American City & County http://americancityandcounty.com/ American City & County News en-us Five state and local 911 networks test federal program http://americancityandcounty.com/pubsafe/communications/states-911-networks-test-0807 Five local and state government-operated Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) are participating in the proof of concept phase of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Next Generation 911 (NG 911) Initiative. communications Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:44:00 EDT Cities need more green space, study shows http://americancityandcounty.com/pubwks/parks_grounds_pests/cities-green-space-0807 Big cities added 5,375 new acres of parkland in 2007, but population growth is outstripping their efforts, according to a new study from the San Francisco-based Trust for Public Land (TPL). parks_grounds_pests Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:43:00 EDT Where there is smoke http://americancityandcounty.com/weeklysnapshot/igo-fires-07112008 weeklysnapshot Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:48:00 EDT Court rules for FCC in video franchise case http://americancityandcounty.com/technology/telecommunications/court-rules-fcc-video-0807 The Washington-based National League of Cities (NLC) and other government associations are weighing their next move telecommunications Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:19:00 EDT USCM "shocked and dismayed" at Congress' failure to fund Energy Block Grant http://americancityandcounty.com/admin/uscm-shocked-dismayed-congress-0807 admin Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:17:00 EDT