Posted on: August 11, 2023
Our new EBRP Library Hotspot Checkout Stats dataset is now published in Open Data BR. This dataset provides monthly statistics for the Wi-Fi 2 Geaux Program for hotspots checked out from all East Baton Rouge Parish Libraries and from Outreach visits.
Library Hotspot Checkout Dataset
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Posted on: March 3, 2023
Learn how data drives services such as public safety, blight mitigation and community outreach. Presented by BRPD Chief Murphy Paul; Lyndsay Hudson, Department of Development; Eric Romero, Warren Kron and Michael Stein, Information Services Department.
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Posted on: February 28, 2023
BATON ROUGE, LA – Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced a virtual event from 6–7 p.m. Thursday, March 2, to mark the City-Parish’s celebration of International Open Data Day. The 2023 Open Data Day event wil...
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Posted on: January 27, 2023
The Data Analytics and Performance team has updated its Employee Annual Salary dataset with 2022 data. It comprises all personnel on the City-Parish of East Baton Rouge's payroll from 2018 onward.
The dataset includes annual salary and other payroll-relate...
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Posted on: January 26, 2023
The Data Analytics and Performance team has updated the EBRP Tax Roll dataset with property tax data from 2022, provided by the East Baton Rouge Parish Assessor's Office. This dataset is a full listing of tax parcels in East Baton Rouge ...
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Posted on: January 24, 2023
Baton Rouge, La. — Jan. 24, 2023 — Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome released the City-Parish’s 2022 Open Data Policy Report following its presentation at the Jan. 18 Metropolitan Council meeting. The annual report outlines the City-Parish’s ongoing ef...
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Posted on: November 10, 2022
Baton Rouge, La. – November 10, 2022 – Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced today the Center for Digital Government has named Baton Rouge a Top 10 Digital City for the eighth consecutive year.
This year, Baton Rouge ranks third...
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Posted on: November 9, 2022
BATON ROUGE, La. — Wednesday, November 9, 2022 — The EBRGIS team has updated its Election Results app with results for over 50 ballot items in East Baton Rouge precincts for the Nov. 8, 2022 election.
Users can filter the map in the Laye...
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Posted on: October 5, 2022
Baton Rouge, La. – October 5, 2022 – Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome proclaimed October 2022 as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in Baton Rouge. Throughout the month, the City-Parish will focus on building awareness among employees and residents...
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Posted on: August 2, 2022
Baton Rouge, La. — Tuesday, August 2, 2022 — Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced today that the City-Parish Department of Information Services has received results for America’s fourth annual Sharman Stein Award for Storytelling Change...
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Posted on: April 19, 2022
The Open Data BR team has updated the EBRP Tax Roll dataset with property tax data from 2021, provided by the East Baton Rouge Parish Assessor's Office. This dataset is a full listing of tax parcels in East Baton Rouge Parish including the cities...
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Posted on: November 16, 2021
Baton Rouge, La. — November 16, 2021 — The Center for Digital Government has named Baton Rouge a Top 10 Digital City, marking the seventh consecutive year Baton Rouge has ranked among the top digital cities in the U.S.
Baton Rouge ranked seventh ...
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Posted on: November 15, 2021
BATON ROUGE, La., Monday, November 15, 2021 — The EBRGIS team has updated its Election Results app with results for East Baton Rouge precincts in the Nov. 13, 2021, election.
Users can filter the map in the Layers menu by click...
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Posted on: November 15, 2021
Baton Rouge, La. — November 15, 2021 — Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced today that the City-Parish will celebrate 2021 International GIS Day on Nov. 17 with a public workshop from 6-8 p.m. at the River Center Branch Library’s fourth...
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Posted on: October 14, 2021
Baton Rouge, La. — October 14, 2021 — Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced today the City-Parish will host a virtual cybersecurity workshop called “A Safe and Secure Digital Baton Rouge” at 6 p.m. Oct. 25.
The workshop is in recognition...
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Posted on: October 1, 2021
Baton Rouge, La. — October 1, 2021 — Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome proclaimed October 2021 Cybersecurity Awareness Month, marking the start of a monthlong focus on educating City-Parish employees and Baton Rouge residents on the importance...
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Posted on: July 14, 2021
BATON ROUGE, LA – July 14, 2021 – What Works Cities, a national initiative launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies to help cities use data and evidence more effectively to tackle their most pressing challenges, announced today its...
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Posted on: February 26, 2021
BATON ROUGE, LA – February 26, 2021 – Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced Friday Baton Rouge’s plans to celebrate 2021 International Open Data Day, held annually throughout the world to highlight the benefits of open data and encourage ...
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Posted on: February 2, 2021
The EBR Tax Roll dataset now has 2020 property assessments from the East Baton Rouge Assessor's Office. The dataset contains records like the date of the last property transfer, fair market value, total assessed value, and taxable amount of the parcel.
EBRP Tax Roll Dataset
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Posted on: January 27, 2021
BATON ROUGE, LA – January 27, 2021 – As part of her ongoing commitment to transparency and data-driven decision making, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced today the launch of Open Budget BR, a web-based platform that provides ...
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Posted on: January 7, 2021
BATON ROUGE, La. — Thursday, January 7, 2021 — Open Data BR has updated its Employee Annual Salary dataset with 2020 data. It comprises all personnel on the City-Parish of East Baton Rouge's payroll last year.
The data...
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Posted on: November 12, 2020
BATON ROUGE, LA – November 10, 2020 – Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced today the City-Parish will celebrate 2020 International GIS Day on Nov. 18. The event, held annually, will be virtual this year and will feature numer...
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Posted on: November 10, 2020
BATON ROUGE, La. – Nov. 10, 2020 – Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced today the Center for Digital Government has named Baton Rouge a Top 10 Digital City for the sixth year in a row. Baton Rouge ranks third this year among mid-sized cities, ma...
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Posted on: November 2, 2020
BATON ROUGE, La. — November 2, 2020 — Mayor- President Sharon Weston Broome announced Monday the launch of Phase One of the City-Parish Unified Communications Telecommunication System Upgrade.
System upgrades will replace the existing 42 individu...
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Posted on: October 1, 2020
BATON ROUGE, La. — October 1, 2020 — Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome issued a proclamation Thursday recognizing October 2020 as Cyber Security Awareness Month — an annual reminder for residents to take simple, measurable steps to change their...
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Posted on: September 22, 2020
BATON ROUGE, La. – September 28, 2020 – Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced today the launch of the City-Parish’s Citizen Data Academy, a three-part virtual training series designed to help Baton Rouge citizens acce...
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Citizen Data Academy
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Posted on: March 5, 2020
Our final addition to the Open Data BR portal for the week is all about grease – the bad kind.
In East Baton Rouge Parish, all businesses that discharge anything other than domestic wastewater must have a pretreatment program. In the food industr...
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Posted on: March 4, 2020
As we continue our celebration of all things open data in Baton Rouge ahead of Open Data Day 2020 this Saturday, March 7, we’re excited to share one of our most recent additions to the Open Data BR portal.
The EBRP Retail Food Inspections dataset...
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Posted on: March 3, 2020
Have you checked out the newest additions to our Open Data BR portal?
There are several we are highlighting as part of our celebration of Open Data Day 2020, which is set for 2 – 4 p.m. on March 7 at the Main Library, 7711 Goodwood Blvd. First up...
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Posted on: February 10, 2020
Last week, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced Baton Rouge’s plans to celebrate Open Data Day 2020 from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, 7711 Goodwood Blvd. The event is part of an ann...
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Posted on: January 28, 2020
Last week, we updated the EBR Tax Roll dataset on our Open Data BR portal to include 2019 property assessment data from the East Baton Rouge Assessor’s Office.
This dataset now includes a full listing of 2019 tax parcels in East Baton Rouge Paris...
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Posted on: July 25, 2019
BATON ROUGE, LA — July 25, 2019 — In the wake of Hurricane Barry, Axon, the global leader in connected public safety technologies, assisted the City-Parish of East Baton Rouge in surveying and assessing storm damage. As part of the Axon Aid pilot...
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Axon website
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Posted on: April 5, 2019
The GIS Team has redeveloped the entire gis.brla.gov website to enhance user experience and provide information in a sleek, modern web layout. The relaunched website is hosted by Esri, the world’s leading mapping and location analytics platform....
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Posted on: November 8, 2018
International GIS Day will be held on Wednesday, November 14, at the Main Library, 7711 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge. Join us for a community-based speaker event promoting Geographic Information Systems. The free event starts at 4 p.m. and will w...
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Louisiana GIS Day
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Posted on: September 14, 2018
The GIS Division has created a new online application to map 311 service requests in East Baton Rouge Parish. The Red Stick 311 Dashboard app displays the total entries for categories such as Blight, Street and Traffic Issues, Garbage, and Code Violations...
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Posted on: July 31, 2018
Open Data BR now enables users to research a dataset called EBRP Street Name Changes. Dating back to 1857, the records include the parish streets' old and new names, the year of each change, and the roadways' limits (either the entirety of the street, or ...
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Posted on: July 26, 2018
The City-Parish’s Geographic Information Systems division has upgraded its interactive maps of the parish with Census population data for every decade from 2010 dating back to 1890. GIS maps for the 2000 and 2010 Censuses have been merged with t...
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Posted on: March 19, 2018
The 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Assessor Tax Roll is now available on Open Data BR, the City-Parish’s official open data portal. This dataset contains a full listing of 2017 tax parcels in East Baton Rouge Parish and the cities of Baton Rouge, Baker, Cen...
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