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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Mitch looking at reform models in other cities
Mayor Landrieu is looking at performance management models in other cities, he said today on WWL. Among the models he likes are the Baltimore CitiStat performance management process, and the D.C. CapStat process — both inspirations for the NolaStat reform recommendations.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino recently demonstrated to Mitch how the Boston 311 system works…. »
The top 25 government innovators
Government Technology’s March issue focuses on 25 people who cut through the public sector’s infamous barriers to innovation — tight budgets, organizational inertia, politics as usual, etc. — to reshape government operations for the… »
President Obama: A “presumption of openness”
What does President Obama think about government transparency?
The three principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration form the cornerstone of an open government. Transparency promotes accountability by providing the public with information about what the Government is doing. Participation allows members of the public to contribute ideas and expertise so that their government can make policies… »
$70 billion in federal IT spending at a glance
President Obama’s CIO, Vivek Kundra, unveiled a new IT contracting dashboard yesterday at the Personal Democracy Forum conference in New York City.
Project managers and the public alike can now see an instant assessment of how well, or how poorly, $70 billion in federal IT investments are being managed.
The Federal IT Dashboard is an… »
Barack the community organizer returns with a pledge of support
President Obama announced a community solutions agenda yesterday, naming Melody Barnes to be his new director of the Domestic Policy Council. Her mission is to travel around the country to discover great non-profit initiatives that are helping to strengthen communities.
Obama also proposed to Congress a $50 million innovation fund included in the Edward M. Kennedy… »
