Stories Collection

  1. Now that total Global Positioning Systems (GPS) packages, with hardware, software and...
  2. The flatness of California's central valley and the rapid growth of the valley's Fres...
  3. Responding to public outrage, a United States Senate panel voted in October to trim l...
  4. Downtown Hagerstown's pivotal role as the Hub City of the Tri-State region in Western...
  5. Things have been a little discouraging lately for graffiti artists haunting the stree...
  6. State and local governments that issue new bonds or refund existing debt need to know...
  7. More than 5 billion gallons of fuel will be dispensed this year at private commercial...
  8. Downtown revitalization is all the rage in a number of cities and counties across the...
  9. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has handed down two decisio...
  10. An Ohio city is counting on the information superhighway to meet the existing demand ...
  11. The 1995 Municipal Leader of the Year forges partnerships to work for the common good...
  12. Thornton, Colo., has a recipe for achieving tremendous benefits from GIS, without hav...
  13. The new EPA brownfields pilot program is helping selected cities understand how conta...
  14. As the potential for technology-driven highways revs up, transportation operators are...
  15. Business and property owners are usually enthusiastic about downtown revitalization, ...
  16. Work on the first of two contracts rehabilitating the approach decks and related elem...
  17. The city of Champaign, Ill., was experiencing the deterioration of a number of reside...
  18. Government agencies have spent years capturing massive amounts of geospatial data for...
  19. As part of its Goals 2000 plan to improve secondary education, the Clinton administra...
  20. A new property records system offers county clerks' and recorders' offices a winning ...
  21. Congestion pricing toll roads, such as SR-91 in California, are blazing the trail as ...
  22. Removal of federal barriers to states and cities wishing to privatize government-owne...
  23. Faced with a $6.5 million budget deficit for the 1995-1996 fiscal year and a projecte...
  24. An avalanche of paper covered the Davis (Calif.) Department of Public Works following...
  25. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Carbone v. Clarkstown left many municipalities w...
  26. Popular in the 1960s and '70s, desalination technology stagnated for the next decade....
  27. In 1992, the Refuse and Recycling Division of the Lakewood, Ohio, Department of Publi...
  28. When Minnesota first issued regulations requiring continuous monitoring of emissions ...
  29. Technology may be improving our ability to manage information, but it has not made th...
  30. Sometimes, even fixed costs need fixing. Leases can be renegotiated, pensions restruc...
  31. In 1992, Texas Utilities earned a $1 billion profit and paid $19.6 million - 2 percen...
  32. Elimination of the discharge of effluent to surface waters is one of the primary goal...
  33. Eighteen competitors from a variety of states faced off on Aug. 12, at the Glenville ...
  34. Because infrastructure repairs are an ongoing concern of municipalities, finding cost...
  35. Despite efforts by the Reagan and Bush administrations to encourage privatization (se...
  36. Nitrate is a real curse for a municipal water supply and a foul word to the people re...
  37. It is becoming clear that traditional federal funding can no longer meet infrastructu...
  38. Planners, engineers and landscape architects do not always speak the same language, a...
  39. When the Blanchette and McNair Parks' Family Aquatic Center opened in 1992, St. Charl...
  40. Windsor, Conn., a town of 28,000, had the same paper problems many municipalities fac...
  41. In 1990, the Plymouth Downtown Development Authority (DDA) in Michigan began planning...
  42. Crystal Springs Family Aquatic Center, located in East Brunswick, N.J., opened with a...
  43. Rapid growth can strain a city in a multitude of ways, and, as one of America's oldes...
  44. The Orlando, Fla., Orange County Expressway Authority (OOCEA) has met the expanding t...
  45. Twelve underserved city neighborhoods are creating new park space, planning park prog...
  46. Christin Hudak does not look intimidating. But the 5-1, 110-pound, self-described "pi...
  47. Boston -- Built in 1922, the West Roxbury District Court House is located on the city...
  48. Overland Park, Kan., is a typical 1950s-'60s midwestern suburb from its cul-de-sacs a...
  49. Like most emergency response agencies, the Sandwich, Mass., Fire Department occasiona...
  50. Running any successful city or county has always required the efforts of two disparat...
  51. Now that President Clinton's health care proposal is decomposing, reform efforts coul...
  52. The Tulsa, Okla., State Highway Commissioner had a vested interest in the 44th Avenue...
  53. In an effort to show communities how to reduce landfilled waste, the Municipal Waste ...
  54. In the aftermath of dramatic losses by investors in bond markets last year, securitie...
  55. With increasing competition for scarce public works dollars, spending on corrosion co...
  56. The challenge for city officials in Douglas County, Wis., was to better manage the ev...
  57. In July 1992, the burden of trying to collect on returned checks became more than Sus...
  58. City officials are faced with the task of delivering services more efficiently as tec...
  59. Mosquito infestations can ruin outdoor community activities and chase away potential ...
  60. The civil division of the Maricopa County (Ariz.) attorney's office began using infor...
  61. Chicago's park system has been referred to in the past as "dysfunctional," "a patrona...
  62. Few things can electrify a city like the excitement of a championship sporting event....
  63. In 1988, when Pennsylvania banned leaves from landfills in larger municipalities, Cum...
  64. As governments and transportation agencies around the country seek ways to upgrade an...
  65. In 1981, the 114-acre landfill in Milwaukee County, Wis., was closed and one-quarter ...
  66. Computer programs that mimic human problem-solving techniques offer the transit indus...
  67. The costs of providing health, life and disability plans are rising steadily for publ...
  68. Chicago's Green Line, the elevated train platform running for 22 miles through Chicag...
  69. Offering accident protection to volunteer firefighters and emergency rescue workers c...
  70. Gasoline vehicles and the infrastructure needed to fuel them are a significant source...
  71. On April 19, 1995, Georgia Governor Zell Miller signed the Mass Transit Employee Bene...
  72. Faced with the difficult task of keeping the aging T.F. Green State Airport terminal ...
  73. Las Vegas -- Construction of the Fremont Street Experience, a $70-million project in ...
  74. For years, municipalities relied on standard maintenance service contracts offered by...
  75. Washington, D.C. -- Preliminary results of the National Association of Counties' surv...
  76. Historically, states have delegated the responsibility of solid waste management (SWM...
  77. Despite the national focus on unfunded mandates and attempts to roll back or weaken a...
  78. Odor control is the most significant problem facing composting facilities today and o...
  79. The suspect was wanted for a handgun attack that left two federal officers wounded. I...
  80. Californians currently bury 46 million tons of waste each year -- 60 percent of that ...
  81. Trees benefit communities and urban environments economically, socially and environme...
  82. When the flood of 1993 damaged storm sewer lines in Mankato, Minn., city officials we...
  83. More than 45 states have now passed legilation to fund and provide Enhanced 911 servi...
  84. Not many wastewater plants have to deal with too little sludge. But, when attempting ...
  85. The Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority, N.J., operates the Delaware No. 1 wa...
  86. Software designed to help construction companies produce concise, specific cost proje...
  87. Early discussion in Congress and the press regarding federal tax reform already has h...
  88. When the House passed its version of the reauthorized Clean Water Act (CWA), local go...
  89. The Los Angeles earthquake of January 17, 1994 measured 6.8 on the Richter scale, bre...
  90. In the time it takes to read this, a child will be severely injured and admitted to a...
  91. Flathead County, Mont., planners have adopted a unique approach in building the count...
  92. Growing demand for public service information prompted one suburban Chicago county to...
  93. GIS is emerging as a principal tool to enhance local government services delivery and...
  94. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy have...
  95. If Bill Melton had been a morning person, he might be a sportscaster today. That was ...
  96. House Resolution 961, otherwise known as the reauthorized Clean Water Act (CWA), repr...
  97. Many cash-strapped local governments have tried selling public infrastructure to priv...
  98. Municipal and county governments are taking advantage of technology that helps them t...
  99. An information and technology explosion is overwhelming both private citizens and loc...
  100. After Congress hammers out a revised crime bill sometime in the fall, one thing is li...
  101. For years, government issuers of tax-free municipal bonds have been exempt from regis...
  102. Most U.S. highways are now carrying more and heavier - trucks than they were designed...
  103. The Columbian Park Water Reservoir in Lafayette, Ind., supplies drinking water to the...
  104. Every municipality is looking for ways to create new non-tax revenues. Harrisburg, Pa...
  105. The Colorado Springs Utilities' (CSU) Water Resources Department found itself caught ...
  106. Glass, concrete and steel were not the only things shattered by the explosion in Okla...
  107. When Boeing Company cut 6,100 jobs in 1992, Seattle residents had no idea that it was...
  108. Extreme noise environments, like ambulances, are a known cause of inner ear damage an...
  109. Setting out to prove that both a clean environment and a growing economy can coexist,...
  110. Unlike people on the "outside," inmates in city and county jails are entitled by law ...
  111. In recent years, regulators have taken a keen interest in the safe operation of compa...
  112. Fort Worth, Texas -- The National League of Cities (NLC) has recognized the ongoing r...
  113. For years, Scranton, Pa.'s, Central Business District, always the city's historical, ...
  114. Mountain View, Calif, created a regional park, complete with golf course, clubhouse, ...
  115. Since the imported fire ant (IFA) entered the United States through the port of Mobil...
  116. Many large U.S. airports now recognize the need to increase capacity and services to ...
  117. Close to 300 environmental, public health and consumer groups have joined together to...
  118. Law enforcement agencies are increasingly turning to new, high-tech weapons like comp...
  119. An old fleet management system can result in lost time and lost money, but implementi...
  120. With the implementation of the world's largest recorder's office imaging system, offi...
  121. Emery LaPoint is not talking trash when he says the city of San Antonio will save alm...
  122. New York City is a complex web of roads, bridges, tunnels and transit systems moving ...
  123. Octane testing has traditionally been a slow, cumbersome, expensive process for state...
  124. Massive construction and improvement projects are gradually transforming Atlanta's la...
  125. Gordon Bush is a devout, church-going man who drops God's name in normal conversation...
  126. The information revolution's motto is "those who manage data best, win!" Certainly th...
  127. In Orange County's conservative climate of unfettered free enterprise, the independen...
  128. Cities and counties currently attempting to finance public infrastructure must buy th...
  129. Despite sitting in the center of Montana, where temperatures fall below freezing almo...
  130. The pressure was on in Wilson, N.C., to reduce spending in the 1994-95 budget, with a...
  131. Thanks to an innovative earthquake debris recycling program initiated by the Los Ange...
  132. As the home of Rolling Rock Beer, thousands of "rocks" leave Latrobe, Pa., every day....
  133. The recent rash of cities and counties falling-victim to bond market disasters has pr...
  134. After the federal government issued new standards regarding the licensing and franchi...
  135. Landfill forensic analysis, the examination of landfill durability following seismic ...
  136. After Ohioans complained-profusely about-case backlogs and unanswered calls at the st...
  137. Handling the day-to-day chores of municipal snow removal and the need for winter and ...
  138. Americans dispose of more than 4 billion pounds of carpet waste each year, but one fl...
  139. For years Gary Steinly, senior engineering technician for the Kansas City, Mo., publi...
  140. President Clinton's proposal to streamline the Department of Transportation and shrin...
  141. Raymond McDonough may never be "The Mayor" of Harrison, N.J. Oh, he was elected to th...
  142. More than 100 equipment manufacturers recently learned what they can expect from flee...
  143. To control odors and capture methane gas, Memphis, Tenn., under a design/build contra...
  144. Though they may be an inconvenience to motorists, those familiar orange traffic cones...
  145. In the past two years, more than 15,000 residents in the San Francisco Bay Area commu...
  146. In 1990, when the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation department was offered the opportu...
  147. One of the least expensive ways to reduce recycling program costs is to manage the ma...
  148. "You don't want to go up there. The whole world is in pieces up on that hill." The ...
  149. Few people will argue that it is preferable to buy an American product or service and...
  150. The 1991 Oakland Hills, Calif., firestorm caused $1.5 billion in property loss, affec...
  151. Public officials are turning increasingly to job-order contracting (JOC), a construct...
  152. A fireball that lit the skies around Morgan Depot on Oct. 4, 1918, is still haunting ...
  153. In his book Global Paradox, John Naisbitt says, "Telecommunications will provide the ...
  154. In any jurisdiction, the budget document is perhaps the most important vehicle in pre...
  155. The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), which mandated that financial institutions meet...
  156. In an age of down-sized government and overworked city staff, it is often hard for mu...
  157. It is 10 p.m., and Erin is searching the library database from her computer for a boo...
  158. When passed in 1991, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) was...
  159. Coverage of the 1993 Mississippi River flood and the more recent floods in Georgia, T...
  160. In 1993, Washington state lawmakers approved Public-Private Initiatives in Transporta...
  161. Water treatment plants are usually on the tour itinerary for public works officials o...
  162. In 1985, in an attempt to reduce roadside litter and the cost of maintaining its high...
  163. The public works department had just completed a large construction project that was ...
  164. With the current push toward IVHS and other high-tech forms of traffic management, th...
  165. A survey of staff engineers and managers of medium-size municipalities in Michigan fo...
  166. As Ada County seat and the state capital, Boise, Idaho, has grown rapidly for the pas...
  167. Dependence on entitlement programs is dragging down federal, state and local budgets ...
  168. Standing on a beach in southern Florida it is impossible to see that the saltwater ge...
  169. In the last several decades, the list of problems that big cities must deal with has ...
  170. Most city and county water and sewer utilities meet their primary public service func...
  171. Cleveland Heights, Ohio, City Forester Thomas Morgan has access to all the usual tool...
  172. Most people believe powdered activated carbon (PAC) is a more cost-effective water tr...
  173. The Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., metropolitan area -- with a population of 155,0...
  174. Like many communities, Cheshire, Conn., is concerned with its groundwater. In past ye...
  175. Relations between the United States and the Soviet Union were still in the frosty sta...
  176. Last October, Iowa finalized plans for the implementation of a statewide bridge manag...
  177. When water pollution caused beach closings at Lake St. Clair, north of Detroit, publi...
  178. An estimated 62 percent of municipal solid waste (MSW) was landfilled in 1993, accord...
  179. The viability of municipal insurance pools remains strong, despite soft pricing in th...
  180. Three years ago, to keep pace with increasing growth and development, Winnebago, Minn...
  181. In the early 1980s, paperwork in most local government offices was done the old fashi...
  182. The National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA) recently recognized four paint manuf...
  183. In the 1980s, drought-stricken Californians watched as their water supplies literally...
  184. Q How will the recent election affect the issues facing cities? A The change in part...
  185. In 1979, when Randy Franke was running his first political campaign, a friend gave hi...
  186. Government cost-cutting efforts have long been focused on the health arena, giving ri...
  187. From electronic benefits transfer to national law enforcement to one-stop shopping fo...
  188. By all accounts, public pensions have made progress with their funding obligations, a...
  189. When neighbors complained about odor problems at the South Monmouth Regional Sewerage...
  190. The United States is currently undergoing a mapping revolution that rivals the effort...
  191. In 1991 Fort Wayne, Ind., found a solution to its stormwater funding problems through...
  192. This year President Clinton will try to step up regulation of the nation's drinking w...
  193. As local governments and purchasing agents get the message on buying recycled, prices...
  194. Last November, when Hartford, Conn., announced that its school board had hired a publ...
  195. With the approach of winter, familiar signs begin popping up all over the northern cl...
  196. Although "three strikes and you're out" has fast become the battle cry of a crime-wea...
  197. New Jersey's Cape May County has achieved remarkable success with its new sludge comp...
  198. In the late 1980s, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency halted operation of the a...
  199. The June Wire survey dealt with extra services. As you might expect, a good number o...