• Winter Leadership Meeting: CDBG, Telecommunications, Eminent Domain, Homeland Security, Energy, Poverty Set as Top Priorities

Executive Director's Column

• Executive Director's Column

Washington Outlook

• House Members Move To Oppose CDBG Cut
• In Senate Testimony, Charlotte Mayor McCrory Urges Increased Federal Transit Investment
• Federal Transit Program FY 07 Budget
• Local Government: Partner in Promoting Video Competition

Other

• Thirty Years Later, Community Development Block Grant Program Still Vital City Priority
• AmeriCorps Civilian Program Faces Drastic Budget Cut
• Clean Air Mayors Announcement
• New DVD Training Course Valuable Tool for Learning Basics of Community Finance
• Interoperable Communications Still Major Challenge Across America
• Miami Mayor Diaz Kicks Off Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Campaign
• Miami Host to Mayors Institute on City Design
• New York City Mayor Bloomberg Tells Congress to Reject CDBG Cuts
• Conference Calls for Suspension, 45-Day Review of Ports Deal
• Port Security Recommendations Identified in the Conference’s 2005 National Action Plan on Safety and Security in America’s Cities
• San Diego Uses GPS to Save Money on Garbage Collection
• The School That Works: Worcester Redefines Technical Education for 21st Century
• Cities for a Strong America:
• “The Working Poor: Invisible in America” Valuable Starting Point for Renewed War on Poverty
• Mayors Invited to Participate in School Building Week
• Best Practice: Alamogordo’s Innovative Water Conservation Meets Needs of Growing Population
• Calendar of Events