Photo by Sophia Germer, Nola.com By Joni Hess, Nola.com The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office and other city law enforcement agencies must track their spending through City Hall’s financial accounting system under rules the New Orleans City Council approved Thursday. The Sheriff’s Office has until June 1, 2027 to begin entering its expenses and other financial information into the...

By Gabby Killett, WVUE Fox 8 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) — An Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office employee said in an email Wednesday that this month’s cyberattack caused the loss of a substantial amount of data. Contracts, intake documents, and expense information comprise the 842 gigabytes of data that Axios reports the Russian ransomware group Qilin claims it...

by Katie Jane Fernelius, Verite News The New Orleans City Council introduced an ordinance Wednesday (May 28) that would require local criminal justice agencies — from the Municipal and Traffic Court to the Coroner’s Office —  to use the city’s accounting and contracting software when spending city funds. But the ordinance is aimed, in particular, at...