The past year resulted in many challenging circumstances for emergency telecommunicators from the COVID-19 pandemic to the February…
Emergency Management Coordinators (EMCs) and other public safety officials used CAPCOG’s digital regional planning coordination tool, WebEOC, to…
Scrap tires, paint, mattresses, and lawn tools are among the items most collected during solid waste collection events…
CAPCOG’s regional notifications system, WarnCentralTexas, alerted more residents than ever during Winter Storm Uri, which struck the entire…
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Advisory Committee will review and prioritize Office of the Governor grant applications during a…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) — a division of CAPCOG — will host…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, is relaunching its efforts to…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) graduated Class No. 91 in January with 19 cadets earning their…
Workforce development will continue to be one of the four themes in the newly-adopted 2020-2025 Comprehensive Economic Development…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) — a CAPCOG division — and the Dallas…
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced its 2021 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program…
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) announced $69.6 million in Community Development Block Grant CARES…
CAPCOG will hold a special called General Assembly meeting at 11 a.m. February 10 to elect two officials…
CAPCOG hired Shelly Hargrove to lead its Community and Economic Development (CED) Division in December; her more than…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area will conduct its first two online A Matter of…
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced its 2021 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TA) Program Call for Projects and…
CAPCOG’s Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) has scheduled more than 20 courses between now and the end of…
The deadline to submit State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) grant application projects to CAPCOG for a requested staff…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee will meet virtually for its first meeting of 2021 on January 13, when its…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program is assisting the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG), a COG located in…
CAPCOG’s Emergency Communications Division conducted its first pandemic specific course for emergency telecommunicators in early December and a…
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Program is conducting a virtual grant workshop on January 5 that will assist nonprofit…
The Central Texas Clean Air Coalition (CAC) recognized the City of Austin’s Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program and…
The CAPCOG General Assembly will elect the 2021 Executive Committee at its annual membership meeting on Dec. 9,…
The Texas Department of Agriculture opened its grant application process for the 2021 Texas Community Development Block Grant…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program and the city of Austin are conducting a study that will analyze how…
CAPCOG, acting in its capacity of the Capital Area Emergency Communications District, started making hardware, software and cabling…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division is completing an update to the region’s Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk…
CAPCOG General Assembly representatives will elect the agency’s 2021 Executive Committee during its 11 a.m., December 9 meeting,…
As part of National Family Caregivers Month, the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) and…
The Central Texas Clean Air Coalition (CAC) on Wednesday recognized City of Austin’s Transportation Demand Management Program and…
CAPCOG and its newly created Clean Air Coalition Particulate Matter (PM) subcommittee are joined by an EPA subject…
Members of the Texas National Emergency Number Association (NENA) elected CAPCOG’s Mike Aurora to serve on its board…
“The EDA CARES grant has been the most competitive grant cycle I’ve seen in years,” said Rachel Steele,…
CAPCOG’s Regional Law Enforcement Academy and the Emergency Communications Division have started offering in-person training while taking COVID-19…
Benefits counselors with Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, started preparing older…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program integrated reporting from its eight ozone monitors into EPA’s AirNow.gov to give Austin-Round…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program seeks nominations of people and organizations that have made significant impacts to the…
CAPCOG’s Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) and AGE of Central Texas conducted the annual…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee recognized September as National Preparedness Month and urges all jurisdictions to educate and empower…
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded Marble Falls a $2.5 million grant for the design and engineering…
CAPCOG is seeking nominations from General Assembly Representatives interested in serving on the 2021 Executive Committee, which meets…
The Plum Creek Watershed Partnership will hold a Texas Watershed Steward workshop from 8 a.m. to noon, Sept.…
When the COVID-19 pandemic started, the Capital Area Economic Development District (CAEDD) had just begun developing its strategic…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently completed a Travel Efficiency Assessment Method Case Study for the Austin-Round…
Join CAPCOG in celebrating its 50th anniversary during its upcoming online General Assembly Meeting on September 9th. The…
Police agencies around the region have a new de-escalation training tool which they will soon be able to…
CAPCOG sent out a survey in late January to determine if the region’s local governments would be interested…
The CAPCOG Solid Waste Program has helped several counties draft, review and update solid waste siting ordinances to…
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced about $4.6 million in grants for projects to implement new…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) and AGE of Central Texas moved their annual…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division continues to deliver training to emergency telecommunicators amid the COVID-19 pandemic through live…
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will accept grant applications for its Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Rebate Grant…
CAPCOG is seeking local jurisdictions to participate in the Texas Natural Resources Information System’s (TNRIS) Strategic Mapping Program…
CAPCOG and the Texas Department of Agriculture have partnered to fund $75,000 of specialized surveillance patrols targeting credit-…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) recently graduated 37 cadets from two Basic Peace Officer Courses (BPOC)…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee approved its recommended list of prioritized 2021 criminal justice projects in May for four…
CAPCOG, as the region’s representative of the Economic Development Administration (EDA), is providing technical assistance to local jurisdictions…
Texas is beginning its first regional flood planning process, and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is seeking…
CAPCOG’s Regional Law Enforcement Basic Peace Officers Course No. 89 graduated on June 5 after its cadets completed…
CAPCOG re-opened its grant application process for funding specialized surveillance at businesses that may be impacted by credit…
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is taking public comments on the 2021 draft regional water plans which…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, moved its health and wellness…
The CAPCOG offices are currently closed to visitors because of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, all of CAPCOG's divisions…
The Office of the Governor’s Public Safety Office allocated about $2.8 million to the CAPCOG region from its…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area and the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) wants…
The CAPCOG Community and Economic Development Division has developed a regional data dashboard to assist communities in making…
The information important to the region’s emergency managers related to the Coronavirus pandemic includes confirmed cases, deaths attributed…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy opened enrollment for in-service courses scheduled for July and is continuing to…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee is set to proclaim May as Older Americans Month during its meeting on the…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy graduated 19 cadets from its Basic Peace Officer Course (BPOC) No. 90…
Air quality seems to be better throughout the region because of reduced traffic as a result of Stay…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, drafted its 2021-22 Area Plan…
The Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office, Criminal Justice Division, announced the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee at its March meeting approved a prioritized list of 30 Homeland Security projects, 13…
CAPCOG, in its capacity as the Capital Area Economic Development District (CAEDD), is developing the Comprehensive Economic Development…
CAPCOG is assisting local jurisdictions with emergency management response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic and addressing older adult…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee honored the region’s emergency telecommunicators with a March proclamation declaring April 12 through April…
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (CJAC) will conduct its grant scoring meetings on April 14, 15, 16,…
CAPCOG conducted a National Emergency Number Association (NENA) Center Manager Certificate Program in March for several of the…
Connected Nation—Texas, a division of a national nonprofit that assists communities with developing strategies for increasing access, adoption,…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division’s 2020 Regional Exercise, which took place in February, simulated large wildfires in three…
The Capital Area Council of Governments has moved employees to teleworking schedules beginning this week; some staff will…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program has partnered with the Lone Star Clean Fuels Alliance to teach local governments,…
CAPCOG is accepting applications from local law enforcement agencies in the ten-county region, for a grant to cover…
Two emergency telecommunicators who survived mass shootings will lead CAPCOG’s Active Threat Course for emergency telecommunicators set for…
The Texas Transportation Commission announced in late January that Dripping Springs, Elgin, Granger, and Smithville would receive $5.2…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division joined several city of Austin departments in welcoming its newest police officers and…
The CAPCOG Solid Waste Program and the Regional Environmental Task Force will lead a course that literally helps…
Under the FEMA Disaster Declaration 4416, local jurisdictions in Burnet, Llano and Travis counties working on economic development…
Cottonwood Shores and Sunset Valley are hosting the CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) to conduct a February-26…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) will hold its first exam for prospective peace officer cadets for…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division purchased more than 1,000 Stop-the-Bleed kits to help school districts and charter schools…
Austin-Travis County EMS deployed the nation’s first Buckle Up for Life Safety Lab, a mobile interactive experience designed…
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is accepting applications for the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Texas…
The newly elected CAPCOG Executive Committee, which conducts COG business regarding budgets, contracts, and general policies and procedures…
Long-time Solid Waste Advisory Committee member, Jon White, received the 2019 Phill Palmer Volunteer Award during its annual…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a CAPCOG division, with funding from the St. David’s…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division is launching an online training system to enhance emergency telecommunicators skills and professional…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) is seeking passionate volunteers to advocate for seniors’…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy will conduct a Basic Forensic Narrative Analysis course to teach investigators interviewing…
CAPCOG recognized the region’s former Texas Division of Emergency Management District Coordinator, Jack Doebbler, with its Jack Griesenbeck…
CAPCOG has scheduled three grant writing workshops at different locations, so local governments and nonprofits planning to apply…
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality want organizations to gear up for the opening of the Texas Emission…
Petroleum Solutions Inc.’s Austin office donated two gas pump credit and debit card processing machines to support a…
CAPCOG recently launched its new website at capcog.org to improve the organization of information, make it easier to navigate, and…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division is offering a cybersecurity course for local jurisdictions’ Information Technology personnel. The 4-day…
CAPCOG will conduct three mandatory grant workshop for local jurisdictions planning to apply for 2020 State Homeland Security…
CAPCOG will announce this year’s recipient of the Jack Griesenbeck Leadership in Regionalism Award along with other regional…
The CAPCOG Solid Waste Grant Program is seeking projects to fund as part of its 2020-21 Solid Waste…
The Environmental Protection Agency reappointed CAPCOG’s Regional Planning and Services Director, Andrew Hoekzema, to a third, two-year term…
The Texas Region 13 Education Service Center invited CAPCOG Homeland Security Director, Martin Ritchey, to discuss with school…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division is hosting a Type III All-Hazards Incident Management Team training from Nov. 18…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a division of CAPCOG, will lead a hands-on workshop…
CAPCOG is seeking nominations for the 2019 Jack Griesenbeck Leadership in Regionalism Award, which recognizes a person whom…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy and Texas Department of Agriculture are working together to improve gas pump…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a division of CAPCOG, has begun drafting its…
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Program is seeking input from community stakeholders around the ten-county region as it begins…
CAPCOG will begin accepting nominations on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 from eligible city and county elected officials who…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy is offering its first new State and Federal Law Updates courses for…
The Age Well Live Well East Austin collaborative invites the public to celebrate East Austin’s unique history, as…
National Night Out, an annual campaign for making neighborhoods safer through community and police partnerships, traditionally occurs the…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division will host three courses in September to train peace officers, emergency managers and…
State legislators who serve on the CAPCOG Executive Committee will participate in a panel discussion about the 86th…
In support of National Preparedness Month, CAPCOG developed a regional WarnCentralTexas.org campaign to encourage residents to register for…
The upcoming 18th annual Striking a Balance Conference will convene local resources as well as local and national…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program will conduct a workshop for local government and transportation practitioners as well as…
The Regional Environmental Task Force (RETF) and CAPCOG will lead two courses on how local governments can better…
The CAPCOG Aging Services Director, Patty Bordie, emphasized the importance of fostering individual resiliency in older adults in…
CAPCOG’s Regional Planning and Service Division partnered with the Capital Area Rural Transit System (CARTS) to update the…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) is offering more than 20 in-service courses in Austin and around…
The U.S. Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) and CAPCOG will conduct a Capital Area Regional Flood Management Planning Workshop…
The CAPCOG Regional Planning and Services Division upgraded the Commute Solutions program by updating the commute planning and…
Public safety officials and local advocates from around the region at a Warn Central Texas press conference in…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee in May approved a prioritized list of recommended projects to receive funding from four…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy will conduct a full-time, day and a part-time, night Basic Peace Officer…
Mike Jennings, former director of CAPCOG’s Regional Law Enforcement Academy from 2007 to 2015, returned to the position…
The city of Austin is purchasing and programing digital kiosks to give residents greater access in registering to…
From economic development and infrastructure to sidewalks and fire trucks, the CAPCOG Regional and Planning Services Division has…
CAPCOG’s Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area is joining several Senior and Law Enforcement Together (SALT)…
Emergency management and fire officials and local advocates urged Central Texas residents to prepare for the 2019 wildfire…
Source: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The Texas Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Program is accepting applications for the first…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division has installed new RapidSOS software at nearly all the 10-county region’s public safety…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program is hosting several energy efficiency specialists to conduct a workshop from 9 a.m.…
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Transportation and Air Quality selected CAPCOG for a technical assistance partnership…
CAPCOG and its Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area want central Texas communities to join them…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee and its Homeland Security Task Force prioritized 40 projects that requested funding from the…
Air Quality Awareness Week is a national campaign that recognizes the importance of clean air for our health…
CAPCOG is coordinating the purchase of geospatial data through its 2020 Capital Area Orthoimagery Project in partnership with…
New workstations being installed by CAPCOG in all 31 public safety answering points (PSAPs) across the region will…
Students will be better prepared to respond to terroristic incidents with a new educational video developed through a…
More than 800 emergency telecommunicators serve the CAPCOG ten-county region as the first, first responders, and they work…
More than 40 emergency response agencies and 350 public safety personnel from across the region responded to an…
The Regional Environmental Task Force (RETF) and CAPCOG are conducting this year’s first basic environmental law training course…
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