HUD Offers an Update on $7.4 Billion in Disaster Grant Funding
By Bill Lucia / Route Fifty

Agile at the Local Level: New York Town Tries a New Approach with Tax Software
By Ben Miller / GovTech

Moving From Occupational Safety to Worker Health and Well-Being
By Ben Miller / GovTech

Predictive Analytics Guides West Nile Virus Control Efforts in Chicago
Mosquitoes kill 50,000 times as many people as sharks, but if there’s a TV channel featuring Mosquito Week, I haven’t heard about it.” – Bill Gates Story by Sean Thornton / Data Smart Cities

Cities Have a New Target for Ending Homelessness: Landlords
Source: National League of Cities

HUD Observes National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
Nearly half a million children living in the United States have elevated levels of lead in their blood Source: HUD

5 Government Trends to Watch
By:Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene / Governing.com

How ‘Bike Friendly’ Is Your State?
By Bill Lucia / Route Fifty

Solar Farm Powers EPA Environmental Center
Source: EPA

How Much Food Do Cities Squander?
Researchers have unearthed wasteful habits helping create a blueprint for curbing them By Jessica Leigh Hester / CityLab

As California Smolders, Tennessee City Officials Rebuild from 2016 Wildfire, Get New Alert System
By Jason Axelrod / American City and County

EPA Honors 2017 Green Power Leaders
Recognizing 19 Green Power Partners across the country – including Amphitheater Public Schools (Tuscon, AZ), Bainbridge Island (Washington), the City of Houston (Texas) Source: EPA

Five Ways to Create Space to Think
By Scott Eblin / Excellence in Government

San Francisco’s Path Forward to Close Its Digital Divide
By Dave Nyczepir/ Route Fifty

Cities and Counties Respond to UAS Integration Pilot Program
Source: National League of Cities

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