Senate appropriators fail to fund energy Block Grant
program.
In a unanimous vote last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee
took a pass on supporting funding for the Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Block Grant program, a top legislative priority . . .
Survey: local government CIOs promoting collaboration,
change.(chief information officers)(Survey)
Today's chief information officer (CIO)-led local government
information technology (I.T.) department is transforming from its
traditional role of improving efficiency and customer service. City . . .
NLC joins others to promote performance management.(National
League of Cities)
Eleven national organizations representing state and local
government elected and appointed officials met in Washington, D.C., last
week to begin an unprecedented effort to help states and . . .
Lessons of yesterday help today's leaders form strategies
for the future.
City leaders from 26 states gathered in Rapid City, S.D., last week
to learn from four of America's most well-known presidents: George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore . . .
Cities seek recourse for mortgage foreclosure costs.
U.S. cities are passing ordinances seeking to educate mortgage
lenders and servicers, and filing lawsuits in an effort to recover costs
for damages from foreclosures.
Some cities have passed . . .
Cities learn about importance of school readiness at NLC
Leadership Academy in Minneapolis.
Approximately 60 elected officials, senior city staff and United
Way leaders from 18 cities gathered in Minneapolis last month for a
two-day leadership academy on promoting school readiness for . . .
Multiple transit options: a Dutch treat we'll be
needing.
So Americans bedeviled by $4-plus-a-gallon gas want more
transportation choices? They have no idea of what real choices are.
For a taste of our necessary future--driven by rapid energy . . .
Appeals court rules against local governments in video franchise
case.
In a recent decision, an appeals court denied local
governments' request for relief from a federal rule that preempts
local government control in the video franchising process.
In the case, . . .
Appropriations process for FY 2009 gets underway.(crime
prevention program)
by NLC Federal Relations Staff
Before returning home for the July 4 recess, House and Senate
committees began action on the FY 2009 spending bills. While Congress is
in the early stages of the . . .
America's most walkable cities.(Brief article)
With more residents walking to work and more parks per square mile
than any other city evaluated, Cambridge, Mass., has been named the Best
Walking City in America in an annual survey released by . . .
Atlanta launches "A (new) Genre Landscape".(Brief
article)
Twelve Atlanta artists are exploring new ways of working with
communities by creating temporary site-specific "artscapes" in
public parks. Sponsored by the city's Office of Cultural Affairs
Public . . .
Cities show spirit with patriotic-sounding names.(Brief
article)
With the approach of the Fourth of July, some may wonder just how
much the patriotic spirit inspired the names of cities and towns across
the U.S. People around the country will be celebrating . . .
Reno, Nev., streets receive surface treatment.(Brief
article)
Reno, Nev., is applying surface treatments to streets in many
neighborhoods as a cost-effective way of extending their life and
improving ride-ability until they can be scheduled for more . . .
Hialeah, Fla., remodels e-library.(Brief article)
Hialeah, Fla., has celebrated the remodeling of the West E-Library,
which opened in 2001 in a small room in a police substation.
The new 6,500 square foot facility offers 6,000 books and . . .
Pasadena, Calif., builds environmental skills through on-line
training.(Brief article)
Donating used magazines, switching to recycled copy paper and
shopping with reusable bags are among the steps residents can take that
are explained in the new interactive online Green Training . . .
Report: sharp housing downturn continues to pressure the
economy.(Housing Studies)(Report)
by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
The nation is in the throes of a housing downturn that is shaping
up to be the worst in a generation, finds The State of the . . .
Congress passes another FAA program extension.(Federal Aviation
Administration)(Brief article)
Both the House and Senate passed an extension of federal airport
programs and the taxes that support them after dropping a highly
controversial provision to fund the Highway Trust Fund.
As . . .
Federal support for public safety programs in jeopardy as new
crime data show mixed results.(Report)
Preliminary data from the Unified Crime Report of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) show that while violent crime decreased in
2007, small and midsized cities across the nation continued to . . .
USCM focuses on upcoming election, climate change at annual
meeting.(U.S. Conference of Mayors)(Conference news)
Mayors from across the country focused on the mortgage crisis,
infrastructure, climate protection and the upcoming Presidential
election during the recent U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) . . .
Justice Department issues new ADA regulations.(Americans with
Disabilities Act)
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights
Division (CRD) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking designed to update
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations dealing . . .
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