Federal help to cities?

Is the federal government helping cities to 'handle' their Occupy sites? There certainly appears to be a coordinated effort among these cities. The U.S. Conference of Mayors helped sponsor conference calls among mayors of affected cities. The Police Executive Research Forum arranged for police chiefs to discuss their efforts.

Now, I really don't have a major problem with mayors and police chiefs discussing common problems. The big issue is that the federal government seems to have entered the picture in the form of the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and other agencies. That is really overstepping in a major way.  It is unAmerican.