Elizabeth Daigneau

Recent Articles

• Heading Off Blight
• Feb 8, 2009
• Although New York City's foreclosure rate remains lower than those in many other major U.S. cities, the city still saw 15,000 foreclosure filings in 2007 --...

• Better Food from a Machine
• Feb 4, 2009
• Could combating America's obesity epidemic just be a matter of incorporating the ABCs of eating well into the purchasing environment? Dr. Arthur Garson Jr., executive...

• McDonnell Resigns to Run
• Feb 3, 2009
• Virginia Attorney General Robert McDonnell, the all-but-certain GOP nominee for governor this year, has informed his staff he's stepping down to concentrate on the ...

• The Three C's at Work
• Feb 3, 2009
• Today, we heard the bad news from our Outlook in the States and Localities panelists. But I doubt the grim fiscal outlook is a surprise ...

• So Much for Performance Management
• Feb 3, 2009
• Nancy Killefer, Obama's pick to serve as the federal government's first chief performance officer, is withdrawing from the administration. More to come on ...

• Mark Zandi: GOVERNING's Go-to Guy (And Everyone Else's Right Now)
• Feb 3, 2009
• Today's Washington Post has a huge A2 story about Mark Zandi, the founder of Moody's Economy.com and the most quoted guy around ...
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• Tips from Recessions Past
• Feb 1, 2009
• Main streets across the nation are being hit by dried-up tax revenues and state budget cuts that have amounted to more than $50 billion so far....

• Caching In
• Jan 28, 2009
• There are more than 700,000 active geocaches around the world, and now 78 of them are in Maryland. Geocaches are hidden containers, and geocaching is a relatively...

• Gaming Disaster Response
• Jan 25, 2009
• In St. Lillo, a medic's job never ends. First responders find themselves responding to chemical, biological and even nuclear disasters, treating large numbers of patients...

• Defending Cyberspace
• Jan 21, 2009
• Internet security experts believe the next terrorist attack on the United States, if and when it happens, may not involve airplanes or bombs but may...

• Visual Diagnosis
• Jan 14, 2009
• Compared with urban Americans, rural residents tend to be in poorer health, have fewer doctors, hospitals and other health resources, and face more difficulty getting...

• Serving Notice
• Jan 11, 2009
• Utah.gov, which has been honored for raising "the bar among states by providing 24/7 live online help" to its constituents and for providing "easy access...

• Federal Performance Czar: Same song, different verse?
• Jan 9, 2009
• Ah, a performance czar for the feds. What a concept. That Barack Obama has appointed Nancy Killefer, a former treasury official under President Clinton and ...
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• Out of Uniform
• Jan 7, 2009
• Thousands of U.S. military personnel, including nearly half of all Army National Guard soldiers who served in Iraq or Afghanistan,reported psychological problems when...

• Burris Closer to the Senate
• Jan 7, 2009
• Does anyone else think that Rod Blagojevich has managed to outsmart the Democratic political establishment in general, and Harry Reid in particular? WASHINGTON(AP) -- ...