Seberang Perai Municipal Council acting president told to investigate 'missing' RM223.7 million
Penang Finance Officer Datuk Supiah Md Yusof of Penang has been told to investigate the RM223.7 million ?missing? from the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (SPMC) reserves.

Seberang Perai Municipal Council acting president told to investigate 'missing' RM223.7 million
State Finance Officer Datuk Supiah Md Yusof of Penang has been told to investigate the RM223.7 million ?missing? from the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (SPMC) reserves.

New President for Australian Local Government Association
The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has elected a new President, Cr Geoff Lake, at its Annual General Meeting held in Canberra recently.

Mumbai attacks: J & K government employee, wife in custody
Showkat, who is working as junior assistant in the municipal committee in Doda town, was picked up by the police along with his wife on Saturday after he was found to have made several calls to Mumbai during and after the attack in the financial capital, police sources said in Jammu on Monday.

Ill. pension decreasing, to exceed $44 billion in debt
According to a recent Associated Press report, the Florida pension fund, which covers state and local government employees, including teachers, has lost $37.9 billion over the last 13 months. Richard Ferlauto, national director of corporate governance and pension investment for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, was quoted in the article saying that Florida has ...

Top W. Hempfield post an easy fit for new manager
He first got into municipal government in the middle of another economic downturn 26 years ago, Ron Youtz recalls.Serving residents in the public sector is "just something I've always enjoyed doing, and it felt comfortable from day one," he says now."I just felt like I was in my comfort zone fro...

Nagoya boxes decline
The Port of Nagoya in central Japan handled 209,785 TEUs of containerized foreign trade in August, down 1.7 percent from the same month the previous year, according to preliminary figures released by the Nagoya municipal government.

Now in the Private Sector, Bruno Is Selling Efficiency and Openness
As the chief executive of an information technology and software firm, Joseph L. Bruno has become New York's newest and perhaps most unlikely champion of government transparency.

Upcoming government meetings
The following are upcoming local government meetings.

Municipal representative beats taxman on appeal
SYDNEY ? They say you can?t fight city hall, and going up against the taxman is considered by some to be an even tougher battle.

Bad planning filling roads with potholes
A lack of government planning and coordination is resulting in state utilities launching projects without the required licenses and sometimes even digging up roads where works have already been carried out, municipal authorities have told Kathimerini.

Disney Denies Report of Shanghai Theme-Park Approval (Update1)
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co. denied a newspaper report saying the Chinese government gave approval for the company to build a theme park in Shanghai.

Birmingham, Ala., mayor indicted on bribery charges
Mayor Larry Langford is the latest arrest in a federal probe into Jefferson County's financial problems. The mayor of Birmingham, Ala., was indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud and conspiracy Monday, part of a probe into a local financial crisis that has the surrounding county on the brink of one of the largest municipal bankruptcies in American history.

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford Faces Bribery Charges (Update2)
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Birmingham, Alabama?s mayor was charged with bribery and money laundering in connection with municipal bond and derivative deals while he was president of the Jefferson County Commission, according to an indictment unsealed today.

Government meetings
LI Fond du Lac Board of Appeals, 3 p.m. Monday, City County Government Center, Rooms D and E.

Government coffers feel drop in auto sales
Purchases are a huge part of sales taxes collected by city, county and state governments. When Heritage Lincoln Mercury closed in August, the city of Tustin felt the pain.

City May Ban Bottled Water From Gov Buildings
New York may be the next major U.S. city to prohibit the municipal government from buying bottled water for its office buildings.

Medway man to be interim administrator in Bridgewater
The town's new interim municipal administrator said he views the job as an exciting challenge.

Mumbai attack: Kashmir government employee detained
A government employee in Jammu and Kashmir has been detained for questioning after he allegedly received telephone calls from a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) activist, police sources said Sunday.

Enviros sue to block Lake Roosevelt drawdowns
Two environmental groups are going to court to try to block a government plan to take more water out of Lake Roosevelt, behind Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River.