Featured Media

The Office of Performance and Accountability's innovative work in data-driven governance has been featured in national and local media. This collection highlights our journey from addressing post-Katrina challenges to becoming a model for cities nationwide

 

Major Data Initiatives

2022

• February 17, 2022
  Building Better Connections
  Medium

2021

• August 29, 2021
  How Local Governments Can Prevent Building Disasters
  Route Fifty
   
• July 13,2021
  5 in 5: Melissa Schigoda, New Orleans’ Director of the Office of Performance and Accountability
  Results for America Medium
   
• May 27, 2021
  Eliminating a Simple Barrier Keeping New Orleans Teens from Summer Internships
  Next City
   
• February 19, 2021
  New Orleans’ Playbook for Closing the Skills Gap
  Results for America Medium

2020

• October 29, 2020
  COVID-19 Messaging: Insights from Behaviorally Tested Trials
  Data-Smart City Solution, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center

2019

• May 14, 2019
  Podcast: Data and Analytics in New Orleans, LA
  Engaging Local Government Leaders
   
• March 8, 2019
  Emerging Leader Award 2019: Melissa Schigoda
  American Society for Public Administration

2018

• May 31, 2018
  In New Orleans, Using Administrative Data to Save Lives
  Route Fifty
   
• February 8, 2018
  What Works Certified Cities
  Data-Smart City Solutions
   
• January 29, 2018
  Finding What Works: Building a Movement of Data-Driven Cities
  Centre for Public Impact
   
• January 26, 2018
  What Works Cities Certification: What Excellence Looks Like in Local Government
  Data-Smart City Solutions
   
• January 25, 2018
  New Orleans: From "BlightStat" to Preventing Fire Fatalities
  Medium Corporation - What Works Cities Certification
   
• January 19, 2018
  This Map of New Orleans Might Save a Life
  Next City
   
• January 5, 2018
  Case Study: New Orleans
  Results For America

 

2017

• November 20, 2017
  New Orleans Names New Director to Its Office of Performance and Accountability
  Government Technology
  
   
• October 25, 2017
  One City's Data Driven Transformation
  Governing
   
• September 4, 2017
  A New Look for New Orleans
  Centre for Public Impact
   
• June 16, 2017
  We Can Prevent Fire Fatalities
  U.S. News and World Report
   
• April 17, 2017
  New Orleans Develops Toolkit for Departmental Engagement Around Data
  Government Technology
   
• April 16, 2017
  The Rise of the Smart City
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• January 26, 2017
  How Chief Data Officers Fit Into City Hall
  Next City

2016

• October 12, 2016
  New Orleans Brings Data-Driven Tools to Blight Remediation
  Government Technology
   
• September 6, 2016
  Stats in Action: New Orleans, LA: Smoke Alarm Outreach Program
  The United States Census Bureau
   
• June 10, 2016
  New Orleans Develops Data-Intensive Predictive Fire Risk Model
  Government Technology
   
• March 22, 2016
  How the City of New Orleans Nudged Residents by Texting
  Next City
   
• March 4, 2016
  New Orleans Tests Text Message Effectiveness in Constituent Communication
  Government Technology
   
• March 3, 2016
  Improving Government Outcomes and Lives, One Text at a Time
  Governing
   
• January 20, 2016
  Grounding AI: Artificial Intelligence is Closer -- and Less Awesome -- than Most Realize
  Government Technology

2015

• October 9, 2015
  Expert Voices: Oliver Wise, City of New Orleans Analytics Director on the power of open data
  National Geographic Voices
   
• August 29, 2015
  Blight in New Orleans is back to pre-Katrina levels, but challenges remain
  The Advocate
   
• August 4, 2015
  The City of No-Frills Innovation
  Governing
   
• June 25, 2015
  New Orleans Is Moving From Dysfunction to Data-Driven Decision-Making
  Next City
   
• April 16, 2015
  The Battle for New Orleans
  Politico Magazine
   
• April 16, 2015
  Where There's Smoke, There’s Data
  Governing
   
• March 24, 2015
  25 Top Doers, Dreamers and Drivers of 2015: Oliver Wise
  Government Technology

 

2014

• March 18, 2014
  New Orleans’ Winning Strategy in the War on Blight
  Governing

2012

• September 29, 2012
  BGR honors eight government employees for outstanding performance
  The Times-Picayune
   
• January 25, 2012
  Landrieu administration to update public on quality-of-life issues
  The Times-Picayune

2011

• March 3, 2011
  New Orleans City Hall dysfunction leaves specialist 'shocked'
  The Times-Picayune