we made them) in putting the Design System together.

Working in the open is important to us. Here’s what that looks like in our work on the California Design System.

We’re excited to congratulate Jeffery Marino and JP Petrucione on their new roles at the Office of Digital Innovation (ODI).

The California ODI team wanted to better understand the specific pain points and blockers that might prevent eligible Californians from successfully applying for the Emergency Broadband Benefit.

Our mission at the Office of Digital Innovation (ODI) is to deliver better government services to the people of California through technology and design. We do this work in partnership with other state departments. One of the ways we support our partner departments and help strengthen state services is by sharing what we learn through … Read more

Part of ODI’s mandate is to “rethink and improve how the state buys digital services…”

We’re proud to have led the months-long collaboration to build the Cannabis.ca.gov site.