This post summarizes the status of various finance and procurement bills that MACo either considered or took a position on. Local Government Self-Insurance Funds: HB 174/SB 463 would give local governments…
Local health officers and other stakeholders are invited to apply to join the State Innovation Models Stakeholder Process. Maryland was recently awarded a State Innovation Models (SIM) grant from the…
This Tuesday, February 19 at 9:30 a.m., Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett, Prince Georges County Executive Rushern Baker and Howard County Executive Ken Ulman will hold a press conference urging…
A primer on federal sequestration by the Associated Press, run recently in the Cumberland Times-News, highlights the various effects of the pending across-the-board spending cuts. From the article: The sequester…
The Department of Legislative Services (DLS), in its analysis of the disparity grant program, has singled out the effects of program caps as a source of increasing inequity in the…
As previously reported in Conduit Street, MACo supported legislation during the 2012 session that would require a study by a neutral medical researcher on the linkage between firefighting and cancer rates. …
The nationwide cooperative purchasing alliance US Communities has announced new contracts to save county governments and other public entities on office supply purchases. US Communities is sponsored by several organizations…
Below is a schedule of upcoming conferences and meetings of interest to local government officials. Confirm registration requirements prior to traveling to any meeting or conference. Tuesday, November 27 House…
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