Primary Department: County Administration
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Diana Ramirez, County Administrator
Secondary Department: Human Resources and Talent
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Sakita Douglas, Interim Chief People Officer
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Position
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Request for approval to transfer the Data Fellows Program from the Office of County Administration, including four positions, associated budget, and equipment, to Human Resources and Talent and approval of 1 temporary Analyst III position for FY25 effective January 11, 2025.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County Office of County Administration (OCA) launched the Harris County Data Fellows Program, funded by ARPA, in August 2023 to empower County departments to improve their services to citizens through data-driven decision-making. Talented data analysts collaborate with County leaders to understand their data and tackle key challenges through operational insights, performance tracking, and automation, for example.
Over the last year, the Data Fellows Program has proven to be successful in empowering the agencies in which they are placed to understand and analyze their data to improve services. The Data Fellows have enacted positive change through implementing automation, creating dashboards and AI models, and improving existing spreadsheet models that allowed their respective agencies to operate more efficiently and effectively.
Commissioners Court approved recurring general fund budget starting in FY25 for three Data Fellows...
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