News & Notes

Upcoming scholarship opportunity offered by NACo & Nationwide The NACo Deferred Compensation Program is offering $2,500 college scholarships for 4 high school seniors for the 25th year. This opportunity will [...]

Send photos of the vehicles you drive that represent your community by April 1st! Contest Rules The Florida Fire Chiefs' Association and the Florida Sheriffs Association are excited to announce [...]

FAC is excited to launch a new recognition program to honor counties that lead with innovation and smart spending. The Innovative Solutions Award celebrates counties that have leveraged the Business Solutions [...]

The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program is a $550 million grant program funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It is designed to assist states, local governments, and [...]

In J.D. Power's newly released U.S. Retirement Plan Digital Experience Study, Nationwide earned the second highest satisfaction ranking second behind only Charles Schwab. Overall, J.D. Power found retirement plan apps [...]

The Florida Sheriffs Association Cooperative Purchasing Program will be launching one new and one extended contract on October 1st.   In addition, the bid solicitation for FSA25-VEF19.0 was posted on 9/3, [...]

Special Grant Made Available Pursuant to Florida Statute 409.147, the Florida Department of Children and Families is offering a one-time grant of $25,000 to help eligible communities develop a designation [...]

FloridaCommerce will be hosting five in-person public workshops June 10- 14, 2024, to provide information on ConnectedFlorida’s BEAD Program challenge process.   The workshops will be held in the following [...]

We are assessing what type of situational awareness report/bulletin could be developed for critical infrastructure (CI) sectors and community partners. The intent is to make this a free and available resource [...]

Nationwide and the National Association of Counties want high school seniors to understand the importance of saving early for retirement. To get them started, Nationwide will award four college scholarships [...]