County News Coverage: 2022 NACo Annual Conference
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NACo calls for OMB to extend public comment period for proposed rule overhauling sweeping changes to federal grants and hosts webinar with record attendance
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.
Salute to county leaders: Calvin Ball
Calvin Ball’s appointment to the Howard County, Md. Council in 2006 launched a county government leadership career that will have lasted more than 20 years when he leaves office after two terms as the county’s first African American executive.
The Promise and Peril Arrive on the Front Lines
NACo CEO Matt Chase writes: "Counties did not ask to be on the front lines of the AI era. But we are. The power demands, the water use, the land battles, the tax base, the workforce changes, the pressure for public services — all of it lands on us first."