Restler asks what B2G adds if Passport already feeds it

We, once again, we view the city council as a partner.

A win for us is a win for you.

Well, I just, generally, I don't mean to beat a dead horse here, but like,

inevitably, we're doing a lot of subcontracting to MWBEs, but without the data, we don't know.

And we don't, there's, I presume, very large sums of money that are flowing out the door to black, Latino, Asian, and women-owned firms every single day, but we don't have any information to actually celebrate that or not, and the information we're getting is so...

sclerotic, it's inconsistent, that we can't tell a story.

And so I think the way the Comptroller's Office over years now has handled their report by saying, we don't look at the subcontracting data because it's just too uneven and inconsistent and it's too fractured a story,

is really important.

So I appreciate that you're making this a priority and that you're trying to fix it and you're bringing a management orientation toward telling the agencies they have to take this seriously.

We're very excited to see that information showing up in Passport.

So then just not to belabor my initial point, but if they are going to be putting that information to Passport, that's how it's getting into B2G.

Yes.

What's the added value that B2G has if we're just getting that information in Passport?

The added value is once again– For the big five.

The big five and also having one centralized portal.

or information system where you can look at all of the MWBE activity and metrics for the city.

And is there any other planned uses of B2G beyond the kind of data and accountability?

It's a tool which allows agencies to better enforce their MWB requirements based upon payments.