Author Archives: NADO Admin
NADO Issues Action Alert on Surface Transportation Reauthorization
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SPECIFIC ACTION NEEDED:
Urge your Senators and Representatives to support the House language (included in H.R. 7) for state DOT “cooperation” with non-metropolitan local officials in the statewide transportation planning
NADO Issues Action Alert on EDA
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ACTION NEEDED: Urge your Representatives to vote “yes” on the Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME) amendment to restore a proposed $38 million cut to the U.S. Economic Development Administration
Past President Mazer Testifies on Rural Development
On April 25, Leanne Mazer, Executive Director of the Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, and a Past President and Board Member of the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO), testified before the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research,…
House and Senate Leaders Name Conferees to Negotiate Surface Transportation Legislation
ACTION NEEDED:
Please continue to urge your Senators and Representatives to support the House language for state DOT “cooperation” with non-metropolitan local officials in the statewide transportation planning process (including the establishment of Regional Transportation Planning Organizations for areas outside…
House Committee Examines Challenges Facing the Workforce Investment System; WIA Reauthorization Proposal Introduced
Since the start of the 112th Congress, the House Education and the Workforce Committee has been holding a series of hearings to examine and address the continued challenges facing the workforce investment system.
On April 17, the Committee, chaired by…
NADO Issues Action Alert on Upcoming House-Senate Conference of Surface Transportation Reauthorization
SPECIFIC ACTION NEEDED:
Urge your Senators and Representatives to support the House language for state DOT “cooperation” with non-metropolitan local officials in the statewide transportation planning process (including the establishment of Regional Transportation Planning Organizations for areas outside of MPOs),…
House Clears Another Short Term Extension of Surface Transportation Programs, Paves the Way for Possible Conference with Senate
On April 18, the U.S. House of Representatives passed another 90-day extension of surface transportation programs (H.R. 4348) which House leaders plan to use as a vehicle to begin a conference committee with the U.S. Senate, which has already approved…
FY13 Appropriations Process Moves Forward as Subcommittees Begin to Markup Bills
This week the House and Senate have begun to hold appropriations “markups” at the subcommittee level of several key FY2013 appropriations bills. A markup is the process by which a U.S. congressional committee debates, amends, and approves proposed legislation.
These…
Congress Clears 90-Day Extension of Surface Transportation Programs
On March 29, the House passed a 90-day extension of surface transportation programs (H.R. 4281) by a vote of 266-158. The measure, which only required a simple majority vote to pass, extends programs under the Highway Trust Fund as well…
ACTION ALERT: HUD CDBG Program
Rep. Brady (D-PA) Circulates Letter to Increase Funding for CDBG in FY2013
The FY2013 appropriations process has begun! Similar to last year’s process, Members of Congress are allowed to submit Programmatic Requests and Language Requests to the Appropriations Subcommittees regarding…