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Ithaca, N.Y. Mayor Svante Myrick proposes supervision indoors as a way to manage the city’s heroin epidemic. But such a facility will need authorization or exemption from the state and the Fed.
Revisions are needed to pull the city out of bankruptcy, city officials say.
Part of London’s Safe City Streets strategy includes a new sensor technology aimed at reducing accidents at busy and dangerous intersections. Details of the strategy and technology inside
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A pilot program offering Louisiana residents with additional options for license renewals is targeting shorter wait times among other benefits. Program implementation details and how the state plans to add to $18M in renewal transaction fees...
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IBM this month opened up the application period for the FY14 round of its Smarter Cities Challenge, which will award municipal leaders who have a track record of innovation and collaboration.
U.S. Departments of Commerce and Labor and Delta Regional Authority to fund ten projects for worker training, domestic and foreign business investment, and supply chain access.
Funding will help six communities expand their use of green infrastructure to reduce water pollution and boost resilience to the impacts of climate change.
Awards will support Community Development Financial Institutions that are providing affordable financing and related services to low-income communities and populations that lack access to credit, capital, and financial services.
FEMA to open the FY13 round of its Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program on November 4, 2013. $288 million available to fire departments and nonaffiliated EMS organizations.
The attack on Building 197 in the Washington Navy Yard underscores similarities in response for active shooter and terror scenarios, and reinforces the lesson that training should be multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional.
The Department of Transportation last week announced the fifth round of its TIGER grant period. It was the smallest yet
If your city is preparing now to withstand any number of potential natural and manmade catastrophes in the future, then it’s time to think about competing in the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge.
Last month, Representative Rick Larsen (D-WA) introduced a bill that would let communities with a population between 10,000 and 50,000 compete for TIGER CUBS grants for projects as small as $2 million.
According to House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA), the House version of the Water Resources Development Act will be marked up when Congress returns from their August recess in September.
FEMA has published a final rule outlining a new arbitration option for applicants dissatisfied with public assistance determinations. Until now, cities and counties had but one course of action available
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