President Obama makes defeating cancer primary goal … can it be done? In what would surely be a giant leap for mankind, President Barack Obama announced an effort designed to “end cancer as we know it” during his final State of the Union address in January. The initiative is being referred to as a “moonshot […]
A $2 billion windfall to help support long-overdue infrastructure projects awaits state and local governments throughout the country. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has once again made unspent earmarks available and today issued new guidelines and project lists regarding the process necessary for the state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) to begin accessing those funds. Earmarks […]
The five finalists for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Smart Cities Challenge will be named at the upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival and Conference in Austin, Texas, on March 11-15. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx will attend the event and announce those finalists at the Connected Mobility Showcase event on Saturday, […]
Three years after passage by Texas legislators of a narrowly focused bill, a Gulf Coast state college is taking advantage of that legislation – and a public-private partnership (P3) – to build campus housing. Lamar State College-Port Arthur (LSCPA) recently announced an agreement with a developer for construction of a $6.6 million campus housing complex for […]
After facing criticism for not moving quickly enough to help mitigate health and water safety problems similar to those resulting from lead found in drinking water in Flint, Michigan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is drawing a line in the sand with the states. And EPA officials are promising increased enforcement of drinking water […]
City Accelerator program competition acts as incubator for innovative municipal programs The tragic water contamination dilemma in Flint, Mich., is but one indicator of the infrastructure needs that plague many cities. Not every city has lead in its drinking water, but almost every city has some type of critical infrastructure issue. A recent survey revealed […]
As the United States faces estimates of $3.4 billion in infrastructure needs through 2020, the nation’s public schools, airports, water treatment plants, highways and bridges and other structures and facilities continue to be shortchanged. State and local infrastructure spending is at its lowest in three decades, and the federal investment in infrastructure has dropped by […]