California – The city of Vernon has selected Brian Saeki to take over as city administrator. Saeki brings more than 28 years of public sector experience to the position, most recently as city manager for Whittier. He has also served as city manager for Covina and San Fernando. He will step into the role Feb. 24, 2025. The […]
Washington, D.C. – Gregory Stuart has been appointed vice president-elect of the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO). Stuart has more than 32 years of experience in transportation, land use planning and logistics. He most recently worked as executive directo9r of the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization. The post Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations appoints vice president-elect appeared first […]
California – The California Department of Public Health will welcome Erica Pan, MD, as director and state public health officer. Dr. Pan currently serves as the department’s deputy director of the Center for Infectious Diseases, the latest in her two decades of public health leadership experience. She will succeed Dr. Tomás Aragón after his retirement Jan. 31, 2025. […]
Delaware – Greg Lane has been reappointed as the state’s CIO by Gov. Matt Meyer. Lane has been in the role since July 2023. Prior to his role as CIO, he was the state’s CTO since January 2017, marking his first foray into the public sector after 35 years of private sector IT experience. The post Delaware reappoints […]
New York is pushing to electrify its public transit systems outside of New York City. The state recently announced $100 million in new funding to help transit providers transition to zero-emission vehicles through the state’s Zero-Emission Transit Transition Program. The program will provide grants of up to $17.5 million for transit authorities and up to […]
In his first press conference since taking office earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced a nearly half-a-trillion-dollar artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project, and its first location will be in Texas. The new company, Stargate, is a joint venture formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank. Stargate will be investing up to $500 billion over the […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is allocating more than half billion dollars in funding to reconnect communities and reunite some of America’s most segmented neighborhoods. The DOT will award $544.6 million in grants to communities nationwide through the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) discretionary grant program, a federal funding initiative intended to reconnect communities harmed […]