ICMA offers tools for facilitating switch to digital TV
Now that Wilmington, N.C., has become the first metro area in the nation to make the switch from analog to digital television broadcasting, the Washington-based International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is offering its members a tool kit to help facilitate the changeover in other communities by Feb. 17....
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, and the Lexington, Ky.-based National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) is urging state governments to educate residents on how to protect their personal information from online predators. ...
USGBC calls for reviewers for its Education Provider Program
The Washington-based U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is looking for members to provide peer review of the courses and subjects in its Education Provider Program....
NACo welcomes financial rescue bill
The Washington-based National Association of Counties (NACo) says the controversial financial rescue bill signed into law last week, which authorizes the U.S. Treasury Department to purchase $700 billion in troubled assets from lending institutions, contains several important priorities for the nation's 3,068 counties. ...
San Francisco calls for statewide legislation on product waste responsibility
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is calling on California lawmakers to pass legislation to make product producers responsible for the costs of disposing of those products...
Associations want next U.S. president to prioritize federal-state-local partnerships
Leaders of the "Big 7" national local government associations met in Philadelphia Monday to issue a call for the next president of the United States to prioritize federal-state-local partnerships....
Portland sets the pace for sustainability
Portland, Ore., is the most sustainable city in the nation, according to San Francisco-based SustainLane's U.S. City Rankings...
Miami-Dade County approves model health plan
Miami-Dade County, Fla.'s Board of County Commissioners has approved a pilot program that aims to offer affordable health insurance to residents and businesses...
Urban Land Institute prepares exhibit on future of urban design
The Washington-based Urban Land Institute (ULI) is preparing an exhibit on the future of urban design and development that will debut at ULI's Annual Fall Meeting...
North Carolina counties switch to digital TV
While television stations across the country will be required to switch from analog to digital broadcasts by Feb. 17, 2009, stations in five North Carolina counties have made the change early...
ICMA and CIGNA release guide on improving community health
The Washington-based International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and Philadelphia-based insurance company CIGNA have released a new publication aimed at teaching local government managers how to save money by improving their employees’ health...
Deadline approaching for submitting solid waste conference papers
The organizers of the 24th International Conference on Solid Waste are calling for abstracts on oral or poster presentations...
I-35W bridge in Minneapolis reopens
The reconstructed I-35W bridge in Minneapolis reopened Thursday, 13 months after it collapsed in August 2007...
New York mayor warns of financial woes to come
During his delivery of the Leslie Whittington Memorial Lecture at Georgetown University in Washington, New York's billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
Texas governor tells Hurricane Ike evacuees to stay put
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Monday that the state is working hard to recover from Hurricane Ike, and he urges evacuees to stay where they are until the cleanup is over...
City budgets hit hard by economic downturn, according to NLC report
Many cities will have to struggle to make ends meet for the next two years, according to a report from the Washington-based National League of Cities (NLC)...
States and cities mandate "visitability" in new homes
A growing number of state and local governments are requiring builders to include features in new homes that improve their "visitability" by people of all ages, according to a report from the Washington-based AARP...
American City & County announces Local Government Summit
With increasing pressure on cities and counties to shrink budgets, American City & County has announced a free online Local Government Summit...
KaBOOM! names Playful City USA communities
Sixty-seven cities have been named Playful City USA communities by Washington-based KaBOOM!...
NACo program saves residents more than $108 million on prescription drugs
The Washington-based National Association of Counties' (NACo) Prescription Drug Discount Card Program has saved American consumers more than $108 million on 9.6 million prescriptions ...
Should non-local businesses be allowed to contribute to local politicians?
In late August, the Sacramento, Calif.-based Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to overturn a 2006 Humboldt County, Calif....
Detroit mayor pleads guilty to felonies, agrees to resign
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty Thursday to two felony charges of obstructing justice by committing perjury and agreed to resign as mayor in two weeks, according to the Detroit Free Press...
NLC president to leave office two weeks early
Washington-based National League of Cities (NLC) President Cynthia McCollum will step down from her position two weeks early as a result of not being reelected as a Madison, Ala., City Council member...
Orlando mayor announces health initiative
On Wednesday, Orlando, Fla., Mayor Buddy Dyer announced a challenge for at least 1 million area residents to get their blood pressure checked...
CH2M HILL co-founder dies
Jim Howland, a co-founder of the Denver-based engineering and operations company CH2M HILL, died Aug. 28 at the age of 92...
