Collin County Gives Constituents GIS Access In counties across the state, phone lines in the voter registrar’s office soon will be tied up with voter after voter asking the familiar question: Where is my precinct? The phones in Collin County have been a bit quieter in pre-election months, thanks to an innovative feature on the […]
Don’t Be Crude
Motor Fluids Recycling Program Continues to Gain Momentum Back in January 1998, the Victoria County Commissioners Court entertained a request from three sixth-graders who wanted to begin a motor fluids recycling program. The court gave its approval, and away they went. In some instances, that would be the end of the story. But in this […]
Clean Air Working Group
Pollution doesn’t know geographic boundaries, said Gregg Cooke, former regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, which includes Texas. “Cities alone can’t solve the problem,” he said. “It must be done statewide.” A coalition of federal, state, and local government officials, business leaders, and public interest groups – the Texas Clean Air Working […]
HAVA Grants
Help America Vote Act Counties Begin to Receive Monies for Compliance Federal monies available through the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), signed into law in 2002, have begun to trickle down to counties. Funding is administered by the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, with $84 million, including a state match of $3 million, earmarked […]
Homeland Security Funding
Emergency Planning Border Patrol Seeking Deeper Involvement in First Response “Since 9/11, the emergency responder community has recognized (that) our citizens hold us to a higher standard than what we had in place,” said Charlie Montgomery, emergency manager for Hidalgo County. Across the nation, multi-jurisdictional response – or at least preparedness – to emergencies is […]
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