New Orleans City Business reporter Jennifer Larino wrote an excellent article a couple of weeks ago on the reforms Mayor Landrieu will need to tackle… »
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CAO/Deputy Mayor Andy Kopplin elaborates on the adoption of a New Orleans performance management process
Mayor Mitch Landrieu has announced that he will implement a performance management process — similar to Baltimore’s CitiStat model — to combat the tendency of “almost purposefully inefficient” government processes administered by the Nagin administration.
The announcement was made at a press conference to announce the appointment of six new deputy mayors who will govern… »
Mitch’s Transition Team is looking for an interim Chief Information Officer
(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… »
New Orleans is a beacon of hope and transformation
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… »
National technology award given to CitiStat creator
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has been awarded the 2010 National Technology Champion Award from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).
During the course of his career in public service, O’Malley has championed the usage of data analysis and data mapping for performance management, first as Baltimore’s mayor in a program called CitiStat that… »
New Orleans open government in just one day?
You could be sending 311 complaints to city officials, and receiving 311 updates, using Facebook and Twitter, in just about a day.
All that’s lacking is a mayor willing to make the commitment to this kind of open government. Well, that, and … um … turning the 311 system on again. Actually, there’s more to… »
Mitch: “The best ideas come from people in neighborhoods”
“I understand that often times the best ideas come from people in neighborhoods across the city.”
A refreshingly enlightened perspective on post-Katrina leadership from Mayor-elect Mitch… »
Election map: How Guidry defeated Batt
The key to Susan Guidry’s victory over Jay Batt was two-fold:
1) Batt lost more voters between the primary and the runoff elections. Turnout remained stronger for Guidry than for Batt.
2) Guidry gained voters in a number of precincts — including precincts where Batt ran strong in the primary — and most notably in Lakeview precincts,… »
Election map: Susan Guidry defeats Jay Batt in District A runoff
Attorney and neighborhood organizer Susan Guidry soundly defeated Jay Batt in the March 6th runoff for the District A City Council seat. Guidry earned roughly 3200 more votes than her opponent, ending Batt’s attempt to regain the seat after he was defeated by Shelley Midura in 2006.
The election result was consistent with predictions made after… »
Seattle open data policy will improve public access to city information
Seattle is the next city to follow in the footsteps of open data reforms implemented by San Francisco, New York City, the District of Columbia, and other cities. Data.Seattle.gov is planned as a Web site that will publish city data sets to be downloaded by citizens, or used by citizen programmers to build Web-based applications… »
New Orleans 311 problems finally resolved
After spending millions of taxpayer dollars to professional services contractors, in a secret bidding and award process, on the city’s 311 system, including an “upgrade” to connect the system to departments, Mayor Ray Nagin has shut down the 311 system, blaming budget shortfalls.
Citizens should now direct their questions and complaints directly to departments:
The 311 phone… »
