Articles by: NADO Admin
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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...
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House Transportation Committee Approves Surface Bill After Long, Partisan Markup
On January 31, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, led by Chairman John Mica (R-FL) and Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Chairman John Duncan (R-TN) unveiled the “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act” (H.R. 7). On February 2, the committee...
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Final FAA Reauthorization Deal Modifies Essential Air Service
After more than four years of extensions and delays, Congress reached a final agreement this week on a four-year reauthorization for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs. The House-Senate conference report (H.R. 658, H. Rpt. 112-381) authorizes $15.8 billion annually for...
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DOT Announces Next Round of TIGER Grants
This week the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the availability of funds for the next round of the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant program. The FY2012 TIGER grant program will make $500 million available for projects...
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House Begins to Move Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is scheduled to mark up a five-year SAFETEA-LU highway and transit reauthorization bill on February 2 at 9:00 am. In addition to new revenues from expanded oil and gas drilling, rumors are circulating...
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President Obama Recommends Consolidation of Commerce Agencies
On January 13, President Obama requested from Congress the authority to reorganize and consolidate parts of the federal government, and proposed to merge several of the U.S Department of Commerce’s trade and commerce agencies into a single department. The agencies...
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Download the NADO Legislative Webinar from Dec. 9, 2011 (PDF)
On December 9, 2011, the National Association of Development Organizations held a legislative webinar to review the FY12 appropriations process, the Super Committee and sequestration process, EDA, and transportation issues. To view a pdf of the webinar, click here....
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NADO Issues Action Alert on Senate’s Surface Transportation Bill
On November 9, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) considered and unanimously approved “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (S. 1813), their long term SAFETEA-LU reauthorization legislation. The two-year, $109 billion measure aims to maintain existing...
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NADO Issues Action Alert on Rep. Pompeo Bill to Eliminate EDA
On October 4, 2011, Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) introduced legislation (H.R. 3090), the EDA Elimination Act, in the U.S. House of Representatives to eliminate the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). Since introducing the bill, Rep. Pompeo has...
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FCC Votes to Overhaul $8 Billion Telecom Fund
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to reform the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the Intercarrier Compensation (ICC) system with the Connect America Fund (CAF) to extend broadband infrastructure to Americans who have no access to broadband. The CAF...