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 supports Mayor's Emanuel's vision 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