An integral part of BGR’s work is government monitoring. BGR’s research team tracks more than 70 local and state government entities. Through our regular monitoring, we stay abreast of policy developments, spending plans, administrative changes and other significant developments. Monitoring lays the groundwork for our research work plan, framing BGR reports around critical public policy developments pertaining to government effectiveness. It helps us develop ideas for events we present throughout the year, including our Breakfast Briefings that invite citizens to hear directly from local and state policymakers and experts on important public policy issues.
Read our Perspectives on Public Policy article for a detailed look at our government monitoring function.
BGR’s research team monitors more than 70 government bodies, listed below. These include local governments and quasi-governmental entities in Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes and selected state-level entities that play key roles in our local area. For example, we monitor the Louisiana Tax Commission because it has oversight of parish assessors and the State Bond Commission because it approves local government bond proposals and tax propositions. We also track bills of local significance as they move through the State Legislature. For more about government in the New Orleans area, click here for the basics.
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New Orleans
- Algiers Development District
- Audubon Commission
- Board of Liquidation, City Debt
- City of New Orleans government, including the Mayor, New Orleans City Council and eight council committees
- City Planning Commission
- Downtown Development District
- French Market Corporation
- French Quarter Management District
- Housing Authority of New Orleans
- Industrial Development Board of New Orleans
- Municipal Yacht Harbor Corporation
- New Orleans & Company
- New Orleans Board of Ethics
- New Orleans Building Corporation
- New Orleans Business Alliance
- New Orleans Civil Service Commission
- New Orleans Courts
- New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (Exhibition Hall Authority)
- New Orleans Fire Fighters Pension & Relief Fund
- New Orleans Municipal Employees’ Retirement System
- New Orleans Police Department
- New Orleans Recreation Development Commission
- New Orleans Redevelopment Authority
- New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund
- Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority
- Office of Inspector General
- Orleans Parish Assessor
- Orleans Parish School Board
- Orleans Parish Sheriff
- Revenue Estimating Conference
- Sewerage & Water Board
Jefferson Parish
- Jefferson Parish Assessor
- Jefferson Parish Courts
- Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission
- Jefferson Parish Ethics & Compliance Commission
- Jefferson Parish government, including the Jefferson Parish Council and Parish President, and governance and funding issues in Jefferson municipalities
- Jefferson Parish Personnel Board
- Jefferson Parish School Board
- Jefferson Parish Sheriff
- Office of Inspector General
St. Tammany Parish
- St. Tammany Corporation
- St. Tammany Parish Assessor
- St. Tammany Parish Courts
- St. Tammany Parish government, including the St. Tammany Parish Council and Parish President, and governance and funding issues in St. Tammany municipalities
- St. Tammany Parish Personnel Board
- St. Tammany Parish School Board
- St. Tammany Parish Sheriff
Multi-Parish
- Causeway Commission
- Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District
- New Orleans Aviation Board
- Port of New Orleans
- Regional Planning Commission
- Regional Transit Authority
- Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authorities (East and West)
State of Louisiana
- Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority
- Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget
- Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development (Crescent City Connection)
- Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Louisiana State Bond Commission
- Louisiana State Legislature, focusing on legislation affecting the New Orleans area
- Louisiana Tax Commission