Mary Ann Barton

Twenty-three years after the 9/11 tragedy, a public agency created in its wake to help better connect first responders during emergencies is continuing to ramp up improvements to its networks.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seen dramatic increases in border rescues in the past three years, Sean McGoffin told the NACo Justice and Public Safety Committee.

In a room packed with about 100 conference attendees, Guilford County, N.C. Commissioner Alan Perdue gave a powerful presentation Saturday morning on the importance of clear communication among emergency responders.

Secretary Vilsack - Our challenge with American agriculture: “make sure we figure out ways to transform the model we’ve been operating under the last 60 years.

Labor trafficking is an ‘invisible’ epidemic