NEW ORLEANS – Government Technology magazine has named Oliver Wise, director of performance and accountability for the City of New Orleans, to its Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers – 25 individuals or teams who exemplify transformative use of technology that’s improving the way government does business and serves its citizens.
Showcased in the April issue of Government Technology magazine, this year’s list includes a California-based entrepreneur who placed a $23 million bet on new companies in the gov tech space; government innovation and performance officers who are reinventing how agencies acquire and use technology, as well as how they measure the results; and CIOs and elected officials who are revolutionizing the bedrock systems and infrastructure that power government service delivery and public safety.
"Oliver works diligently and deliberatively to serve the people of New Orleans, and we’re proud to have him on our team,” said Mayor Mitch Landrieu. “Oliver not only helps find innovative, data-driven solutions that make government more efficient and more effective, he also tracks the City’s progress to hold us accountable to the people of New Orleans on everything from potholes to blight to crime. He deserves this honor, and it’s just the latest example of how New Orleans has become the nation’s most immediate laboratory for innovation and change representing the new New Orleans way of getting things done.”
Wise joined Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration in 2010 with the goal of bringing innovation and success to an underperforming management system. Mayor Landrieu tasked Wise with helping to create a strategy to address or remove 10,000 blighted addresses by 2014 – a benchmark the City has since surpassed. To accomplish the goal, Wise and his team launched a "blight stat" program to track results – a data-driven, analytical approach to operations that has since been spread citywide.
"New Orleans came from a tragic low and, in the wake of Katrina, became a symbol of what happens when government doesn't do its job," said Oliver Wise. "Now it's a beacon of innovation and progress that can serve as a model to the rest of the world."
Using the same approach applied to reducing blight, Wise helped the Landrieu Administration develop a strategic framework organized around Mayor Landrieu’s goals of supporting public safety, sustainability, economic development, children and families, and open and effective government, and then designed performance metrics that allowed the City to track the progress of these strategies.
Now, the City regularly releases comprehensive performance reports from over 350 performance measures that align to Mayor Landrieu’s strategic priorities. In February, Mayor Landrieu released the 2014 year-end ResultsNOLA performance report – the Administration’s 14th comprehensive performance report.
In 2014, the International City/ County Management Association recognized New Orleans for excellence in "superior performance management," including performance analytics.
To see the the 2014 year-end ResultsNOLA performance report
