RICHMOND (August 8, 2025)—The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) is pleased to announce the 57 recipients of the 2025 Achievement Awards, which recognize excellence in local government programs. VACo received a record 155 submissions. Winning
RICHMOND (August 8, 2025)—The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) is pleased to announce the 57 recipients of the 2025 Achievement Awards, which recognize excellence in local government programs. VACo received a record 155 submissions. Winning
On September 14, the 9-1-1 Services Board adopted a recalculation of the wireless 9-1-1 funding distribution formula that localities receive to operate their emergency call
The amount of student loan debt has risen by 149 percent over the past decade to $1.4 trillion. Delinquencies have risen 62 percent for the
The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) has undertaken a security review of several models of Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machines, an action that was
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The Secretary of Transportation’s Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment (OIPI) has released a draft of proposed revisions to the Smart Scale Technical Guide. This
Governor McAuliffe presented his year-end report on FY 2017 revenue collections to the House Appropriations, House Finance, and Senate Finance Committees on Monday, August 21.
The Mycounty platform is an all encompassing cloud-based self-service mobile application available on iOS (https://goo.gl/LxEiGM) and Android (https://goo.gl/nccVxT) with a highly configurable backend helping state and local counties deliver
On August 17, VACo hosted Auditor of Public Accounts (APA) Martha Mavredes and members of her staff for a webinar on the proposed “early warning
Proposed amendments to the state’s Standards of Accreditation for public schools were published in the Virginia Register of Regulations earlier this month; the public comment
The Chesapeake Bay Restoration Advisory Committee is accepting grant applications to conduct Chesapeake Bay-related education and restoration activities. The grants are funded with monies from
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