News Release COG and ONE Media 3.0 launch Nation's first use of NextGen broadcast for advanced emergency information April 10, 2023 The pilot program will provide free, over-the-air redundancy to emergency messaging currently sent by local governments via text, email. social media, and other...
News Release COG launches battery management campaign as fire incidents increase annually April 7, 2023 The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) officially launched a public education campaign to elevate a regional and national increase in fire...
News Highlight COG Board discusses rising extremism, antisemitic incidents March 14, 2023 At its March meeting, officials on the COG Board of Directors were joined by Meredith Weisel, Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Washington,...
News Release Alcohol and drug-related traffic fatalities decrease in metropolitan Washington December 6, 2022 The number of alcohol and drug-related traffic fatalities decreased by 10 percent between 2020 and 2021 in the metropolitan Washington area, according to the...
News Highlight Area leaders discuss crime trends, police coordination November 16, 2022 A briefing on the annual Report on Crime and Crime Control at the COG Board of Directors’ November meeting sparked a robust discussion on strategies for...