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January 11, 2024
The investigation centers around the Mayor's Office of Utilities and its former director Jonathon Rhodes' project "Smart City."
November 10, 2023
An investigation into the alleged improper actions of New Orleans city employees, regarding the requested proposal for Advanced Broadband and Smart City Systems, has concluded.
November 9, 2023
The investigation centers around the Mayor's Office of Utilities and its former director Jonathon Rhodes' project "Smart City."
November 8, 2023
Employees Jonathan Rhodes and Christopher Wolff should have disclosed their conflicts, the OIG said while stopping short of declaring they broke any laws.
July 23, 2023
Investigators hired by the New Orleans City Council to look into the now-abandoned "smart cities" project found evidence of potential contract-rigging, ethics violations and perjury by city officials.
August 17, 2022
A prominent figure in New Orleans’ controversial broadband plan has resigned from his position as director of the Mayor’s Office of Utilities. According to an automated email response his last day was Friday, Aug. 12.
April 28, 2022
Hearings regarding allegations of bid rigging and a formal City Council investigation into the city’s “smart city” program began on Wednesday. The initiative would have installed “city-directed” broadband and infrastructure.
April 23, 2022
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