Read more about the article Summer #MACoCon Registration is Now Open! Reserve Your Spot Today
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Summer #MACoCon Registration is Now Open! Reserve Your Spot Today

MACo’s Summer Conference, “Where the Rubber Meets the Road,” is scheduled for August 16-19, 2023, in Ocean City, Maryland. The early list of hotel blocks is here and registration is open - reserve your spot today! MACo’s Summer Conference brings together approximately 3,000 leaders from all levels of government and the private sector. With four days of educational sessions, along with 2 exhibit shows (over 350 vendors!), and numerous briefings, meetings, and opportunities to connect…

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March 1, 2023
Read more about the article Submit Your Proposal Today for 2023 Summer #MACoCon
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Submit Your Proposal Today for 2023 Summer #MACoCon

MACo’s Summer Conference, “Where the Rubber Meets the Road,” is scheduled for August 16-19, 2023, in Ocean City, Maryland. Interested in speaking? Have a topic you'd like to see covered? Submit a proposal by April 14! MACo’s Summer Conference brings together approximately 3,000 leaders from all levels of government and the private sector. With four days of educational sessions, along with 2 exhibit shows (over 350 vendors!), and numerous briefings, meetings, and opportunities to connect…

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February 8, 2023
Read more about the article Save the Date for 2023 Summer #MACoCon: “Where the Rubber Meets the Road”
Summer Conference
Save the Date for 2023 Summer #MACoCon: “Where the Rubber Meets the Road”

MACo's Winter Conference just wrapped, and the 2023 General Assembly Session just started, but don't forget to mark your calendars for MACo's Summer Conference, "Where the Rubber Meets the Road," on August 16-19, 2023, in Ocean City, Maryland. MACo's Summer Conference brings together approximately 3,000 leaders from all levels of government and the private sector. With four days of educational sessions, along with 2 exhibit shows (over 350 vendors!), and numerous briefings, meetings, and opportunities…

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January 11, 2023
Read more about the article Does Artificial Intelligence Have a Place in Hiring?
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Does Artificial Intelligence Have a Place in Hiring?

Experts express caution over the growing use of automated technology and artificial intelligence for job and candidate screening and hiring processes. MACo tackled the issue at the 2022 Summer Conference. Experts at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFFCCP) are warning about the potential for automated technology, like artificial intelligence (AI), used in the workplace for hiring and human resource functions to accelerate discrimination.…

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September 20, 2022
Read more about the article WalletHub Ranks Maryland’s Community Colleges Second Best in the Country
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WalletHub Ranks Maryland’s Community Colleges Second Best in the Country

A 2022 report recently published by WalletHub ranks Maryland's community colleges as the second best in the country. WalletHub is a personal finance website that also publishes reports and comparative data on consumer-related topics. The site published a new report analyzing and ranking community colleges systems across the country based on a variety of criteria. Maryland's community college system ranks second best in the country according to WalletHub's analysis, just after Connecticut. Governor Larry Hogan…

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August 29, 2022
Read more about the article Live From #MACoCon: SAS Talks Tech Tools for Tomorrow’s Counties
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Live From #MACoCon: SAS Talks Tech Tools for Tomorrow’s Counties

SAS— the leader in business analytics software and services and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market — talks about how counties can use advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to solve complex problems, build trust, and be more efficient.

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August 26, 2022
Read more about the article MACo Human Resources Affiliate Chooses New Leadership
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MACo Human Resources Affiliate Chooses New Leadership

At the MACo Summer Conference 2022 meeting of the Human Resources Affiliate, members elected new leadership and celebrated the upcoming retirement of Carroll County Human Resources Director Kim Frock. At the 2022 MACo Summer Conference, the Maryland Association of Human Resources Officers, also known as the MACo Human Resources (HR) Affiliate, met over an informative luncheon to conduct organizational business, including electing a new slate of affiliate leadership. The Maryland Association of Human Resources Officers…

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August 25, 2022
Read more about the article See How It Went – 2022 Summer #MACoCon Photo Recap
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See How It Went – 2022 Summer #MACoCon Photo Recap

MACo’s 2022 Summer Conference, “Taking Care of Business,” on Aug 17-20 in Ocean City, MD, was a resounding success! Thousands of leaders in the public and private sector gathered to explore resources available for recovering and struggling businesses, creative ways to achieve common goals, and partnerships available to take our communities from “surviving” to “thriving.” See how it went, and plan to join us at our upcoming conferences: Winter Conference, January 4-6, 2023, Cambridge, MD…

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August 24, 2022
Read more about the article Statewide Candidates Talk Infrastructure, Public Safety, Economy, and More at #MACoCon Forum
County News / Intergovernmental Relations / Summer Conference
Statewide Candidates Talk Infrastructure, Public Safety, Economy, and More at #MACoCon Forum

With primary elections in the books, candidates for governor, attorney general, and comptroller addressed the MACo Summer Conference in a forum on issues of importance for county governments. Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics Director at Goucher College, and Pamela Wood, politics and government reporter at The Baltimore Banner, moderated the forum. Democratic nominee for comptroller, Delegate Brooke Lierman, the Republican nominee for comptroller, Harford County Executive Barry Glassman, Democratic…

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August 24, 2022
Read more about the article Success Stories in Revitalizing Public Spaces at #MACoCon
County News / Economic Development / Housing and Community Development / Summer Conference
Success Stories in Revitalizing Public Spaces at #MACoCon

Practical, lasting redevelopment solutions for unused public spaces are made possible through persistence and partnership. When it comes to using old spaces to solve new problems, this panel of experts has been there, done that. In this session, Empowering Communities: Breathing New Life Into Old Spaces, participants learned from an esteemed group of presenters about effective ways to rethink community revitalization projects. "Setting the stage for revitalization efforts depends on the building blocks in place,"…

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August 24, 2022
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