by Cole Arreola-Karr | Mar 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
ARVADA, Colo. — The American Association of Special Districts (AASD) and the National Association of Emergency and Fire Officials (NAEFO) have forged a partnership to elevate the federal voice of America’s special districts providing emergency services, expand...
by Cole Arreola-Karr | Mar 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
The American Association of Special Districts (AASD) will host its first virtual Mosquito, Vector, and Pest (MVP) Control Division virtual forum to identify, discuss, and begin crafting a framework of priorities for this most unique form of local government. Leaders...
by Cole Arreola-Karr | Jan 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
A District Court Judge in Washington, DC, has delayed the Office of Management & Budget directive to pause federal grant and finance programs pending agencies’ review and alignment with Administration priorities. The White House Office of Management and Budget...
by Cole Arreola-Karr | Jan 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
“Build America, Buy America” policy requiring federal infrastructure investments use iron, steel, construction material, and other products manufactured in the United States has received a one-year wiaver for projects funded through the Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving...
by Cole Arreola-Karr | Nov 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will open its Fiscal Year 2024 Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) application period on Tuesday, November 12 – and the nation’s 7,000+ special districts providing emergency services are eligible to apply....
by Cole Arreola-Karr | Oct 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
In what has become an annual tradition, Congress passed legislation to keep the federal government open past the fiscal year-end deadline on September 30, pushing action until December. The continuing resolution (CR) – H.R. 9747 (Cole), the 2025 Continuing...
