Stories Collection

  1. Jerry Knippel doesn't mind helping you learn from his mistakes. As division director ...
  2. The tax plan that is part of the budget bill recently agreed to by Congress and the W...
  3. Mirroring the nation's continuous march toward technology, the battle against snow an...
  4. The tax plan that is part of the budget bill recently agreed to by Congress and the W...
  5. The economic health of most cities and towns across America continues to show improve...
  6. "Synergy" is a buzzword of the '90s that too often proves to be more sizzle than stea...
  7. In the information age, the challenge isn't gathering or disseminating information, b...
  8. It would be nice to live next door to the fire station if your house caught fire. S...
  9. This year, the International City/-County Managers Association meeting overlaps with ...
  10. The National Association of Counties has added a new professional affiliate to suppor...
  11. If there are two sides to the growth management coin, they would be represented by Po...
  12. In the United States, local government is estimated to be a $600 billion-a-year busin...
  13. When it comes to managing their self-funded workers' compensation programs, many citi...
  14. Over the past three decades, the face of public works has undergone tremendous change...
  15. When Baltimore County Executive C. A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger took office in January 19...
  16. Human interests spoil Utopia - a familiar scenario, and anyone with a 10-year-old chi...
  17. Public transportation can conjure up images of smoky old buses that run late, lines o...
  18. If it's true that landscaping in the 1990s is about much more than aesthetics, then i...
  19. An aging sewer system is literally falling apart. Rapid development hastens the sewer...
  20. EPA has issued a final rule granting municipalities increased flexibility in meeting ...
  21. Historically, cities and counties have awarded construction contracts for public work...
  22. Counties are not liable for acts committed by deputy sheriffs, even when the hiring p...
  23. Although competition is in its infancy in the electric utility industry, power compan...
  24. Since President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 a year ago, local g...
  25. They are storied names - Parkland in Dallas, Metro in Cleveland, Grady in Atlanta - t...
  26. Superfund policy could benefit local governments Like the trade that sent Babe Ruth...
  27. Finding time for recreation and exercise can be difficult when one must balance work,...
  28. Many experts predict that in the not-too-distant future, most cities and counties in ...
  29. Washington, D.C. - Kansas City, Mo.-based Black & Veatch was the top winner in the Am...
  30. DeKalb County, Ga., was facing a critical need for infrastructure improvements at the...
  31. On March 18, 71 percent of the voters of DeKalb County, Ga., who went to the polls ap...
  32. Cost savings, improved productivity and increased access to information have helped t...
  33. Michael Hightower pushes through automatic doors. They just don't open fast enough fo...
  34. Cities and counties, traditionally on the same side of most federal-local battles, ma...
  35. The intergovernmental group brought together under the auspices of the Nature Conserv...
  36. For years, officials in the Peoria County, Ill., treasurer's office were encumbered w...
  37. Downtowns today are hot. Customers, investors and downtown business owners alike are ...
  38. Mosquitoes can be more than just a nuisance; they can also transmit diseases to human...
  39. In the ongoing give-and-take over federal stormwater rules, local governments are wor...
  40. New York City has found a way to protect the quality of its drinking water without sp...
  41. When it comes to determining the optimum time to trade fleet equipment, municipal fle...
  42. Privatization of wastewater treatment operations is nothing new, but Cranston, R.I., ...
  43. Remote access networks help cities and counties streamline operations by enabling the...
  44. The 105th Congress has been intensely partisan on most issues. But there is a remarka...
  45. It's been said that every cloud has a silver lining, and this adage rings true in Oak...
  46. California has Disneyland. Florida has Disney World. Texas and numerous other states ...
  47. Dakota County, Minn., and 11 communities within the suburban Minneapolis-St. Paul cou...
  48. Nothing gets local government officials lumped to-gether more quickly than a hot-butt...
  49. The Stark Free Tree Program is looking for a few good trees. Three million, to be exa...
  50. On Halloween evening in 1963, a performance by an ice skating troupe at the Indiana S...
  51. Bucks County, Pa., located northeast of Philadelphia near the New Jersey border, has ...
  52. Phoenix, Ariz. - The state transportation board has authorized a consortium of privat...
  53. Mayor Paul Helmke has a history of reaching out to minorities. He recently appointed ...
  54. Little Rock, Ark. - The city has teamed up with the University of Arkansas at Little ...
  55. Havana, Fla., was once a thriving tobacco town. Twelve miles north of Tallahassee, th...
  56. In the local government workplace, every accident, claim or incident may involve unin...
  57. To many city and county officials the words "welfare reform" are right up there with ...
  58. With legal and remediation costs mounting, cities and counties are desperate for reli...
  59. Debra Sanders was one of those people who the so-called reformers pointed to when the...
  60. A decade after the Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine, nuclear waste does not frequent...
  61. In cities and counties across the United States, building and improving public infras...
  62. A city like Los Angeles, which for years has had a reputation for horrendous traffic,...
  63. The birth of the new millennium could sound the death knell for many of the nation's ...
  64. What could be more tried-and-true than fly ash, something the Romans used for roads a...
  65. A.O. Smith Harvestore John Farris has been named president of the Milwaukee, Wis.-bas...
  66. Site plan approval is sometimes a highly subjective process, one in which politics ca...
  67. Santa Monica, Calif. - The Big Blue Bus has gotten even more colorful. The city's t...
  68. For cities and counties with solid waste concerns (i.e. all those with populations of...
  69. Don't go there: The American Automobile Association has pointed to 10 highways as the...
  70. In the past, many smaller governments viewed benchmarking as a process that essential...
  71. The World Wide Web offers governments an effective universal interface for delivering...
  72. President Clinton and key congressional Republicans are on the same frequency when it...
  73. Environmentalists, government representatives and members of the golf business are of...
  74. No. 234 High-Traction Footwear Jordan David Safety & Health Products PO Box 400 Warri...
  75. An eight-year -old girl, playing in her housing complex, falls eight feet from the mo...
  76. With annual population growth at historically high rates, many U.S. cities and counti...
  77. As glass recycling has become more widespread, so has the problem of glass containers...
  78. Fairgrounds, once relegated to hosting seasonal livestock and agriculture shows, are ...
  79. The Concordia, Kan., wastewater treatment plant has been in operation in the north ce...
  80. Bark Blower Finn Corp. The new truck-mounted bark blowers are self-powered, pneum...
  81. Boston Emergency Medical Services has forged a partnership among local firefighters, ...
  82. Play Structure Landscape Structures Water Play is an independent play event that ...
  83. While the acronym, “ISTEA,” has inspired countless headline writers ̵...
  84. Play Structure Landscape Structures Water Play is an independent play event that ...
  85. To accommodate increasing transportation demands and provide safe and efficient trave...
  86. Mesquite, Texas — The city council has unanimously approved the initial stage o...
  87. By the end of the next decade, more than half the world's population will live in urb...
  88. Everybody talks about the weather. For some, it is just small talk, and all that hang...
  89. Blowout Two highways in Washington state are leaking. According to the San Jose Mer...
  90. More than 7,000 city, county and state customers of Public Technology, Inc. (PTI) bel...
  91. New technological developments are making it possible for cities and counties to oper...
  92. The American Water Works Research Foundation Board of Trustees has selected 53 projec...
  93. As the millennium approaches, one can hardly imagine any local government agency not ...
  94. Information technology is often the key that enables local governments to deliver imp...
  95. Washington, D.C. — Tampering that was costing the U.S. Postal Service — a...
  96. Guardrails are important for both preventing cars from leaving the road and maintaini...
  97. Skokie, Ill. — The rehabilitation of Pancake Blvd. in Liberal, Kan., has won th...
  98. In recent years, an ever-increasing number of centrally fueled vehicle fleets, many o...
  99. Washington, D.C. — The latest National League of Cities survey of local governm...
  100. The Franklin County Sanitary Landfill, owned by the Solid Waste Authority of Central ...
  101. Worcester, Mass. — An innovative program that focuses the efforts of police and...
  102. It is an eyesore, a visible sign of decay and seemingly ubiquitous. Graffiti, seen on...
  103. And the winner is … The Leesburg, Va., Water Pollution Control Division recen...
  104. Half of all government buildings in America are more than 30 years old. In many of th...
  105. After all, they have a reputation to protect The Christian Knights of the Ku Klux K...
  106. Hello. I can say that because I don't work for Kleberg County, Texas. Kleberg County ...
  107. Privatization advocates are encouraging cities throughout the U.S. to privatize their...
  108. Franklin, N.C. — Houston and Rockville, Md., led the parade of 21 municipal gov...
  109. When it was passed in 1991, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act was ...
  110. Tackling the issue of watershed protection can be about as much fun as an IRS audit. ...
  111. Info. Technology CD-ROM Server SciNet The Series 400 CD-Server, an independent ...
  112. The Financial Services Center (FSC) of the National Association of Counties and Memph...
  113. Residents of San Francisco had been expecting The Big One for years. And while they a...
  114. If paying taxes is one of the “sure things” in life, cashiers for Cook Co...
  115. Some day, maybe every city will have its own satellite. At least several U.S. compani...
  116. Often, the most dangerous element in a hazardous materials transportation mishap is t...
  117. A just-completed pilot project sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration has te...
  118. On the superhighway Chesapeake, Va., has awarded a contract to UGC Consulting, Engl...
  119. You have decided to contract with a private firm for operation of your water and/or w...
  120. Like alligators and high humidity, sinkholes are a fact of life in Florida. And last ...
  121. Chicago — Intertec Publising, which publishes American City & County , has begu...
  122. Much has been written lately about “managed competition” in the area of m...
  123. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is developing a way to drastic...
  124. Pierce Manufacturing Robert Bohn has been appointed president of the Appleton, Wis....
  125. Managed competition is a hot topic these days, and many private firms are quick to ad...
  126. Often, one can tell whether apathy is a problem in a community by observing its appea...
  127. Recently, a Brinks truck overturned in Miami, spilling upwards of $1 million in cash,...
  128. Since the mid-1980s, state and local governments have been working to provide better ...
  129. Today's urban landscape must meet an increasing number of environmental, recreational...
  130. Communication Equipment Computer Room Coolers Airflow The new AFX 2000 line of ...
  131. City and county administrators are constantly challenged to come up with innovative a...
  132. It isn't easy to shock New Yorkers — especially with good news. But when, at a ...
  133. The 105th Congress will be dealing with a number of financial and budget issues this ...
  134. Time was, if one wanted to build a road, all that was needed were money, materials an...
  135. For 90 Arkansas families, waiting a week or more for a monthly child support check to...
  136. Washington, D.C. — The country's first Joint Center for Sustainable Communities...
  137. EPA is getting hit on all sides for proposed air quality standards that tighten contr...
  138. Believin' Las Vegas According to the Sacramento Bee , a group called the Foundation...
  139. Officials in Los Angeles have realized for some time that more and bigger roads will ...
  140. Washington, D.C. — Ten federal, state and local programs that exemplify new mod...
  141. Obtaining the highest quality products and services at the lowest possible cost ̵...
  142. A recent Department of Energy decision means that cities and counties will not have t...
  143. Wastewater is discharged daily from private residences and industrial facilities all ...
  144. Buildings & Grounds Storage Building Advanced Storage Technology The Hi-Arch Ga...
  145. Unique partnership is in Delaware To the editor, My compliments on a timely and i...
  146. On the superhighway Chesapeake, Va., has awarded a contract to UGC Consulting, Engl...
  147. Like many old cities in the industrial Northeast, New Haven, Conn., has suffered cons...
  148. It does not take long to realize that the Benbrook Water and Sewer Authority in Texas...
  149. While politicians spend much of their time talking about Medicare, Social Security an...
  150. Brooklyn, N.Y. — If local residents have their way, the Sunset Park area, which...
  151. As environmental, workplace safety and health regulations multiply, some cash-strappe...
  152. Gwinnett County is part of the expanding metropolitan Atlanta area. Its one source of...
  153. Outsourcing information management has enabled the city of Evansville and Vanderburgh...
  154. Washington, D.C. — Seventeen local governments have received national recogniti...
  155. When Terry McManus came home the day after Hurricane Hugo slammed into his coastal So...
  156. San Diego County — The county joins the city of Philadelphia as the U.S. Enviro...
  157. Welfare reform is a bit like cleaning the bathroom — it has to be done, but who...
  158. Disasters from floods to earthquakes to fires can test the coping ability of even the...
  159. Another job done in by robotics Michael Rubin, a robotics engineer in Lubbock, Texa...
  160. Financial management in the newly minted year is shaping up largely as a waiting game...
  161. Orange County is located in central Florida, approximately 24 miles from the Atlantic...
  162. And the winner is … The restoration of Oakland City Hall has earned Carey & C...
  163. Cities and counties across the country are using computerized maps to streamline tax ...
  164. As budgets become tighter and vehicle prices rise, many municipalities have had to re...
  165. Greenhorne & O'Mara John Healey has been elected to the board of directors of the G...
  166. Knoxville, Tenn., has an ongoing pavement management program that, to date, has enabl...
  167. School districts around the country have a right to be disappointed with both the Dem...
  168. In recent years, Johnston County, N.C., has undertaken a major effort to automate its...
  169. The latest rage in aquatic recreation is big, blue and orange, spews water and sits i...
  170. On July 7, 1995, dry lightning ignited a fire that charred around 23,000 acres of cen...
  171. After reading a story in an insurance company publication on the successes of an acce...
  172. Vernon Hills, Ill., is an emerging "edge" city 30 miles north of Chicago. Although th...
  173. The three "R's" have brought a sense of new enthusiasm to a growing college community...
  174. State and local governments have approximately $750 billion in financial assets under...
  175. The Albuquerque (N.M.) Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority (AMAFCA) recently ...
  176. Jam-ups resulting in damage to equipment and leading to large repair costs are now pr...
  177. Nestled in the northeast corner of Georgia along the banks of the Savannah River, the...
  178. As tax rates increase, so too does the importance of collecting all the revenue legit...
  179. While technology is providing more resources for municipalities to streamline service...
  180. Few people would agree to do twice the work in the same amount of hours, to limit vac...
  181. In just four years, the neighborhoods to Standards program has galvanized Houston's i...
  182. When Ken Ryder became public works director for Lebanon, N,H., (population 35,000), t...
  183. The wheels of justice turn slowly. Yet, each metaphorical degree of rotation produces...
  184. A comparative study that compared various management alternatives is helping one New ...
  185. Earlier this year, the cities of St. Paul, South St. Paul and Minneapolis and various...
  186. As the city of Rock Hill, S.C., has grown, so too have its printing and copying needs...
  187. Olathe, Kan., is using a new transfer station, built through a public/private partner...
  188. Public/private partnerships are, by definition, comprised of public and private secto...
  189. Jefferson County, Colo., employees have communication and organizational technology a...
  190. The heat is building on booming South Florida to change its ways. As scientific evide...
  191. * American Digital Cartography provides digital maps for AutoCAD, ARC/INFO and MicroS...
  192. Water impurities in communities around the country are raising concerns with city off...
  193. The last major regulated industry in America is about to be deregulated. The resultin...
  194. When a city issues RFPs, it is not unusual to find a number of private contractors re...
  195. Recent trends toward privatization have made those engaged in the practice of public ...
  196. The two golf courses that comprise Harborside International Golf Center are just 16 m...
  197. The concept of "sustainable finance" -- recognition that the availability and use of ...
  198. Perhaps the most daunting task in a public sector outsourcing deal is managing the pr...
  199. A quality assurance-oriented approach helped San Francisco complete a basemap develop...