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FinanceReport: Cities will pay greater share of infrastructure investmentsAmerica's infrastructure investments will be further stifled this year by pressures to cut federal spending and reduce the deficit, compelling cities to take on more of the costs to start or continue infrastructure projects, according to a new report from the Urban Land Institute.... Survey: Local government work force is shrinkingThe recession has forced most local and state governments to layoff employees and increase employees' costs for health care, and those steps have led to lower employee morale and workload problems, according to the latest electronic survey conducted by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence.... May 2011 Municipal Cost Index increases slightlyThe costs of goods and services purchased by local governments increased 0.8 percent over last month.... |
Benefits/RetirementSurvey: Local government work force is shrinkingThe recession has forced most local and state governments to layoff employees and increase employees' costs for health care, and those steps have led to lower employee morale and workload problems, according to the latest electronic survey conducted by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence.... Study: State government pension funding gap increases 26 percentThe gap between the promises states have made for public employees' retirement benefits and the money they have set aside grew to at least $1.26 trillion in fiscal year 2009, a 26 percent increase in one year, according to a report by the Pew Center on the States.... Report: New ideas for government pension plansAs some state and local governments are shifting from defined benefit to defined contribution pension plans to reduce their employee benefit costs, they should consider arrangements that include elements of both plans, according to a new report from the Center for State and Local Government Excellence.... |
ConsultingTrading offUtility's upgrades produce offsets for the carbon market.... Mission: greenLandfill space is cheap and plentiful in Texas. But, with Austin officials concerned with environmental conservation and sustainability, they set a goal... Asking for changeLocal government leaders hope that a few key issues left unfinished by the 109th Congress will be resolved in 2007. But, the Democratic takeover of Congress,... |
Economic DevelopmentObama acknowledges impact of government job lossesPresident Obama acknowledged the impact government job losses have had on the economy, and on those employees' lives, during a televised town hall meeting last week.... Video: Report says transit not connecting to jobsNearly 70 percent of city residents have access to transit service of some kind where they live, but they can only reach about 30 percent of jobs in their area via transit, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution.... Report: States not tracking transportation spendingOnly 13 states have goals, performance measures and data needed to show whether their surface transportation systems are advancing economic growth and other key objectives, according to a report from the Pew Center on the States and the Rockefeller Foundation.... |
