Greensboro Police Department enhances website.(Website
overview)
The Greensboro, N.C., Police Department has added another
interactive tool to its Police to Citizen (P2C) website--the ability to
determine if a person is wanted on outstanding charges. Since its . . .
Boston advances Solar energy.
Mayor Thomas M. Menino has announced Solar Boston, a two-year,
$550,000 initiative to increase the amount of installed solar capacity
in the city to 25 megawatts by 2015.
Boston was named one of . . .
NBC-LEO aims to inspire, influence and achieve during
conference.(Conference news)
The National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO)
constituency, group will hold its Annual Summer ,Conference in Atlanta.
The event entitled "Inspire, Influence and Achieve" will . . .
U.S. City leaders offer investment advice to Chinese
mayors.
American local government leaders, working in collaboration with
NLC, were among the featured speakers and panelists at the 2008 Global
Investment Promotion Forum, which was held in Nanning City, . . .
Senate begins to debate FAA reauthorization.
After months of delay, the Senate began debate on H.R. 2881,
legislation extending federal aviation programs and airport improvements
through fiscal year 2011, more than six months after the . . .
House Committee looks at Water Resources Development Act
proposals.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee
on Water Resources and Environment held a heating to consider a proposal
for a Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) in 2008.
. . .
YEF Institute launches interactive afterschool Website for city
leaders.(APAN ONLINE COMMUNITY)(Website overview)
City officials are invited to take advantage of a new website with
a searchable database of resources and city examples on afterschool
programs.
The Afterschool Policy Advisors Network (APAN) . . .
Local leaders urged to join call for infrastructure
investment.
Warning that the infrastructure of "our major American cities
are a few years away from totally crumbling," Pennsylvania Gov. and
former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell told an audience in . . .
A 'green' Rx to save carbon: city density plus
transit.
Earth Day this year was a lot different from the first observance
in 1970. Back then, we faced highly visible smog in the air, towns
combating toxic waste sites, and a Cuyahoga River on fire.
. . .
NLC strives to restore, protect funding for proven public safety
programs.
While recent trends show the first two-year increase in violent
crime in 15 years, as reported in an annual Federal Bureau of
Investigation Unified Crime Report, NLC will continue its momentum . . .
House Committee passes bill for new FHA program; final piece of
housing stabilization legislation.
By a bipartisan vote of 46 to 21, the House Financial Services
Committee on Thursday approved H.R. 5830, the FHA Housing Stabilization
and Homeowner Retention Act. The bill, a top legislative . . .
Atlanta sponsors Art in Motion..
Atlanta's Office of Cultural Affairs partnered with the
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) this past fall to
sponsor Art in Motion, which supported five artists and their . . .
Denver deploys graffiti surveillance system.
Denver is participating in a beta test of a newly developed
graffiti surveillance system in an effort to mitigate the city's
graffiti problem.
The manufacturer has provided the Denver Police . . .
How to prepare for the DTV transition.
The transition from analog to digital television (DTV) represents
the most significant advancement of television technology since color TV
was introduced in 1950. But, while nearly every new . . .
States responding to the growing income gap.(Financial
report)
The widening income gap between rich and poor has become worrisome
to state governments. A new report discusses the causes of income
inequality on a state-by-state basis while another recent . . .
Audioconference to focus on promoting early literacy through
Mayors' Book Clubs.
A free, upcoming audioconference sponsored by NLC's Institute
for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF Institute) will highlight
Mayors' Book Clubs that support early literacy by . . .
Today's economy requires creative investment strategies by
local governments.
This is the first in a series of Nation's Cities Weekly
articles drawing on the resources and expertise of NLC's Corporate
Partners.
As local officials know all too well, the state of the . . .
President nominates new housing secretary.
Following the March resignation of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) Secretary Alfonso Jackson, President Bush announced that Small
Business Administration (SBA) Chief Steve Preston will be his . . .
DOT issues new rules for hazardous materials on railways.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
issued new rules on the shipping of hazardous materials in compliance
with the 9/11 Commission Act adopted by Congress last year. The . . .
U.S. EPA announces brownfields grant recipients.
Communities in 43 states, plus Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana
Islands, were awarded more than $74 million in brownfields grants by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help revitalize . . .
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