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National Association of Counties (NACo) is the only national organization that represents county governments in the U.S. NACo provides essential services to the nation’s 3,068 coun- ties. NACo advances issues with a unified voice before the federal government, improves the public’s understanding of county government, assists counties in finding and sharing innova- tive solutions through education and research and provides value-added services to save counties and taxpayers money.
Entries for NACo-Nationwide scholarship now being accepted Tis spring, four high school seniors will earn $2,000 for college from
the NACo-Nationwide Scholarship. Winning applicants will have writ- ten a short essay describing why it’s important for a public sector em- ployee to start saving early for retirement. Tis is the eighth consecutive year that Nationwide and NACo have teamed up to encourage high school seniors to think about retirement. For additional information about the NACo Deferred Compensation
Program, please contact Lisa Cole by email
atlcole@naco.org or phone at 202.942.4270; or contact Nationwide by calling 877.677.3678.
Smart Justice Symposium explores better ways to manage pre- and post-trial issues Participants at NACo’s 2013 Smart Justice Symposium explored juve- nile justice reform, workforce development, jail population management and related jail health care issues. Te symposium, held Jan. 31–Feb. 1 in Los Angeles County, is part of NACo President Chris Rodgers’ presiden- tial Smart Justice initiative, which aims to build knowledge and capacity for successful justice policies and practices among the nation’s counties.
Te symposium, hosted by Los Angeles County, discussed these criti- cal priorities with justice and public safety experts from across the coun- try and considered how county officials can best shape federal policies and funding levels to ensure that services for communities are efficient and effective.
Study finds growing interest in shared services Kent County, Mich. is putting the squeeze on some of its vendors and saving money in the process, both for the county and its local govern- ment partners in a shared services agreement. Using “reverse auctions,” the county saved more than $1 million on the cost of various purchases in 2010 — from toner cartridges to reams of paper.
“Te way I describe it is, it’s an eBay in reverse,” said Daryl Delabbio,
Kent County’s administrator and controller. “We set the top price that we’re going to pay based on what we know we paid the last time.” Ven- dors then vie to provide the product or service at a lower cost. Te county expanded the auctions to include “about 20” other local governments, including Ottawa County in 2011 and, Allegan County in 2012.
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