1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (361+ words) Since the 1940s, nuclear power systems have been designed and built in many sizes, from battery-like systems with outputs comparable to a backyard generator to plants that power entire regions of industrial countries full of millions of people. Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (261+ words) The coalition letter explained that adequate time for stakeholder engagement is essential to ensure that comments submitted reflect the on-the-ground realities of implementing federal programs at the local level and that given the expansive scope of the proposal, local governments…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (116+ words) This event will take place on Zoom Webinar. Please email broberts@naco. org with any registration or login questions. This webinar is brought to you by NACo EDGE, establishing people, purchasing, and performance cost-saving solutions that can be applied to…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1324+ words) Three county officials have declared their candidacy for the office of NACo second vice president. The election will take place July 20 at the Annual Business Meeting during NACo's Annual Conference in Orleans Parish, La. The three candidates have offered these…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (785+ words) Long after flood waters are gone, many counties are still left under water when it comes to recovery costs." And while they are busy removing debris and rebuilding infrastructure and facilities to return to normal, the daily work of county…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (568+ words) There I was, standing in Loudoun County's Data Center Alley with 40 congressional staff from NACo's Federal Fellowship Program, surrounded by the hum of the modern world in action." More than 200 high-performance computing facilities sit in this corridor of Northern Virginia…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (457+ words) The federal emergency management landscape is shifting rapidly, and counties " as the first layer of government that residents turn to when disaster strikes " have more at stake than nearly any other stakeholder." Two overlapping efforts are now unfolding in Washington:…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (874+ words) As FEMA resumes and restructures its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program, counties are reassessing projects that were put in limbo during its cancellation and creating new hazard mitigation gameplans ahead of its upcoming funding cycle." In April…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (383+ words) The West Closure Complex, in Belle Chasse just south of the city, is a key component of the region's hurricane protection system, designed and built by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers with local and state partners. It anchors the West…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (649+ words) Counties have roughly one month to make their opinions heard about a proposed rule that would drastically alter federal grant management." The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) is proposing sweeping changes to the Uniform Guidance " 2 Code of Federal Regulations…...