since that was a requirement of the Egyptian government in order for the process of being officially registered to begin.

I later learned that Egyptian law gives foreign NGOs two options: either to work in partnership with an Egyptian counterpart, such as a local NGO, university or media outlet, or to apply for registration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to work independently.

The ICFJ had been working in partnerships with local media outlets and universities in Egypt since 2004. But since 2006, it had been applying to work independently.

Most of the foreign NGOs’ applications, including the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the International Republican Institute (IRI) and Freedom House, had been put on hold by the Mubarak government. This, we would come to understand during our trial, hadDeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond (right) puts a DeKalb New Day Project work vest on Jeff Rader, presiding officer of the county commission after a presentation on the initiative during the meeting on March 12, 2019. (TIA MITCHELL/TIA.MITCHELL@AJC.COM)

DeKalb News: CEO says replacing 30,000 water meters begins in April

DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond said the county is taking a big step in solving its years-long problem with excessive and inaccurate water bills as it begins to replace half of the county’s residential water meters next month.

In all, the county will install 102,000 new meters over the next three years. Some 54,500 of the meters are being replaced because they are old, while another 47,500 are potentially defective. The first phase will begin in April as the county installs 30,000 new