Articles by: NADO Admin

  • Joe McKinney Named NADO Executive Director

    Posted on: October 16th, 2012 by NADO Admin

    ...Following a nationwide search, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) is pleased to announce that Joe C. McKinney has been named the association’s new Executive Director.  Upon the recommendation of the NADO Executive Committee, NADO’s Board of Directors approved

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  • EPA Offers Free Technical Assistance on Smart Growth Approaches

    Posted on: October 9th, 2012 by NADO Admin

    On September 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities program will be offering free technical assistance to communities interested in implementing smart growth approaches. The program provides quick, targeted technical assistance using...

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  • FTA Schedules Environmental Justice Webinar

    Posted on: October 9th, 2012 by NADO Admin

    On Thursday, October 11, 1 – 3 p.m. EST, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will hold the webinar “Environmental Justice: What does it mean?”  To register for the webinar, go to: http://ftaenvironmentaljustice.eventbrite.com/ (http://ftaenvironmentaljustice NULL.eventbrite NULL.com/).  For...

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  • OMB Directs Federal Agencies to Continue Normal Spending Despite Upcoming Sequester

    Posted on: October 7th, 2012 by NADO Admin

    On September 28, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo to all federal agencies... directing them to plan for spending in FY2013 as if Congress will prevent or postpone the automatic, across-the-board cuts to federal

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  • President Obama Signs Six-Month Continuing Resolution into Law

    Posted on: October 7th, 2012 by NADO Admin

    On September 28, President Obama signed into law a six-month Continuing Resolution or “CR” (H. J. Res. 117), which will fund the federal government for the first half of fiscal year 2013—from October 1, 2012 through March 27, 2013.  The...

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  • FHWA Issues Interim Guidance Documents for MAP-21 and Schedules Stakeholder Webinars

    Posted on: September 25th, 2012 by NADO Admin

    On September 25, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released interim guidance documents (http://www NULL.fhwa NULL.dot NULL.gov/map21/guidance/index NULL.cfm) as well as Questions and Answers (http://www NULL.fhwa NULL.dot NULL.gov/map21/qandas/index NULL.cfm) regarding implementation of the new MAP-21 transportation law. ...

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  • NADO Partners with NACo to Host White House Forum on Economic Development

    Posted on: September 21st, 2012 by NADO Admin

    On September 19, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) hosted a White House forum, “Building Blocks for Economic Development and Job Growth.” Representatives from NADO and NACo traveled to Washington, D.C. from...

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  • Legislation Introduced in Senate to Reauthorize Older Americans Act

    Posted on: September 21st, 2012 by NADO Admin

    On September 19, Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, introduced legislation (S. 3562) to reauthorize the Older Americans Act, a bill that directs social service programs for seniors....

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  • Congressional Leaders Agree on Time Frame for Farm Bill Action

    Posted on: September 21st, 2012 by NADO Admin

    The current farm bill law (P.L. 110-246) governing the nation’s farm and food aid policy will now expire at the end of this month, as congressional leaders decide to postpone a fight over how to reauthorize those programs until after...

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  • Despite Calls for a Grand Bargain, Sequestration is Still a Very Real Possibility

    Posted on: September 18th, 2012 by NADO Admin

    Last week (on September 14), the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a congressionally-mandated report on the Administration’s plans to implement sequestration, which are across-the-board, automatic budget cuts to defense and domestic programs that will go into...

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