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Hydraulics on Hybrid Recycling Trucks to Reduce Costs, Emissions in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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russian cop   NewsWatch: Public Safety -- Police Ordered to Ignore Subpoenas, More ...

Cop Exposes Corruption, Emergency Manager's Dilemma, Electric Scooter Patrol, Gunshot Tracking Tech, Cocaine Sentencing Reconciled.


Jul 29, 2010
hydraulic garbage truck   Hydraulics on Hybrid Recycling Trucks to Reduce Costs, Emissions in Ann Arbor, Mich.

With help from stimulus funds, Ann Arbor, Mich., acquires four garbage trucks outfitted with technology to boost efficiency and keep fuel costs low.


Jul 29, 2010
emailmgmt   Fort Collins, Colo., Pays School District to Manage E-Mail Services

In an unusual example of shared services, Fort Collins, Colo., will pay the Poudre School District to maintain and upgrade e-mail used by more than 1,800 city employees.


Jul 28, 2010
Taxi NYC   NewsWatch: Cities and Counties -- Cop Tickets Mayor's Girlfriend

Hybrid Taxi Mandate Struck Down, Cop Tickets Mayor's Girlfriend, Arizona Immigration Law Blocked, Chicago Could Tax Banks, $75 Billion or 500,000 Layoffs.


Jul 28, 2010
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer   On Immigration, Five States Look to Arizona

Arizona gives local police broad new responsibility to determine the immigration status of those they question.


Jul 28, 2010
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Members of the Digital Communities CIO Leadership Taskforce insist local IT agencies should not respond to current economic challenges as though operations will return to normal down the road. Decisions made today will define a “new normal” for the next several years. This guide offers IT professionals a view of tactics being executed by top government IT leaders from across the nation who are determined to establish a new business as usual.

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The Digital Cities Survey is conducted in partnership with the National League of Cities annually in the summer: July - August. All United States cities, towns, villages and consolidated city/county governments with populations of 30,000 or greater are invited to participate in this survey. The awards are presented concurrently with the NLC conference held each November.

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