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NACo President-elect Betty Lou Ward, commissioner, Wake County, N.C. and First Vice President C. Vernon Gray, council member, Howard County, Md., attended a White House ceremony Aug. 5, when President Clinton signed into law the balanced budget agreement.

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Marion County, Ore. Commissioner Randy Franke, former NACo president, was recently appointed to the board of directors for the Finance Project, a national initiative designed to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of public- and private-sector financing for education, other children's services and community building and development. The publication's on-line address is: <http://policyworks.gov/intergov/>.

Win Lyday, director, NACo Department of Information Technology, was recently appointed to the Advisory Board of Intergovernmental Solutions, a newsletter published by the U.S. General Services Administration. The new, online publication focuses on the experiences government managers (at all levels, from around the world) have with emerging technologies.

On July 9, Research Director Jackie Byers represented NACo at a White House briefing on Census 2000, making a presentation on behalf of state and local governments as stakeholders. Others at the meeting included Lynn Cutler, Intergovernmental Relations director, and Katherine Bolan from the Office of Management and Budget.

John Lou Witt, senior project manager, Radon Indoor Air Project participated in a presentation on indoor air quality July 24 in Gulf Shores, Ala. at the 52nd Annual Interstate Environmental Health Seminar. He discussed how counties can help reduce the indoor air pollutant risks of their citizens.

Tom Sweet, director, Department of Business Partnerships, took part in a meeting July 25 of the Public Risk Database Project in San Francisco. The council, on which Sweet serves, oversees the creation of a national database to assist public entities in managing risk. The four-year project is funded from a settlement between public entities and some portion of the insurance industry.

Associate Legislative Director Haron Battle participated in a South African trade and investment conference July 28 at the Commerce Department. The conference was sponsored by the Commerce Department, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Trade and Development Agency and the South African government. Also attending were: Richland County (S.C.) Chair Harriet Fields; Erie County (N.Y.) Legislator George Holt; and Wayne County (Mich.) Commissioner George Cushingberry.

Kaye Braaten, County Services representative, was the keynote speaker July 31 at the Mississippi Association of Supervisors annual meeting in Biloxi, Miss.

Gary Gortenburg, director, Employment and Training, took part August 6 in a panel discussion of "The Changing Face of Workforce Development," a session at the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania meeting in Philadelphia.

On August 7, Associate Legislative Director Neil Bomberg spoke before the Education, Labor and Job Training Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures at its annual meeting in Philadelphia. The presentation focused on the work of the state and local coalition on workforce development and legislation pending in Congress.

(NACo On the Move is compiled by Mary Ann Barton, senior staff writer.)