Elizabeth Daigneau

Recent Articles

• Tapping the Tourism Cycle
• Jun 18, 2008
• The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally brings half a million motorcycle enthusiasts to South Dakota each year in August -- the two-week event brought in well over $12...

• Finance Officers Trade Fireworks for Fretting
• Jun 16, 2008
• from the Government Finance Officers Association meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Last year there were fireworks: At its annual conference, GFOA leaders threw down the ...

• A Green Guide to Greener Fuels
• Jun 15, 2008
• The nation's transportation sector is 97 percent reliant on oil. With the price of crude hitting a record $135 a barrel and alternative fuels and vehicle technologies...

• Diverting Foreclosures
• Jun 11, 2008
• With Philadelphia expecting home-foreclosure filings this year to be around 8,500--up from 6,200 last year--the city is attempting to tackle the crisis with a $2 million public...

• A Medicaid ROI Calculator
• Jun 8, 2008
• The elderly and disabled make up 24 percent of Medicaid enrollees, yet account for 70 percent of the programs's $275 billion in expenditures. Identifying health care programs that...

• A Batty Approach to West Nile
• Jun 4, 2008
• Last year, Weld County, Colo., had 98 human cases of the West Nile virus -- the highest number in the state. To curtail the incidence of...

• Home on Wheels
• Jun 1, 2008
• In the scenic oceanfront city of Santa Barbara, Calif., where a fixer-upper can cost more than a $1 million, it is not unusual for a lower-...

• Revitalization in Your Pocket
• May 28, 2008
• Over recent years, cities have increasingly seen success in their efforts to revitalize downtowns, waterfronts and brownfields. To help its mayors, city councils and other...

• Where the Diseased Wild Things Are
• May 21, 2008
• Whether it's mosquitoes and the West Nile Virus or birds and avian influenza, wildlife-borne diseases have often resulted in human pandemics. An online map makes...

• Gardening the Green Way
• May 18, 2008
• There are a lot of advantages to green gardening, including conserving resources, reducing yard waste and protecting the quality of local streams and lakes. To...

• Throwing a Fosterware Party
• May 14, 2008
• Clark County, Nev., has roughly 3,000 children in foster care, and only about 1,000 licensed foster families. To recruit more families, the county department of Family Services...

• Bike-Sharing in the Beltway
• May 11, 2008
• Starting this month, our nation's capital will launch North America's first bike-sharing program. The program, SmartBike DC, signs participants up for a $40 annual membership in...

• Electronic Eyes on the ICU
• May 7, 2008
• The need to increase access to health care in rural America is a big priority for state and local governments. A new program to electronically...

• Before Disaster Strikes
• May 4, 2008
• Just in the past month, floods, tornadoes and earthquakes have put Aroostook County, Maine, Suffolk County, Va., and Reno, Nev., in the headlines. Preparing for...

• Aloha to the Electoral College, Aloha to the Popular Vote
• May 2, 2008
• Hawaii has become the fourth state to join the interstate compact to replace the Electoral College with a national popular vote system. The plan now ...
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