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5/11/2012 - NACo/WIR conference to address federal issues affecting western counties
NACo's 2012 WIR Conference will be held May 16-18 in Santa Fe County, N.M. to discuss public lands, rural development and other issues important to western counties and communities.
4/12/2012 - NACo releases green building incentives report
NACo and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) have released a report that highlights the most effective incentives for greening American communities.
4/12/2012 - NACo report highlight sustainability strategies
NACo has released a quick-reference report that highlights 17 emerging sustainability strategies and includes short cases studies from America’s counties.
3/28/2012 - NACo to hold Congressional briefing on effective rural development programs in farm bill
NACo will hold a Congressional briefing (March 28) on the broad range of rural development programs authorized in the farm bill.
3/28/2012 - County officials advance rural America’s interests on Capitol Hill
Nineteen county officials from 15 states are participating in this year’s NACo Rural Action Caucus (RAC) “fly-in” advocacy effort, March 27-29, in Washington, D.C.
3/23/2012 - County Planners Recognized for Excellence with National Awards
The American Planning Association, County Planning Division and the National Association of County Planners today announced their 2012 County Planning Project Award winners.
3/15/2012 - NACo applauds Senate passage of highway bill
NACo Executive Director Larry E. Naake released the following statement applauding Senate passage this week of S. 1813, the surface transportation bill.
3/2/2012 - Fixing It: Infrastructure and the Economy
NACo survey of county engineers on the condition of county roads and bridges as a result of deferred maintenance, funding cuts and failure of Congress to pass a multi-year highway & transit reauthorization bill.
3/2/2012 - America’s local roads and bridges are in need of funding for maintenance and repair work
The nation’s roads and bridges are in desperate need of federal assistance for long-delayed maintenance and repair work which would help create jobs, according to a new NACo survey of county engineers.
2/29/2012 - NACo Technology Summit, March 3, 2012
NACo Technology Summit Agenda, March 3, 2012
2/29/2012 - Economic recovery tops agenda for counties at Legislative Conference
Jobs and the role of county governments in the economic recovery will be the primary focus for more than 1,400 elected and appointed county officials participating in NACo's 2012 Legislative Conference, March 3-7, at the Washington Hilton.
2/17/2012 - NACo applauds D block passage
NACo today applauded the Senate and House of Representatives for passage of critical legislation to reallocate 700MHz D-Block spectrum for a national interoperable broadband network for public safety.
2/15/2012 - NACo/NADO Farm Bill Testimony before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
In testimony on behalf of NACo, Mathias McCauley today urge the Senate to continue support rural development programs and funding in the 2012 Farm Bill.
2/15/2012 - NACo to Senate: Support rural development in Farm Bill
In testimony on behalf of NACo, Mathias McCauley, director of regional planning and community development for the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments, today urged the Senate to make rural development programs a priority in the 2012 Farm Bill.
2/13/2012 - NACo announces Healthstat as new Healthy Counties Initiative corporate partner
NACo's Healthy Counties Initiative Advisory Board Chair Larry Johnson today announced that Healthstat, Inc. has joined NACo’s Healthy Counties Advisory Board as a new corporate partner.
2/2/2012 - FacilityDude joins NACo’s Green Government Initiative as corporate partner
NACo today announced that FacilityDude, an energy tracking software provider, has joined NACo’s Green Government Advisory Board as a new corporate partner.
2/2/2012 - Natural gas group joins NACo’s Green Government Initiative as corporate partner
NACo today announced that America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA), a trade association representing North America’s largest independent natural gas producers, has joined NACo’s Green Government Advisory Board as a new corporate partner.
2/1/2012 - NACo announces Health Dimensions Group as new Healthy Counties Initiative corporate partner
NACo Healthy Counties Initiative Advisory Board announced that Health Dimensions Group has joined NACo’s Healthy Counties Advisory Board as a new corporate partner.
1/24/2012 - NACo Symposium Agenda: Safely Lower Jail and Juvenile Detention Populations
NACo Symposium Agenda: A National County Policy Symposium to Safely Lower Jail and Juvenile Detention Populations by Doing it Smarter. January 25-28, 2012. Fulton County, Georgia.
1/24/2012 - Ambassador Young to address NACo’s Justice and Public Safety Symposium
Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young will address county officials from across the country on Friday, Jan. 27 during the 2012 NACo Annual Justice and Public Safety (JPS) Symposium, Jan. 25-28, in Fulton County, Ga.
12/2/2011 - NACo applauds House panel for moving D-block spectrum bill toward final passage
NACo today applauded a House panel for moving ahead with critical legislation to reallocate 700MHz D-Block spectrum for a national interoperable broadband network for public safety.
11/10/2011 - NACo applauds 3% withholding tax repeal
NACo today applauded Senate passage of legislation to repeal a mandate that state and local governments withhold 3 percent from payments to their vendors for goods and services and send it to the Internal Revenue Service.
10/20/2011 - NACo survey: Coping with the New Normal: An Economic Status Surveyof Counties
NACo survey: Coping with the New Normal: An Economic Status Surveyof Counties
10/20/2011 - NACo survey: Counties settling into the ‘new normal’ of revenue, staffing and service
A new NACo survey shows that counties large and small appear to be settling into the “new normal” of revenue, staffing and service delivery levels after years of revenue losses in a U.S. economy struggling toward recovery.
10/13/2011 - NACo offers counties new ways to save and purchase green products
NACo today announced the launch of an interactive web-based resource to help county governments across the country save money while purchasing more environmentally-friendly products.
9/22/2011 - National leaders call for renewed federal commitment to rural development as part of 2012 Farm Bill
The Campaign for a Renewed Rural Development today called on Congress to include a strong and comprehensive Rural Development Title in the 2012 Farm Bill to create jobs and promote economic growth in rural America.
9/14/2011 - County officials to urge Congress to support mandatory PILT program funding
More than two dozen county officials representing 16 states will descend on Capitol Hill Sept. 14-15 to urge members of Congress to pass mandatory funding for the PILT program for FY 2013 and beyond.
8/31/2011 - NACo letter to Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
NACo letter to Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. NACo calls for "balanced approach."
8/31/2011 - NACo: Federal budget deficit cannot be solved on the backs of state and local governments
NACo President Lenny Eliason today urged the 12 members of the so-called Congressional “super committee” tasked to cut billions in federal spending to close the budget deficit by Thanksgiving to exercise a “balanced approach.”
8/31/2011 - NACo renews urgent call for transportation bill extension and reauthorization
NACo today joined President Obama in urging Congress to extend legislation to fund federal highway, transit and aviation programs and move toward completing new reauthorization bills.
8/30/2011 - Counties support administration’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education
NACo has adopted policy in support of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), a federal effort to build a cyber savvy nation through awareness, training and education.
8/27/2011 - Cities, counties call on Congress to reallocate D-block spectrum in aftermath of earthquake
NACo, NLC, and U.S. Mayors today renewed their call to Congress to reallocate 700MHz D-Block spectrum for a national interoperable broadband network for public safety.
8/25/2011 - NACo appoints policy committee chairs
NACo President Lenny Eliason recently appointed NACo steering committee chairs and vice chairs for 2011-12.
8/15/2011 - NACo appoints seven county members to Green Government Initiative Advisory Board
NACo President Lenny Eliason has appointed seven new county members to serve on the advisory board of the association’s Green Government Initiative.
8/4/2011 - New online game lets students ‘run their own county’
Students in schools across the country will now be able to learn about county government through an online game and curriculum created by iCivics, Inc. and NACo.
8/1/2011 - Douglas County Commissioner Chris Rodgers elected NACo First Vice President
NACo membership elected Douglas County Commissioner Chris Rodgers NACo First Vice President during the association’s 76th Annual Conference and Exposition in Multnomah County/Portland, Ore.
7/25/2011 - NACo letter to Congress on deficit
NACo letter to Majority Leader Reid, Senator McConnell, Speaker Boehner, and Representative Pelosi on deficit.
7/25/2011 - NACo letter to President Obama on deficit
NACo letter to President Obama on deficit.
7/21/2011 - Portland GE executive Carole Morse honored with NACo 2011 Arts Advocacy Award
NACo recently presented its Annual Arts Awards during NACo’s Annual Conference in Multnomah County/Portland, Ore.
7/19/2011 - Athens County Commissioner Eliason elected to lead the National Association of Counties
NACo membership today elected Athens County, Ohio Commissioner Lenny Eliason as NACo president during the association’s 76th Annual Conference and Exposition in Multnomah County/Portland, Ore.
7/19/2011 - Linn County Supervisor Linda Langston elected NACo Second Vice President
NACo membership elected Linn County, Iowa Supervisor Linda Langston NACo Second Vice President during the association’s 76th Annual Conference and Exposition in Multnomah County/Portland, Ore.
7/18/2011 - NACo honors three county officials with County Courthouse Awards for innovative governance
NACo has recognized three county officials with the association’s prestigious 2011 County Courthouse Award for Innovative Governance.
7/12/2011 - Survey Shows U.S. Counties Providing Resourceful, Innovative, and Collaborative Digital Services
Palm Beach County, Florida; Washoe County, Nevada; Pueblo County, Colorado; and County of Nevada, California are all first place winners in the 2011 Digital Counties Survey.
7/11/2011 - NACo Technology Summit Agenda: County Survival Strategies in Tough Economic Times
Agenda: NACo Technology Summit (July 15): County Survival Strategies in Tough Economic Times. Will showcase counties that have leveraged technologies to reduce county operations cost and enhance service delivery.
7/5/2011 - July 5, 2011 NACo Medicaid Letter to the House of Representatives
NACo is deeply concerned that some of the proposals under consideration will squeeze “savings” out of Medicaid programs that will necessarily impose unacceptable new burdens on counties across the country.
7/5/2011 - July 5, 2011 NACo Medicaid Letter to President Obama
NACo respectfully urges you, Mr. President, to continue to find ways to strengthen and support the integrity of the Medicaid program and – taking dangerous cuts, including block grants, caps and the “blended” FMAP off the table.
7/5/2011 - July 5, 2011 NACo Medicaid Letter to the Senate
NACo strongly objects to remaking Medicaid into a block grant program for the states, and believe that capping Medicaid expenditures, health spending caps or a new “blended” federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP), would have the same net effect.
6/30/2011 - Fighting cuts and sharing innovative ideas, county officials to meet in Portland for NACo’s 76th Annual Conference
County officials from across the country will meet July 15-19 at NACo's 76th Annual Conference in Multnomah County (Portland), Ore.
6/16/2011 - NACo applauds Interior for timely PILT payments
NACo today applauded the U.S. Department of Interior for the timely disbursement of the FY 2011 Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) payments to counties.
6/14/2011 - Large county caucus to study innovative health, juvenile justice, transportation efforts in Alameda County
NACo's 2011 Large Urban County Caucus will study best practices and innovative programs in health and human services, juvenile justice and transportation during the group’s Annual Meeting June 15-17 in Alameda County (Oakland), Calif.
6/14/2011 - Rural development program cuts would hurt counties, hamper economic growth
Donald Larson, commissioner, Brookings County, S.D., today told a national forum that cuts in federal rural development programs would handcuff county governments during these tough times.
6/13/2011 - 2011 LUCC Annual Meeting Agenda
2011 LUCC Annual Meeting Agenda. Alameda County, Calif.
6/8/2011 - NACo grants rural health technical assistance awards
NACo granted technical assistance awards to three rural counties to help them assess their local health systems: Franklin County, Fla., Pacific County, Wash., and Refugio County, Texas.
6/8/2011 - Fighting cuts and sharing innovative ideas, county officials to meet in Portland for NACo’s 76th Annual Conference
County officials from across the country will meet July 15-19 at NACo's 76th Annual Conference in Portland, Ore. to set national policies affecting counties and share ideas on leading in tough times.
5/13/2011 - NACo fights massive cuts to homeland security
NACo today warned that proposed cuts to the FY12 DHS Appropriations Bill would impede progress gained in recent years to effectively and efficiently improve the nation’s counties abilities to protect and serve their communities.
5/6/2011 - Large Urban County Caucus urges Congress to preserve Medicaid, support federal funding priorities for counties
Representatives from the nation’s largest metropolitan counties recently urged U.S. Senators and members of the House of Representatives to fully support federal funding and legislative priorities affecting urban counties and communities.
5/4/2011 - White House, County officials discuss critical issues of concern to the nation’s county governments
County officials from across the country, most holding leadership positions within the NACo participated in an historic five-hour NACo/White House Summit on May 3 to discuss at length critical issues of concern to county governments.
5/4/2011 - NACo’s Large Urban County Caucus: Don’t block grant Medicaid funds for the states
Standing with West Virginia Senator John D. Rockefeller IV and a half dozen other U.S. Senators, NACo members today rallied on Capitol Hill for Congressional support to reject “reforms” that would cut, cap, or block grant Medicaid for the states.
5/3/2011 - Officials representing the nation’s largest counties to rally on Capitol Hill to preserve Medicaid
Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D‐W. Va.) will stand with representatives of the nation’s largest counties who are rallying for Congressional support this week to preserve Medicaid.
4/4/2011 - Rural Action Caucus to meet with Administration, Congress in the nation’s Capital April 5-7
Members of the NACo Rural Action Caucus (RAC) will conduct a “fly-in” advocacy effort April 5-7 in the nation’s Capital to voice their support for federal funding, legislation and programs critical for rural communities across the country.
3/30/2011 - NACo announces two new Green Government Initiative corporate partners
NACo Green Government Initiative Advisory Board Chair Gregg Goslin today announced that the Institute for Building Technology and Safety and the Distributed Wind Energy Association have joined the Advisory Board as new corporate partners.
3/28/2011 - NACo applauds wildland report to Congress
NACo today applauded presentation of two reports to Congress addressing critical wildland fire management challenges across the country.
3/22/2011 - NACo supports existing federal programs addressing the national foreclosure crisis
NACo recently adopted policy supporting four federal programs which address the national foreclosure crisis.
3/16/2011 - Netsmart Technologies Named NACo Premier Partner of the Year
Netsmart Technologies, Inc. has been presented with the National Association of Counties’ Premier Partner of the Year Award.
3/16/2011 - Community Development Block Grants: Impacts on Metro Economies Preliminary Report - IHS Global Insight - March 16, 2011
Community Development Block Grants: Impacts on Metro Economies Preliminary Report - IHS Global Insight - March 16, 2011
3/16/2011 - Local government officials unveil economic report illustrating the impact of CDBG funds
Today a bipartisan group of city and county officials from across the country continued their push on Capitol Hill in support of CDBG.
3/14/2011 - NACo announces two new Green Government Initiative corporate partners
NACo Green Government Initiative Advisory Board Chair Gregg Goslin today announced that WESCO International, Inc. and Nutek Greenhave joined NACo’s Green Government Advisory Board as new corporate partners.
3/4/2011 - The Recession Continues: An Economic Status Survey of Counties
The Recession Continues: An Economic Status Survey of Counties. Released by NACo on March 4, 2011.
3/4/2011 - NACo survey: Recession may be over, but not for county governments
Even as economists proclaim that the national recession is over, local governments continued to feel the effects of the economic slowdown, a new NACo survey shows.
3/3/2011 - NACo produces video success stories
NACo today unveiled 11 short videos featuring county success implementing energy projects. The videos were produced in partnership with EcoMedia CBS and filmed at NACo’s County Forum on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in January 2011.
2/25/2011 - Brooks appointed vice chair of NACo Green Government Initiative Advisory Board
NACo President Glen Whitley has appointed Franklin County, Ohio Commissioner Paula Brooks as vice chair of the advisory board of the association’s Green Government Initiative.
2/16/2011 - President Obama proposes multi-year reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools bill
NACo Executive Director Larry E. Naake today said NACo was pleased that President Obama’s budget proposal includes a multi-year reauthorization of the job-creating Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act.
2/15/2011 - Larson to Congress panel: rural development programs should be priority in next Farm Bill
Brookings County, S.D. Commissioner Don Larson told a House Agriculture Committee panel that federal rural development programs in the next Farm Bill must allow counties greater flexibility to promote regional economic development.
2/15/2011 - Don Larson testimony before House Agriculture subcommittee
Don Larson testified on Feb. 15 before the House subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology and Foreign Agriculture, which is reviewing rural programs operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
2/11/2011 - Obama administration appoints counties and parishes to gulf restoration workgroup
The National Association of Counties (NACo) today applauded the Obama Administration for appointing eight county and parish officials to a gulf coast restoration workgroup.
2/4/2011 - American consumers saving millions on medicine costs thanks to counties
Americans struggling to cope in a tough economy are receiving some real financial relief on their prescription drug purchases thanks to their county government.
2/4/2011 - NACo letter opposing elimination of EAS program
NACo letter in opposition to the McCain amendment to the FAA reauthorization bill to eliminate the Essential Air Service (EAS) program.
2/3/2011 - NACo voices federal budget deficit concerns
NACo has sent letters to President Obama and Congressional leaders voicing deep concern that federal budget deficit reduction talks will focus too much on reductions to domestic, discretionary spending programs that will affect the American people.
2/3/2011 - NACo budget deficit letter to President Obama
NACo budget deficit letter to President Obama.
2/3/2011 - NACo budget deficit letter to Congressional leaders
NACo budget deficit letter to Congressional leaders
1/28/2011 - NACo Past President Brown appointed by President Obama to national group on prevention and public health
NACo Immediate Past President Valerie Brown has been appointed by President Obama to serve on a new national advisory group on the development and implementation of a national strategy for disease prevention and health promotion.
1/25/2011 - NACo supports public safety broadband bill
NACo today voiced its strong backing of bipartisan legislation which would support critical national public safety communications needs by reallocating the D block spectrum for public safety.
1/25/2011 - NACo/WIR letter to Interior secretary on new wilderness order
NACo voices concern with a Dept. of Interior order to overturn a moratorium on new wilderness inventories. The order directs the Bureau of Land Management to begin to inventory and manage federal lands as wilderness independent of Congress.
1/19/2011 - County officials explore federal, state & local intergovernmental priorities at NACo justice and public safety symposium
County officials from across the country will explore federal, state and local intergovernmental justice and public safety priorities at the 2011 NACo Annual Justice and Public Safety Symposium, Jan. 19‐22 in Orleans Parish, La.
1/19/2011 - NACo energy forum highlights best practices
NACo will hold its 2011 County Forum on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Jan. 20‐21 in Los Angeles County.
1/19/2011 - NACo seeks indigent defense system reform for rural America
NACo and several national organizations are seeking assistance from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in setting up demonstration programs for establishing public defender systems in rural America.
1/11/2011 - NACo applauds disaster mitigation law
NACo today applauded legislation recently signed into law which contains multiyear authorization of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Pre‐Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (PDM).
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