Two months after Mayor Ray Nagin’s administration began an investigation into one of its own, there are still unanswered questions.  The city's interim technology director, Anthony Jones is still facing allegations he falsified the resume and application that he provided to the city.

Through an open records request, the Metropolitan Crime Commission--a New Orleans based watch dog group--obtained two city applications filled out by Jones.  The commission's president, Rafael Goyeneche says, "In one form [Jones] indicated that he was six credits short of having a degree from Tulane University."

Also on that application, filled out in 2005, Jones claims to have been a Tulane student from 2003 to the present.  But a Tulane spokesperson says Jones only attended the university from September 2 to December 1, 1998.

Jones' second city application, filled out in 2007 when he was promoted to interim I.T. director, doesn't mention Tulane.  Instead, it lists the University of Phoenix, and says Jones is pursuing a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Management.

"It's not a discrepancy," says Goyeneche, "it's a misstatement of fact."  Goyenche then showed the Nagin administration what he found and demanded answers.  "We asked the city to launch an investigation."

That was back on May 16, 2008.  Then on May 28, the city official leading the investigation, Chief Administrative Officer Brenda Hatfield, e-mailed the Crime Commission, saying the inquiry into Jones’ credentials was at a halt because they were still "awaiting records from Tulane University."

Now more than two months later, the status of the investigation and the transcript still hasn't changed.  "I am still waiting to receive it, from Mr. Jones who is supposed to get it from Tulane," Hatfield said.

According to Hatfield, Jones was asked for his transcript more than two months ago.  "It concerns me I'm waiting," she adds.  But Hatfield says she and the Nagin administration never gave Jones a deadline. 

Clancy DuBos, a political analyst for Eyewitness News, says the lack of a deadline indicates a bigger problem.  “It's kind of metaphoric of the Nagin administration's approach to the whole recovery.  We'll get to it whenever."

According to a Tulane University spokesperson, ordering an official transcript takes, at a maximum, three business days.  However, for a $5 fee, one could order and receive an official transcript within minutes.

Meanwhile, Hatfield says the city has not found any discrepancies with Jones' file.  "We found consistencies in what he said.”

As for the allegations that Jones falsified information on his application concerning Tulane University, Hatfield says the claim is unfounded.  "I don't believe that was exactly what he put down on his application, I really don't.”

A spokesperson for the mayor says Jones is currently attending the University of Phoenix and is expected to graduate sometime this year.  The Crime Commission, however, says the city's own job description requires the I.T. director to already have a college degree.  The commission says they were recently told by the city that because Jones is still an interim director, the requirement does not apply.