Great GASB? (April 24)
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board takes another step on a controversial plan to incorporate states' performance data. Now critics are calling for the end of GASB altogether. More from Governing.

Well Served (April 24)
Streaming video is coming of age as more local government Web sites are hosting live and on-demand videos of public meetings, employee training and public education programs. More from American City & County.

Top Ten US City Use of Renewable Energy (April 24)
Which of the largest 50 US cities provide citizens with the highest percentage of power produced from renewable energy? More from SustainLane.

When No One's Home (April 24)
Technology grant helps communities catalog and manage their vacant properties. More from Government Technology.

Changing Places (April 24)
Autos and airplanes have a lot in common with the Web and cell phones. Moving people and information around are both transformative. More from Governing.

Environmentally Responsible Redevelopment and Reuse (ER3) (April 24)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ER3 program will collaborate with public and private partners to identify, develop, and deliver incentives to encourage developers and property owners to implement sustainable practices during the redevelopment of contaminated sites.

A Local Ladder for Low-Income Workers (April 24)
From 2000 to 2004, the number and share of taxpayers receiving the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) rose in response to economic challenges. Increases were largest in the suburbs of the nation's largest metropolitan areas. More from The Brookings Institution.

Creating a Powerhouse of Play (April 24)
An accessible playground in Virginia benefits from community enthusiasm. More from Parks & Recreation Magazine.

The 'Humane Metropolis' -- Are We Ready? (April 24)
The humane metropolis advocates would have modern cities rethought -- from street plans to entire neighborhood layouts -- to be more sociable, civic and inclusive. More from the Washington Post Writers Group.

Cloudy Forecast (April 24)
Regional clouds represent the next step in municipal wireless networks' evolution. More from Government Technology.

Public Works Bidder Responsibility Mandated and Defined (April 20)
Governor Gregoire, signed into law on April 19, 2007, statutory provisions that define bidder responsibility for public works contracts (including small works roster contracts) and allow public agencies to add their own supplementary responsibility requirements. More from K&LGates Newsstand.

The Retail Chase (April 18)
Cities will do almost anything to land the store of their dreams. More from Governing.

Automated Alert Network (April 18)
The Portland, Oregon Connect & Protect™ program makes it possible to send targeted emergency alerts and share critical information in real time among emergency management operations, first responders, critical infrastructure providers, and other public safety stakeholders. More from ICMA.

Fighting for Good, Affordable Neighborhoods (April 18)
In the battle for affordable housing, calling in the US armed forces may seem excessive — until you take a look at some of the new military neighborhoods being built. More from New Urban News.

Measuring Individual Contributions (April 18)
How can a public manager figure out who is making a significant contribution to the agency's success if no one has defined success? More from Bob Behn's Management Report.

Human Services Collaboration Key in Small Counties (April 18)
Human services clients in small counties face all the same problems of those in large counties, with fewer resources to help them work through these issues. More from NACo's County News.

Reconnecting Out-of-School Youth (April 18)
A new publication from the American Youth Policy Forum, Whatever it Takes: How Twelve Communities Are Reconnecting Out-of-School Youth ( 9.1MB), documents what committed educators, policymakers, and community leaders across the country are doing to reconnect out-of-school youth to the social and economic mainstream.

Local Governments and Sustainable Infrastructure (April 18)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Local Government Advisory Committee has developed a DVD that highlights how local governments address aging sewer and water systems to meet current and future challenges facing our communities. More from the EPA.

Case Studies of Incident Command Systems (April 18)
A recently published report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government,"From Forest Fires to Hurricane Katrina: Case Studies of Incident Command Systems (ICS),” examines the Katrina case, as well as others, and identifies the conditions under which the ICS approach can be successful.

What Makes Great Cities? (April 18)
The question of what constitutes a great city has been asked many times—and answered in many different ways. When it comes to defining great cities, greatness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. More from Urban Land.

Smart City - The Greening of Cities (April 18)
Sustainability is the new imperative for urban leaders. And now there is a new way to encourage and even measure a community's sustainability. The topic of discussion on this week's Smart City is the greening of cities.

Polling the Populace (April 10)
Citizen surveys are an increasingly popular tool for soliciting feedback on policies, programs and priorities. More from Governing.

TRB Report on Roundabouts (April 10)
A recently published report from the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Roundabouts in the United States, explores methods of estimating the safety and operational impacts of roundabouts and examines updated design criteria for roundabouts. More from the TRB.

Housing Impacts of New Urban Demographics (April 10)
A recent paper from the Brookings Institution provides a deeper understanding of trends that are impacting metropolitan America and how those trends may impact the demand for multi-family housing in the coming decades. More from Brookings.

NATOA INets E-Seminar on April 16th (April 10)
In an era when cable companies are increasingly unwilling to negotiate Inets under franchise agreements, how will local governments meet their communications networking needs in cost-efficient ways? This eNATOA seminar will explore potential strategies by which to plan, negotiate, and implement internal communications networks to serve the same purposes as Inets -- but independent of the franchising process. Registration closes April 12th.

Good Malls and Bad Cities (April 10)
New quasi-urban shopping centers and the digital public sphere call into question traditional hatred of malls. More from Metropolis Magazine.

Governments Ask for Reversal FCC's Video Franchise Ruling (April 10)
Local government organizations representing municipal and county officials across America asked the Federal courts last week to reverse the recent franchising order adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. More from Nation's Cities Weekly.

GIS Payback Figures (April 10)
Instead of building separate geospatial information systems (GIS) for different departments, many local governments develop single systems to serve all departments. More from American City & County.

Pay-as-You-Drive (PAYD) Insurance Pilot Project (April 10)
King County recently won a $1.9 million federal grant to help fund a new, five-year statewide pilot program to explore the viability of a "pay-per-mile" insurance strategy. More from King County's Department of Transportation.

Keeping Personal Data Safe (April 10)
Governments need the speed and efficiency that electronic records provide and need to be able to share that information between agencies and levels of government. But the onus is on them to protect that information. More from Governing.

Local Government Pros Team Up on Disaster Recovery (April 10)
Florida’s response in Mississippi marked the beginning of what is fast evolving into a concerted effort to formalize the concept of coordinated disaster recovery assistance by local governments, a concept that Florida managers call recovery strike teams. More from Public Management.