Counties Connect at NACo

The National Association of Counties (NACo) is the only national organization that represents county governments before the Administration and Congress. NACo provides essential services to the nation's 3,068 counties.

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 Featured Event
WIR Conference
WIR Conference set for May 16-18 in Santa Fe County, N.M.
Santa Fe County, N.M. is hosting NACo’s 2012 Western Interstate Region (WIR) Conference, May 16-18. NACo's WIR Conference focuses on public lands and other issues critical to the western region of the United States.
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Start Planning Your Schedule for NACo's Legislative Conference
More Updates : USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack also on tap for March 6 session. Joining Sen. Dick Durbin, the Majority Whip, who will speak at the March 6 general session, are Sen. Mike Enzi and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.

 NACo Updates
Airport bill passes: long-awaited victory for NACo
After 23 extensions, the House-Senate Conference Committee has approved a four-year airport-aviation bill, H.R. 658, the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act.
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FHFA breathes new life into PACE energy program
After more than a year of stalling, the Federal Housing Finance Agency opened a 60-day public comment period on the future of Property Assessed Clean Energy programs.
House, Senate moving on surface transportation bill
There has been a flurry of activity and controversy on the reauthorization of the surface transportation bill
 
State and Local Legal Center files briefs in two cases
NACo has signed onto two amicus curiae briefs recently filed by the State and Local Legal Center with the U. S. Supreme Court
 
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  Commissioner to the rescue
 Photo courtesy of John Rachor
John Rachor, a helicopter pilot and Jackson County, Ore. commissioner, stands in front of his Robinson R44 chopper, which he uses for search-and-rescue flights.
 
April 2012 NCGM

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