A NolaStat opinion piece published in The Times-Picayune calls on incoming Mayor Mitch Landrieu to commit to an open government policy on his first day in office.
The city needs to get out of the business of attempting to build flashy applications, and instead focus on making good, timely, reliable data easily available online. Once that… »
A presentation delivered to Neighborhoods Partnership Network members on April 21st. The handout can be downloaded here… »
Florida recently launched a data-sharing system involving eight state agencies:
“Shared information is imperative to any successful organization, especially one charged with making decisions based on data related to at-risk children and families. … To share intelligence and data is a cultural change for the state — it’s a new way of thinking — and the… »
Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu, on Tavis Smiley (PBS, 4/26/2010):
New Orleans is going to be a laboratory for innovation and change. I think a lot of how it goes in the future depends on the work that we’re going to do in the next 12 to 18 months. If we can restore confidence, if we can restore… »
“I will inherit a city that is in financial trouble,” Landrieu said. “I think the public is going to be shocked to know the financial situation the city is in” (Greg LaRose, City Business, 4/26/2010).
Councilmember Stacy Head foreshadowed on WIST radio last week that when Mitch Landrieu is sworn in as mayor next week, he’ll… »
(INTERIM) CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (PDF)
Like no other American city, New Orleans is reinventing itself from the ground up. The schools, healthcare system, ethics laws, levee protection, tax assessment and many other areas are under radical and innovative transformation. Now it’s time to remake city government itself. Mayor-Elect Mitch Landrieu was elected… »
“If information was used to make policy changes, they came about as a result of yearly reviews. Implementation took months, or even years. By the time a contemplated change was in place, the conditions that prompted the shift might no longer be relevant” (Martin O’Malley, after becoming Mayor of Baltimore).
Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO) is… »
Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu, to an audience of professionals at the American Planning Association conference (The Times-Picayune, 4/19/2010):
The people of New Orleans succeeded. Those American citizens showed great resilience and great faith … and they succeeded in doing everything they were supposed to do. But we as a government — federal, state, local — we as… »
Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu announced yesterday that he’s tapped former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams as a corporate leadership consultant. Williams’ leadership was cited in a NolaStat opinion piece almost two years ago as an example for New Orleans to follow. That’s progress.
Data on-line could jump-start activism
August 22, 2008, 5:24PM
Brian Denzer
Just as Hurricane Katrina forced the Army… »
Councilwoman Stacy Head said on WIST 690 AM that Mitch Landrieu will be inaugurated as Mayor with more than six months left in the year, but with only 30-35 percent of budgeted money for departments remaining.
How will Mitch be able to govern under this kind of situation?, asked host Eric Asher.
One answer can… »
