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Register today for the July WCA educational seminar on collective bargaining. Learn more here. |
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In 2008, organizations that experienced a data breach paid an average of $6.6 million to rebuild their brand image and retain customers.
Source: Ponemon Institute. |
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 Below please find an article by WCA Legislative Director John Reinemann on the state budet that was signed into law this week by Governor Jim Doyle, including the impact of the bill on counties.
The 2009-2011 State Budget has been signed into law by Governor Doyle.
At our last WCA eNews report, the budget had been passed by both houses of the Legislature but a conference committee version of the bill had not yet been agreed to. Since that time action on the budget came very, very quickly.
The rush for action was motivated by a need for Governor Jim Doyle to sign the budget no later than June 29 if it were to be effective before the end of the state's fiscal year on June 30. |
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced this week that Ozaukee County has been awarded $4.7 million in Recovery Act funding for its "Fish Passage in the Milwaukee River Watershed" (FPMRW) project. The FPMRW project involves modifying or removing stream obstructions and barriers to link naturally occurring high quality habitats in the Milwaukee River Watershed. The project's goal is to directly connect and allow fish to swim between 119,000 acres and 158 stream miles of the Milwaukee River Watershed, the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern, and Lake Michigan.
To read a media release from Ozaukee County, click here.
NOAA's press release regarding the successful projects can be found here.
NOAA's interactive project map can be seen here.
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Editor of Newsweek and author of Franklin and Winston and American Lion, Jon Meacham will be the featured speaker at Monday's General Session, July 27. Meacham was named "one of the most influential editors in the news magazine business" by The New York Times. A skilled raconteur and eloquent speaker, he understands important issues and events in all of their complexity and how they affect our lives.
Meacham is responsible for all day-to-day editorial operations of Newsweek and has written many cover stories. His bestseller, Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship, explored the fascinating relationship between the two leaders who piloted the free world to victory in World War II. TIME declared it "masterful," and The Washington Post proclaimed it "a memorable achievement."
His most recent New York Times bestseller, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Nov. '08), which will be available for sale at the conference, won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and was cited as an "unlikely portrait of a not always admirable democrat, but a pivotal president, written with an agile prose that brings the Jackson saga to life."
Source: NACo.com.
To learn more about events at speakers at this year's NACo Annual Conference, click here. |
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 The National Association of Counties will be holding a free webinar on Thursday, July 9th from 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm EST titled "Youth Detention Reform at the County Level: Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative."
Please join them to learn about the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI). Featuring two JDAI county sites, you will learn about why and how the program was implemented, challenges faced, and the great outcomes achieved. JDAI programs have shown that youth detention can be decreased and money saved, all without posing a risk to public safety. Learn about what counties have experienced with JDAI and how this initiative might benefit your own county.
To register for the webinar, please copy the following link into your browser: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/440329066.
For questions, please contact Mary-Kathleen Guerra at 202.942.4279. |
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The UW-Madison/Extension Applied Population Lab's newsletter, Population Notes, this quarter features Census 2010, including some interesting trivia and information about Complete Count Committees.
To view Population Notes: A look at the demography and geography of Wisconsin, click here. |
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As an endorsed WCA Services, Inc. program, Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company offers the "Employee Life Option," which is a permanent life insurance program serviced and enrolled by Hauser & Associates Insurance Services.
This interest-sensitive whole-life product features level premiums, fixed death benefits and substantial minimum cash values as well as cash accumulation at current interest rates.
This product is available to elected officials, employees, spouses (may be subject to medical underwriting), children and grand children regardless of their past or present health problems.
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