Additionally, we will recruit and hire staff capable of bringing new business to Baltimore. We also have kicked off our Main Streets program to revitalize neighborhood commercial corridors, and we've established the Mayor's Office of Community Investment to promote private sector investment in Baltimore's neighborhoods. These are a few of the highlights from our budget. But while we direct resources to priority programs, we must realize that Baltimore's government is not nearly as effective or as efficient as it should be. Taxpayers should get a return on their investment for the money they invest in our city, and we are moving forward to create a government and a city in which people want to invest.
City governments collect an enormous amount of information.
But it isn't used very much or very well. CitiStat will employ ComStat's principles to put that information to work. For the first time, the information we collect will become a blessing rather than a burden. We are going to change the way city government does business, and make our city a national model for using technology to improve performance. All of you are also aware that more than 200 volunteers from the Greater Baltimore Committee and the Presidents' Roundtable are performing a management and efficiency study of the largest city departments.