This series will take place on Zoom Webinar. Please email nacomeetings@naco.org with any questions regarding registration or login issues.

Last year's Inside Washington series is now NACo Policy Insider, a bi-weekly webinar offering an overview of the full federal policy landscape impacting counties, as well as deeper dives into specific policy areas, equipping county leaders with insights, context, and strategies to engage effectively on key issues from transportation and infrastructure, to public lands, to health and human services, and more. 

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Streamlining Federal Grants Act: Improving Federal Grants Access for Counties

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House advances SAVE America Act — counties urged to contact Senators now

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NACo submits comments on OMB's Proposed Rewrite of the Uniform Guidance

NACo submitted comments to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on its proposed rewrite of 2 CFR Part 200, the Uniform Guidance governing federal grants. 

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Comments due July 13 for new OMB rule touching all counties

Counties everywhere are facing fundamental changes in the intergovernmental relationship how the federal government administers grants. Comments on a proposed OMB rule are dule by 11:59 ET July 13.

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Counties Must Act Now: Submit Comments on OMB’s Proposed Overhaul of Federal Grant Rules

On June 17, NACo joined NLC, USCM, ICMA, NCSL, CSG, GFOA, NADO, AMPO, and NARC in requesting OMB Director Russell Vought for a 45 day extension for public comments to OMB’s proposed revisions to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (2 CFR), Part 200, Subtitle A, commonly referred to as Uniform Guidance for federal grants. 

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In Memoriam: Unfunded mandate reform bill sponsor Dirk Kempthorne

As a freshman senator, Dirk Kempthorne passed a law making it more difficult for Congress to impose the costs of mandates on state and local governments.