As a part of an ongoing effort to push for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also known as No Child Left Behind, NLC and nine national organizations sent a joint letter to Congress urging it to complete the long overdue reauthorization. Click above to view the letter sent to House and Senate leadership.
A CitiesSpeak blog entry on bills under consideration, the public debate surrounding civil liberties and privacy, the role local governments play in ensuring citizens’ safety, and “key principles and values” Congress must consider in passing any cybersecurity legislation.
On June 6 at 2:00 EDT, NLC will host a webinar, “Building a Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network: What Local Leaders Need to Know,” featuring an overview from the Dept. of Commerce of the path to the network's creation and the role governments will play in making the network a reality.
In a win for local governments, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held last week in Filarsky v. Delia that “[a] private individual temporarily retained by the government to carry out its work is entitled to seek qualified immunity from suit under §1983.”