View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2018 – NJAC County Biz – July Burlington County’s groundbreaking program has potential to be a national model by Jason P. Tosches, Public Information Officer for Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders Burlington County government is leading the way when it comes to enhancing the safety and security of county schools with a $20 million grant program that is the first of its kind in the state and a model for the nation, said Freeholder Director Kate Gibbs today. “As an elected official, I refuse to standby and do nothing while we wait for...

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2018 - NJAC County Biz - June On April 10th, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, appeared before a joint hearing of the United States Senate judiciary and commerce committees in Washington DC., to clarify how the social networking giant aggregates and applies information on its 2.2 billion users in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica controversy. No, Zuckerberg maintained, Facebook does not sell user data to advertisers. No, the mobile app does not mine audio from user’s phone conversations. Zuckerberg may have effectively dispelled misconceptions...

by Jennifer Dowd, Marketing Director for Kronos, Inc. View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2018 – NJAC County Biz – March When disaster strikes, Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) assistance is called upon.  This year, though, FEMA has been put through the ringer and stretched farther than predicted.  Individuals, small businesses, and municipalities applying for assistance or looking for reimbursement are faced with the fear that there simply might not be enough cash to go around even with additional funding being approved.  City and county governments may feel part...

by Megan Byers, Marketing Coordinator for DMR Architects View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2018 – NJAC County Biz – February Early December 2017 marked the official start of construction of the Garfield Police Headquarters in Garfield, NJ, a new facility that will replace the formerly undersized and inadequate facility the department of nearly 70 currently operates from. The beginning of construction is an exciting milestone, as it represents the culmination of a design process that overcame numerous challenges and worked through a variety of needs, requirements and trends in...

by Alannah Dragonetti, Head of Marketing for GovPilot View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2018 – NJAC County Biz – January  Each new year brings an opportunity for improvement. In 2018, GovPilot is taking that opportunity and flying with it! Introducing: Jet Mode—an interface that makes it easier than ever to find, process and share your most critical data. Updates Old Favorites Jet Mode improves upon key GovPilot features, including: PropertyProfile The cornerstone of our platform, GovPilot’s PropertyProfile feature ensures that all constituent data links to the appropriate...

by Shirl Tyner, Management Services Representative for Lexipol View the entire newsletter for more articles: 2017 – NJAC County Biz – December It’s 1702 on a Friday afternoon. Suddenly, the call of “officer down” blares across my police radio. I am several miles away from the incident, having dinner with some officers. We drop everything and run out the door. As a non-sworn employee, I know it’s not my place to respond immediately, but I also know I’ll be needed. I don’t want the scene jeopardized in any way. So my trainee and I drive as fast as we can to get there. Traffic is a nightmare...

by Jennifer Statham, Regional Communications Director of United Healthcare View the entire newsletter for more articles: 2017 – NJAC County Biz – November UnitedHealthcare Bergen Asian Resource Center offers customer service, health education and other support to consumers with Medicare and employer-sponsored coverage, with a focus on serving the Asian-American community Community leaders and UnitedHealthcare executives celebrated grand opening today with ribbon cutting ceremony UnitedHealthcare has opened its newest health benefits store to provide enhanced customer service and ...

by Steve Usarzewicz, Director of Time and Labor for Primepoint HRMS & Payroll View the entire newsletter for more articles: 2017 – NJAC County Biz – October Employees clock in and clock out.  They take a personal day.  There’s a holiday.  Or wait, they worked a holiday?  Now there’s overtime.  Wait, what?  There’s also a union contract for different overtime rates? Keeping track of employees’ working hours can be a time-consuming and intricate task, and many organizations still complete the process manually. The use of a web-based Time and Labor system automates this process to ensure...

by Sean W. Stumbaugh, Battalion Chief (Retired) and Management Services Representative for Lexipol View the entire newsletter for more articles: 2017 – NJAC County Biz – September The use of mind-altering substances by humans is nothing new. Since the first person left a bowl of grain out in the rain, and then the sun and wild yeast did their thing, humans have had access to beer. Additional intoxicating substances followed through different methods of discovery. How people figured out that the milky substance contained in the un-ripened seed pod of the poppy flower is a powerful drug is b...

by J. Michael Sweder, President of AT&T Mid-Atlantic States View the entire newsletter for more articles: 2017 – NJAC County Biz – August Governor’s decision will better connect New Jersey’s first responders Government leaders in New Jersey have much to consider when it comes to public safety. The state’s 21 counties, 565 municipalities, 250 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 244 townships, and 4 villages develop plans, craft individual budgets, and invest taxpayer resources to best meet the needs of their residents, businesses and visitors. We all know that emergencies don’t always fo...