IMPACT REPORT
BGR’s Impact Report highlights recent results from our research, government monitoring and other work in the New Orleans area.
Access our past impact reports: 2024
WORKING FOR RESULTS
BGR’s work to improve government in the New Orleans area extends beyond publication of our reports. Once a report is complete, BGR distributes our findings and recommendations through multiple channels, including our website, our email list and social media. Our InBrief summaries help busy citizens and policymakers grasp the key information, and the full report is available for them to dig deeper.
We also educate members of the news media on our reports. We participate in radio, television and newspaper interviews.
When BGR reports make policy recommendations, we educate government officials, administrators and community stakeholders and provide support toward implementation that is consistent with our recommendations and preserves our independence.
To support implementation, BGR also builds public visibility and understanding of the importance of making changes and how it will impact their daily lives.
OUR TRACK RECORD
Since 1932, BGR has delivered high-quality research to inform better policy decisions. Click here to explore our history of results.
In the more recent era, BGR’s work has laid the groundwork further improvements. Since 2004, BGR has won 12 national awards for its policy achievements from the Governmental Research Association.
Notable examples include:
- Reforms to professional services contracting practices in New Orleans
- Restoration of a 1% hotel tax that is yielding more than $12 million a year for New Orleans infrastructure
- Improvements to land-use decision making in New Orleans
- Research leading to the consolidation of the seven Orleans Parish assessors into a single office
- Research identifying $39 million of deferred revenue, which the Orleans Parish school system subsequently distributed to schools
- Potential savings of more than $1 million annually for the City of New Orleans from discovering a misinterpreted pension benefit formula
Click here to download more highlights of the impact of BGR’s government monitoring and research reports.
Click here to read our special 20-year look at BGR’s work to support governmental reforms following the Hurricane Katrina disaster in 2005.
SUPPORT OUR WORK
Help us continue making progress for the public through our research and policy implementation efforts. Learn more about membership in BGR.