Articles by: NADO Admin
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Senate Approves Farm Bill Reauthorization
On June 21, the U.S. Senate passed the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 (S. 3240), a $498 billion, five year bill. Senators passed the measure 64-35, after working through an agreement that allowed consideration of over 70...
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Regional Development Organizations (RDOs) Featured at White House Forum on Regional Innovation
Nearly a dozen NADO representatives participated in a two-part White House Forum on Regional Innovation on June 13. The White House event featured Doug McKalip of the President’s Domestic Policy Council, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Doug O’Brien,...
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Update on Transportation Reauthorization Bill
With only eight days remaining until the current (and ninth) extension of surface transportation programs (P.L. 112-102) expires on June 30, House and Senate leadership and conference committee negotiators have turned up the heat in hopes of agreeing on a...
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Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2013 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Measure
On June 14, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS-Education) appropriations bill. The bill provides close to level funding for most WIA programs, including Adult Employment and Training, Youth Training,...
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House Education and Workforce Committee Approves WIA Reauthorization Measure
On June 7, the House the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), held a “mark-up” of the Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 (H.R. 4297) that would reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of...
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Negotiations Continue on Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
NOTE TO NADO MEMBERS: Negotiations are well under way at the staff level. If you are concerned about the Regional Transportation Planning Organization issue or the MPO population issue, now is the time to contact your members of Congress that...
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NADO Issues Action Alert on Surface Transportation Reauthorization
Click Here... to View the Full NADO Transportation Action Alert 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
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NADO Issues Action Alert on EDA
Click here... to download a PDF of the NADO EDA Action Alert 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
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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,...
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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...