ODI Work with us (web)
Citation
California Office of Data and Innovation (ODI). “Work with us.” Services page, date not stated. https://innovation.ca.gov/work-with-us/. Copy: raw/web/2026-11-09 ODI Work with us.md (original: .html beside it). Read 2026-11-09.
Bottom line
- ODI offers six services to state departments. They are the Analytics Accelerator, the Data Advisory Service, the Data Science Accelerator, the Innovation Lab, the Modern Data Stack Accelerator and training.
- The Modern Data Stack Accelerator is an experiment. It tests if departments can adopt cloud data tools in house, faster and cheaper than with contractors.
Background
ODI is a state office that helps departments with data, design and technology. This page lists the services a department can ask for, with one short paragraph on each. The library’s ODI homepage (web) describes the office.
Key claims
- “ODI’s services help state departments solve business problems and spend more time serving Californians.” (top of page)
- “Save analyst time by streamlining mandatory reporting via adoption of PowerBI”; “Optimize that liberated analyst time via training in modern analytics approaches”. (Analytics Accelerator)
- “You’ll get advice, not a deliverable, to help you solve complex problems about data engineering and data science.” (Data Advisory Service)
- “The Modern Data Stack Accelerator (MDSA) will help teams rapidly learn and adopt modern cloud-based data tools to solve problems like combining data across systems or program areas.” (Modern Data Stack Accelerator)
- “Departments often rely on costly and time consuming RFPs or contractors to do this work. This experimental service will test if we can meet this need in house in a way that is faster and cheaper than traditional methods.” (Modern Data Stack Accelerator)
- “Our courses cover: Human-centered design, Plain language, Product approach, Working with data. Most are free and have individual and group options.” (Training)
Evidence and method
A state agency services page. It describes each service in one paragraph. It gives no figures on cost, use or results.
Limits
The page does not name the cloud tools of the Modern Data Stack Accelerator. It does not say what a service costs a department, or how many departments use it. It has no AI or compute service. The linked detail pages were not read.