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Sustainable Communities Capacity Building Workshop Materials: Fostering Partnerships
On September 13-14, 2012, NADO Research Foundation hosted a workshop with a small group of HUD Sustainable Communities Initiative (http://portal NULL.hud NULL.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/sustainable_housing_communities) grantees working in rural and small town settings. This workshop was designed to build the capacity of grantees...
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Webinar: Technical Assistance for Sustainable Communities Program
On Friday, Sept. 21, 1:00-2:30 Eastern, join EPA’s Office of Sustainable Communities ...for an overview of free technical assistance available to communities through EPA’s Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program (http://www NULL.epa NULL.gov/smartgrowth/buildingblocks NULL.htm). This program provides short-term, targeted technical
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Despite Calls for a Grand Bargain, Sequestration is Still a Very Real Possibility
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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EDA Announces Workshop on Building the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
On September 27, the U.S. Economic Development Agency (EDA) will hold the third in a series of regional public workshops to gather ideas for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The event will take place at the Arnold and...
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House Advances Continuing Resolution; Senate Expected to Clear Measure
On September 13, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a six-month stopgap spending measure, following through on an agreement negotiated with the White House and U.S. Senate before the August recess. The Senate is expected to easily clear the measure...
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House Approves Sequester “Replacement” Bill
With the automatic, across-the-board cuts to federal spending (known as “sequestration”) only months away, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Republican measure on September 13 that would address defense cuts in the upcoming sequester and require President Obama to...
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House Passes Manufacturing Competitiveness Act
On September 12, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the “American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2012” (H.R. 5865), by a vote of 339 to 77, which would require President Obama to consult with a newly created American Manufacturing Competitiveness Board...
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House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Holds Hearing on DOT’s Truck and Bus Safety Program
On September 13, the U.S. House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a hearing focused on DOT’s truck and bus safety program, and ensuring the program most accurately reflects safety ratings of motor carriers. The Highways and Transit Subcommittee,...
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NADO Joins Coalition Partners Urging Congress to Pass a Comprehensive Farm Bill
On August 30, as part of the Campaign for Renewed Rural Development (http://www NULL.ruralcampaign NULL.org/), NADO joined 44 other organizations to urge House and Senate Agriculture Committee leadership to push for a comprehensive, five-year farm bill (rather than a short-term...
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White House Releases $473 Million in Unspent Transportation Funds
On August 17, the White House announced that it will distribute $473 million in funds associated with unspent earmark projects from fiscal years 2003—2006. State departments of transportation will now have the ability to use unspent earmarked highway funds on...