Visitors from North Africa and the Near East learned about urban planning and green development initiatives in the U.S. during a stop at ICMA.

Municipal officials from Kosovo visited ICMA on a study tour designed to show how decentralization works in the United States--and how the U.S. experience can provide lessons for their newly independent republic.

Retaining staff needed for core services, reducing employee health care costs, and addressing employee morale and workload problems are the top workforce issues facing local and state governments, according to survey.

In support of ICMA's commitment to environmental sustainability, conference preregistration packets are not being printed and mailed to ICMA members.