The National Association of Counties (NACo) is now accepting enrollments for the fall cohort of the NACo High Performance Leadership Academy. The program is a 12-week, online leadership development series led by General Colin [...]
Congress is poised to pass sweeping legislation that would address the inaccuracies of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) national broadband coverage data. The House and Senate recently passed the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability [...]
In one of his first acts as Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) President, Morrow County Commissioner Jim Doherty, traveled to Washington D.C. to convene with presidents and executive directors from statewide county associations across [...]
The National Association of Counties (NACo) is kicking off its next cohort of the NACo High Performance Leadership Academy on April 20. This 12-week, online leadership development program offers commissioners, chairs, judges and other [...]
WASHINGTON – Umatilla County has been recognized with an Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACo). The awards honor innovative, effective county government programs that enhance services for residents and the internal organizational [...]
Nine Oregon County Commissioners attended the National Association of Counties (NACo) annual Western Interstate Region (WIR) conference May 15-17 in Spokane, Washington. At the conference, commissioners worked with their colleagues from the 15 western states [...]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating a total of $600 million to broadband infrastructure expansion to rural areas across the country. $200 million will be distributed through grants, $200 million will be distributed [...]
National Association of Counties (NACo) in collaboration with and Georgetown University's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) have created the School-Justice Partnerships and Diversion Pathways Certificate Program. The program, developed for NACo members, is designed [...]
Comments on the Trump Administration’s proposed new “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule are due April 15. What would the Proposed Rule Change do? The proposed WOTUS rule defines which bodies are subject to [...]
With housing affordability rising as a top issue of concern across the nation, impacting counties large, medium, and small, National Association of Counties (NACo) released its Affordable Housing Toolkit for Counties to help counties navigate this [...]