National County Government Month (NCGM) is a program hosted by the National Association of Counties (NACo) to raise public awareness of the services provided by county government.  Celebrated annually in April, NACo will be recognizing those counties that sponsor outstanding programs to educate citizens on how county governments. Programs will be judged on citizen participation, involvement of elected officials, utilization of existing resources, amount of positive media coverage generated by the events, and how the program was promoted by the county.  Applications must be received by May 31 to be eligible for the competition.