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NolaStat is like “a big red light that flashes”

By Brian Denzer

Lee Zurik has been doing some interesting reporting lately on financial abuse at public agencies.
In his ongoing report on the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, Zurik reported that General Manager Jim Bridger spent $108,000 over three years on meals and liquor — all while earning an eye-popping $350,000 a year, making Bridger one of… »

“Be hard on the problem, soft on the people”

By Brian Denzer

Mitch Landrieu set a tone for discourse at last night’s neighborhood meeting on budget priorities at a packed Martin Luther King Charter School auditorium in the Lower Ninth Ward.
To underscore the importance of the meeting, Landrieu introduced the heads of all city departments, and invited… »

French Quarter trash negotiations could use some freshening up

By Brian Denzer

What’s the exact number of French Quarter small businesses, single-family dwellings, and multi-family dwellings with four or fewer units that are all eligible for SDT trash pickup?
Choose the best answer:
A) 3,188
B) 2,911
C) 5,000
D) 4,062
E) 6,500
This is not to make light of a serious… »


TechStat teaches skills that promote good government

By Brian Denzer

The NolaStat report has offered a treatment of the TechStat approach used to manage IT projects in the District of Columbia. Additionally, the use of portfolio managers responsible for monitoring… »

A primer on UCR crime statistics

By Brian Denzer

What’s a UCR?
Find out by reading this informative presentation by retired NOPD Sgt. Jimmy Gallagher… »

“Bad choices based on bad options”

By Brian Denzer

Mayor Mitch Landrieu proposed that all city workers take 11 unpaid furlough days this year in order to help balance a projected $67 million deficit in the 2010 budget.
“This is… »

Tensions rise between street musicians and the NOPD in the French Quarter

By Brian Denzer

Post revised on 6/18/2010 to include the full statement by Chief Serpas, a statement issued by Mayor Landrieu and Councilmember Kristen Gisleson-Palmer, and a Gambit blog story about a protest… »

Garbage in, garbage out

By Brian Denzer

New Orleans remains the most blighted city in America. The factors that produced an estimated 57,000 blighted properties are historic outmigration, exacerbated by flooding after Hurricane Katrina.
Despite the overwhelming need… »

Landrieu reforms budget process

By Brian Denzer

Mayor Mitch Landrieu issued an executive order yesterday in City Council chambers to create a more “transparent and accountable process” for producing the annual budget.
Responding to criticisms of the previous… »

Mayor Landrieu to adopt NolaStat open data recommendation

By Brian Denzer

It’s become clear since his May 3rd inauguration that Mayor Landrieu will be adopting a performance management policy, like Baltimore’s CitiStat model, to improve the delivery of city services to… »




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