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	<title>NolaStat 2010</title>
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	<description>A new operating system for New Orleans &#124; transparency ~ accountability ~ civic participation</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;To help and defend&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/03/09/why_nolastat/to-help-and-defend/</link>
		<comments>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/03/09/why_nolastat/to-help-and-defend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Public Records]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Why NolaStat?]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Criminal Justice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[NOPD]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Office of the Inspector General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Open Data]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Performance Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Public Records Progress]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Public Records Struggles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Warren Riley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Orleans citizens didn&#8217;t need any confirmation of their fear that rogue behavior was metastasizing throughout the NOPD when the Department of Justice announced investigations into civil rights violations, including a conspiracy to cover up police shootings of unarmed citizens on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina. 
The public already feared the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election map: How Guidry defeated Batt</title>
		<link>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/03/07/news/election-map-how-guidry-defeated-batt/</link>
		<comments>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/03/07/news/election-map-how-guidry-defeated-batt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Election Analysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Guidry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolastat.org/blog/?p=607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The key to Susan Guidry&#8217;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 &#8212; including precincts where Batt ran strong in the primary &#8212; and most notably in Lakeview precincts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election map: Susan Guidry defeats Jay Batt in District A runoff</title>
		<link>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/03/07/news/election-map-susan-guidry-defeats-jay-batt-in-district-a-runoff/</link>
		<comments>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/03/07/news/election-map-susan-guidry-defeats-jay-batt-in-district-a-runoff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Election Analysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Guidry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolastat.org/blog/?p=601</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s attempt to regain the seat after he was defeated by Shelley Midura in 2006.
The election result was consistent with predictions made after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The top 25 government innovators</title>
		<link>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/03/02/best_practices/the-top-25-government-innovators/</link>
		<comments>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/03/02/best_practices/the-top-25-government-innovators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Performance Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Public CIO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolastat.org/blog/?p=596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Government Technology&#8217;s March issue focuses on 25 people who cut through the public sector&#8217;s infamous barriers to innovation &#8212; tight budgets, organizational inertia, politics as usual, etc. &#8212; to reshape government operations for the better.
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		<title>Seattle open data policy will improve public access to city information</title>
		<link>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/03/02/best_practices/seattle-open-data-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/03/02/best_practices/seattle-open-data-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Apps for New Orleans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Civic Participation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Digital Democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Open Data]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Performance Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Public Records Progress]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolastat.org/blog/?p=589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TechStat: A new way to manage IT projects</title>
		<link>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/02/24/best_practices/techstat-a-new-way-to-manage-it-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/02/24/best_practices/techstat-a-new-way-to-manage-it-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Performance Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TechStat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolastat.org/blog/?p=569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra has initiated a new accountability process to reduce waste and manage the success of federal IT projects.
TechStat accountability sessions will inform management decisions with a &#8220;data-driven, action-focused and results-oriented&#8221; process, evaluating federal IT projects across an array of project metrics to satisfy President Obama&#8217;s priorities:

Manage IT investments effectively.
Leverage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Orleans 311 problems finally resolved</title>
		<link>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/02/20/news/new-orleans-311-problems-finally-resolved/</link>
		<comments>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/02/20/news/new-orleans-311-problems-finally-resolved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[311]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Contracts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ray Nagin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolastat.org/blog/?p=565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After spending millions of taxpayer dollars to professional services contractors, in a secret bidding and award process, on the city&#8217;s 311 system, including an &#8220;upgrade&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Management by hunches hurts those who most need help</title>
		<link>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/02/18/why_nolastat/management-by-hunches-hurts-those-who-most-need-help/</link>
		<comments>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/02/18/why_nolastat/management-by-hunches-hurts-those-who-most-need-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Why NolaStat?]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CIO/CTO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Civil Service]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Performance Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Professionalization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolastat.org/blog/?p=562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a city with a low-wage economy, those most hurt by government mismanagement and inefficiency are the working poor. 
Now, HUD provides evidence of yet another government failure that hurts the poor. 
Among its many findings, the report shows that HANO is understaffed in most departments, often with undertrained employees and relies too heavily on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election maps: New Orleans City Council District races</title>
		<link>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/02/17/news/election-maps-new-orleans-city-council-district-races/</link>
		<comments>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/02/17/news/election-maps-new-orleans-city-council-district-races/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Election Analysis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Final election maps &#8212; the February 6th, 2010 City Council races:
District A
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District B
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District C
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District D
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District E
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		<title>Election map: City Council At-Large race</title>
		<link>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/02/13/news/election-map-city-council-at-large-race/</link>
		<comments>http://nolastat.org/blog/2010/02/13/news/election-map-city-council-at-large-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Election Analysis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolastat.org/blog/?p=536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The City Council At-Large race is an election in which the winners are the top two vote earners whose totals are more than 25 percent. Current At-Large Council Member Arnie Fielkow easily took first place. At-Large Council Member Jackie Clarkson edged out District E Council Member Cynthia Willard-Lewis for the second At-Large seat by just [...]]]></description>
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