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Mayor Landrieu to adopt NolaStat open data recommendation
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 the public.
Times-Picayune reporter Michelle Krupa has been following government reforms being implemented by Mayor Landrieu to shift away from the closed government policies of… »
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… »
Times-Picayune opinion: Better data will build a better city
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… »
Times-Picayune opinion: Data on-line could jump-start activism
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… »
Copy-and-paste open government
“Within 120 days, each agency shall develop and publish … an Open Government Plan that will describe how it will improve transparency and integrate public participation and collaboration into its activities” (President Obama, Open Government Directive, 12/08/2009).
President Obama has already laid out a robust open government template that can be easily adapted to local government,… »
Case Study: How NolaStat can improve constituent relations in City Hall
A list of the most common complaints submitted to City Council Members:
1) Street lights.
2) Water Leaks—which go to S&WB, a state run and controlled entity.
3) Potholes.
4) Drainage Problems, i.e. drains not working.
5) Billing complaints concerning S&WB, Entergy, and taxes, e.g., overcharging, late charges, etc.
6) Illegal dumping —- e.g. tires, trash.
7) Zoning complaints, i.e., businesses or… »
Like using scribes in the age of the printing press to answer public records requests
There’s something wrong when it takes over three months to obtain a murder listing from the New Orleans Police Department, but you can go to Craig’s List anytime to find a sofa.
Maybe the scribes at the NOPD are overworked, or maybe the city has cut the budget for fountain pens, or maybe the NOPD… »
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… »
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… »
The Apps for Democracy how-to guide
Peter Corbett, the CEO of iStrategyLabs, has published a step-by-step guide on how to re-purpose city data with innovative applications by hosting an Apps for Democracy contest.
Could Apps for New Orleans be next?
Also of interest, read Peter’s presentation delivered recently to the CityCamp un-conference in… »
