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Less Real Estate Translates Into Real Savings for Cook County Taxpayers

Oak Forest Health Center campus reduction, warehouse consolidation among strategies designed to trim County's property footprint
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Budget and Financial

Cook County Moves Forward with Pilot of Bio-Metric Time and Attendance System

The days of receiving paper paystubs and using sign-in sheets to track employee attendance will be permanently relegated to the past under a modernization effort being spearheaded by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.

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Budget and Financial

Cook County Dependent Verification Program to Provide Savings, Reduce Fraud

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today that a comprehensive dependent eligibility verification program conducted by the County's Department of Risk Management could result in as much as $12.5 million in savings through the…

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Budget and Financial

Embracing New Technologies Expected to Improve Services, Save Millions in Cook County

Cook County will be taking significant steps toward replacing antiquated technologies, streamlining services and reducing costs by millions under two proposals approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday.

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Budget and Financial, Technology

Cook County Board Will Consider New Integrated Property Tax Technology

Upgrade would replace multiple systems with one unified modern solution 

The technology which manages Cook County’s property tax system would see a marked upgrade under a proposal introduced today before the Cook County Board of C

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Budget and Financial, Technology