Currently, suburban Cook County is experiencing an increase in influenza like illness with 44 confirmed influenza ICU admissions and 6 influenza related deaths. Cook County Department of Public Health’s Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Terry Mason is encouraging everyone six months of age and older to get a flu shot.
After months of collaboration and input from community and government organizations, the solid waste industry, and environmental advocacy groups, the Cook County Board Wednesday approved a Solid Waste and Recycling Ordinance (SWRO) that will give the County significant new tools to protect the environment.
The Cook County Board today approved a partnership between the Bureau of Technology and Smart Chicago Collaborative that will expand the open data the County provides and make it easier for the public to access.
Collaborating with Smart Chicago will increase the County’s ability to find, clean and link data, such as crime and health statistics, to the County’s website.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners today passed its first information security ordinance, designed to ensure that information entrusted to all County agencies remains safe, secure, and protected from unauthorized access or use.
The ordinance calls for the creation of minimum information security requirements developed by a multi-agency IT working group led by the County’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). The CISO will be charged with reviewing agency adoption and compliance and providing annual reports to the County Board.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office will begin a pilot grief counseling program for the families of homicide victims and in other selected death cases through a program approved today by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
Cook County Board President Preckwinkle today announced the formation of a new Latino Advisory Council composed of a diverse group of leaders who will help the County develop a strategy to better engage, serve, and connect with the Latino community, which represents 24% of the total population in Cook County.
Presidente Preckwinkle de la Mesa Directiva del Condado de Cook anunció hoy la creación de un Cónsul de Consejeros Latinos compuesto de un grupo diverso de líderes que ayudarán al Condado a desarrollar una estrategia para mejorar el compromiso, el servicio y la conección con la comunidad Latina, la cual representa 24% de la población total del Condado de Cook.
