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TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES 27 JUVENILES WILL BENEFIT FROM GRANT FUNDS FOR COURT DEBT RELIEF
A Fines and Fees Task Force comprised of County and non-profit leaders announced the transfer of $50,000 in private grant funds received by the Controller’s Office to relieve the remaining court debt of 27 juveniles who had satisfied all other conditions of the judgments against them. The funds from the Cities & Counties Fine and […]
CONTROLLER O’CONNOR’S DATA DASHBOARDS PUT COUNTY INFO FRONT AND CENTER
New Data Dashboards at AlleghenyController.com put a variety of County government information at users’ fingertips and will be periodically expanded with new additions, Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor said. “Transparency is the name of the game for my office, and these new tools help tell the story of our County in a way that residents […]
‘SINGLE AUDIT’ OF FEDERAL FUNDS RECEIVED BY COUNTY FIRST AUDIT ISSUED UNDER COUNTY CONTROLLER O’CONNOR
A federally required audit to ensure compliance with the terms of federal grants received by Allegheny County is the first audit to be completed and issued under the auspices of County Controller Corey O’Connor, who took office in July. The audit covered 19 grant programs with expenditures of $196 million out of a total of […]
O’CONNOR SESSIONS ON ASSESSMENTS MAKE WAY TO PENN HILLS, SOUTH HILLS COMMUNITIES
Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor will conclude a series of information sessions on property owners’ rights in the County’s property assessment and appeals process in Penn Hills on Tuesday, South Fayette on Thursday, and Brentwood on Oct. 18. O’Connor is partnering with Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG), a coalition of local community-based organizations focused on […]
O’CONNOR SESSIONS ON ASSESSMENTS CONTINUE THURSDAY IN EAST END, MONDAY IN NORTH HILLS
Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor will continue a series of information sessions on property owners’ rights in the County’s property assessment and appeals process in Pittsburgh’s East End on Thursday and in the North Hills Monday. O’Connor is partnering with Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG), a coalition of local community-based organizations focused on housing fairness […]
O’CONNOR AUDIT WILL LOOK AT PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED
Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor announced that his office will conduct an audit of programs operated by the County’s Department of Human Services (DHS) or its contractors to meet the needs of children with incarcerated parents. The audit will examine how these programs are funded and operated, how they identify children in need of services, […]
O’CONNOR ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR INFO SESSIONS ON ASSESSMENTS, OWNERS’ RIGHTS
Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor announced dates and locations for a series of information sessions on property owners’ rights in the County’s property assessment and appeals process. O’Connor is partnering with Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG), a coalition of local community-based organizations focused on housing fairness and equity, and the Realtors Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh […]
CONTROLLER COREY O’CONNOR ANNOUNCES PARTNERS IN INDUSTRY WORKING GROUP
Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor announced today that he will convene an Industry Best Practices Working Group to facilitate dialogue between organizations representing and developing the regional workforce and public and private sector employers. “We must work to ensure that investments, training efforts and resource allocation matches the needs of workers in our region. Even before […]
O’CONNOR’S FIRST AUDIT TO EXAMINE DEVELOPMENT SUBSIDIES
Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor announced today that his office will begin an audit of subsidy programs benefiting private development projects administered by the County’s Department of Economic Development (ACED). These include projects supported by the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and Local Economic Development Revitalization Act (LERTA) programs. TIF diverts tax proceeds from the property […]
CONTROLLER COREY O’CONNOR WILL PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY GROUP, REALTORS FOR INFO SESSIONS ON PROPERTY OWNERS’ RIGHTS
Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor announced today that he will partner with Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG), a coalition of local community-based organizations focused on housing fairness and equity, and the Realtors Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh to hold information sessions on property owners’ rights in the County’s property assessment and appeals process. The sessions are […]
