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The <a href="http://www.grants.gov/">Grants.gov</a> initiative is seen as a model e-government project but it has had <br /> <a href="http://www.gcn.com/23_13/news/26113-1.html">trouble attracting users</a> according to an article in Government Computer News. The website enables citizens to apply for grants online. <br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//20040608-grantsgov_01.gif" alt="Grants.gov Logo" align="right" width="200" height="75" /><br /> <blockquote>"[The Office of Management and Budget] officials are working to define utilization -- how e-government projects are used after they’ve been fully implemented -- and plan how the projects will reach the marks they set. Project managers must decide who their customers are and how they’ll measure use of the service...<br /> <br /> [Officials] have identified several obstacles to finding users: informing them about the portal, making it easy for them to use and getting other agencies to participate....<br /> </blockquote>

June 8 - Abhijeet Chavan

Satellite photos from southern Spain appear to match the dimensions of the not-so-mythical city of Atlantis.

June 8 - BBC News

Federal funds for farmland preservation go untouched while development continues to transform rural areas.

June 8 - The Indianapolis Star

Californai legislators are seeking to limit the too-often abused power of homeowners associations to seize properties without going to court.

June 8 - The Los Angeles Times

Miami's split personality points to an underlying problem.

June 8 - The Brookings Institution

Boston has all of the right ingredients to become on of the most rewarding places on earth to live -- if the city can get over it's 'assumed superiority'.

June 8 - The Boston Foundation

Green architecture is catching on in America.

June 8 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Follow 'Patio Dad' and 'Realtor Mom' into their blissful mini-McMansion with a review of David Brook's new book, "On Paradise Drive."

June 8 - The Christian Science Monitor

Finance structure challenges Washington's Metro.

June 7 - The Brookings Institution

Experts are eyeing city planning as the next front in the war on obesity.

June 7 - WebMD

Walking to work has become an increasingly popular urban phenomenon for 7% of Baltimore's commuters.

June 7 - The Baltimore Sun

Michigan's Governor announces 20 projects in 17 cities designed to lure back young, creative professionals.

June 7 - The Detroit News

Buffalo, NY, is a "clear example" of what happens to a city suffering from the impact of sprawl.

June 7 - The Buffalo News

Have the members of the creative class become the 'shock troops' for downtown gentrification?

June 7 - Alibi

Large-scale development in San Jose's Coyote Valley attracts national attention as it shuns sprawl and adopts New Urbanism.

June 7 - San Jose Mercury News

Three more masters-level planning students share why they decided to choose planning, and what they see as the future of planning.

June 7 - Planetizen

A study compares obesity in urban dwellers and suburnanites.

June 7 - The Globe and Mail

Well-intentioned government policies have created economic incentives for urban sprawl. Now we are paying the price.

June 7 - The Sacramento Bee

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June 7 - Don Morehouse, Amy Ansong, Jeffrey Johnston

BLOG POST

New York - An interesting observation about the impending demolition of Hollywood landmark restaurant Perino's here courtesy of the "LA Cowboy" blog.<br /> <br /> So, why <em>don't</em> they just <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2004/06/last-of-perinos.html">move it</a>?

June 6 - Anonymous