Posted: 10/06/2009
Author:
ELNA CHRISTOPHER
FORT BEND COUNTY HONORED BY TAC
Fort Bend County is one of 13 counties around the state being honored this year by the Texas Association of Counties (TAC) Leadership Foundation for Best Practices involving innovative programs that deliver quality services and protect taxpayer dollars.
The programs were selected to receive high honors for innovation, achievement and delivery of service in the 2009 County Best Practice Awards, which recognize county initiatives that serve as a model to others and save taxpayer monies.
“People in counties across Texas are coming up with such creative solutions,” said Marc Hamlin, past TAC president and current Brazos County district clerk. “Counties have so few streams of revenue, and every good idea that can be shared is terribly important.”
Fort Bend County received a prestigious Best Practices award for innovation in financial and general management for its team‐model structure approach to Information Technology project management. The selection committee felt following a similar project management structure may help other counties be more successful in their efforts to implement new software programs in multiple county departments.
County Judge Bob Hebert, County Clerk Dianne Wilson, and Connie Heinecke of Information Technology accepted the award for the county.
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