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Progress report on the adoption of NolaStat recommendations

By Brian Denzer

It’s been a year since Mitch Landrieu was inaugurated as Mayor of the City of New Orleans. How is the new Mayor doing at implementing NolaStat transparency and accountability recommendations?
Here are the findings obtained from research, community feedback, and a May 25th Q&A with administration officials.
In the report each of the four primary NolaStat recommendations… »

NolaStat 2011

By Brian Denzer

Dear friends,
It was just a year ago when a few New Orleans idea leaders who supported NolaStat met at a coffee shop to discuss how to ensure that the policy recommendations were implemented by the next mayor. There were positive assurances from many candidates, but not all. Furthermore, there was no certainty that promises made… »

NolaStat is like “a big red light that flashes”

By Brian Denzer

Lee Zurik has been doing some interesting reporting lately on financial abuse at public agencies.
In his ongoing report on the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, Zurik reported that General Manager Jim Bridger spent $108,000 over three years on meals and liquor — all while earning an eye-popping $350,000 a year, making Bridger one of… »

Garbage in, garbage out

By Brian Denzer

New Orleans remains the most blighted city in America. The factors that produced an estimated 57,000 blighted properties are historic outmigration, exacerbated by flooding after Hurricane Katrina.
Despite the overwhelming need to revitalize neighborhoods by bringing property back into commerce, there are tremendous investment opportunities in the city, with attractive, historic architectural gems distributed throughout the… »

Mayor Landrieu to adopt NolaStat open data recommendation

By Brian Denzer

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… »

Victory

By Brian Denzer

More than three years ago, Citizen Crime Watch was created to advocate for improved public access to 911 calls for service crime data. With heightened public concerns about rising crime after Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Police Department was doing a poor job of keeping the public informed about shifting patterns of crime. The calls… »

CAO/Deputy Mayor Andy Kopplin elaborates on the adoption of a New Orleans performance management process

By Brian Denzer

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

By Brian Denzer

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… »

Neighborhood leaders learn how NolaStat supports citizen participation

By Brian Denzer

A presentation delivered to Neighborhoods Partnership Network members on April 21st. The handout can be downloaded here… »

Times-Picayune opinion: Data on-line could jump-start activism

By Brian Denzer

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… »


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