nola.com BY MATT SLEDGE | STAFF WRITER APR 7, 2022 – 4:00 AM The city’s new system for managing $1.1 billion in annual invoices is a big improvement over the problem-plagued system it replaced, according to a new report from the Office of Inspector General, though New Orleans still fails to pay some of its bills...
wdsu.com Sherman Desselle According to the Office of the Inspector General, an evaluation conducted on the firefighter pension and relief fund revealed that it was lacking for first responders. The purpose of the report was to determine whether the pension fund’s operations were best serving firefighters. Continue Reading
Nola.com Matt Sledge Filling potholes that shake, rattle and roll drivers has often been viewed as one of the most basic functions of city government. But in New Orleans, it takes an average of 204 days before the Department of Public Works paves over potholes reported through 311, according to a report released Thursday by...
wwwtv.com Letitia Walker NEW ORLEANS — The Office of the Inspector General in New Orleans has released a report critical of the Department of Public Works, specifically when dealing with complaints about potholes. The agency looked at service requests from January of 2019 through May of 2021 that were submitted via NOLA-311. Continue Reading
wdsu.com Gabbi King NEW ORLEANS — Analysis of NOLA-311 pothole data revealed that the city of New Orleans’ response to pothole-related service requests was significantly slower than that of other metropolitan areas around the country, the Office of the Inspector General said Thursday. According to the data, on average the Department of Public Works took...
fox8live.com Olivia Vidal NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The city of New Orleans took at least six months on average to resolve most pothole complaints while other service requests remained pending indefinitely, according to a new report from the Office of Inspector General. According to the OIG’s findings, the city’s response to thousands of pothole service requests was...
www.nola.com By Faimon A. Roberts III Former Kenner Code Enforcement Director James Mohamad pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges of bribery and filing false tax returns, wrapping up a legal saga that began almost one year ago, court records show. Continue Reading
www.nola.com – John Simerman They are among 30 officers who are subjects of an investigation by NOPD, the New Orleans Office of Inspector General or the Office of Independent Police Monitor, according to the city. At least eight of those officers signed stipulated agreements in December, accepting short suspensions to avoid a drawn-out probe. Continue Reading
WWL-TV Investigations – Mike Perlstein Despite the previous exposure and crackdowns, Channel 4 caught one employee as recently as last week parked all day using the handicapped tag of a dead person, even though internal documents show she had been warned weeks earlier along with 16 other employee violators. Continue Reading
BY MIKE PERLSTEIN | WWL-TV The New Orleans Inspector General’s office exposed the problem in 2017, catching 26 employees illegally using other people’s handicapped placards. Then in 2018, WWL-TV caught several employees in the act. Continue Reading
