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FEMA Accepting Applications for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
FEMA Accepting Applications for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting applications for $404 million in FY2011 funds for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). The AFG...
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EPA and USDA Announce New Partnership to Address Rural Water and Wastewater Systems
On August 8, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a national partnership to improve rural drinking water and wastewater systems. Water and sewage treatment facilities across the U.S. face challenges due to...
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New White House Report on Jobs and Economic Security for Rural America
With the recent establishment of the White House Rural Council, led by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, President Obama has committed the Administration to improving the economic security of rural America. In a new White House report, “Jobs and...
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Now Available: August 5 Edition of NADO News
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CDFI Fund Solicits Comments on Healthy Food Financing Initiative
The Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund is seeking comments concerning the Healthy Food Financing Initiative – Financial Assistance (HFFI-FA) Supplemental Questionnaire which was distributed in FY2010. The HFFI aims to eliminate food deserts, defined as...
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OMB Requests Comments on RUS Water and Waste Loan and Grant Program
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) submitted a request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of a proposed information collection for the Rural Utilities Service (RUS)’s Water and Waste Loan and Grant Program. In conformance with the Paperwork Reduction...
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HUD Accepting Applications for Sustainable Housing and Communities Grants
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities announced the availability of $95 million for the FY2011 Regional Planning and Community Challenge Planning Grant programs. This year, the Regional Planning Grant program will place...
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Surface Transportation Bill Will Wait Until September
Additional extensions of SAFETEA-LU (P.L. 109-59), the long-term surface transportation authorization that expired September 2009, became more of a reality after both the House and Senate adjourned without having introduced new reauthorization legislation. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman...
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FAA Extension Deal Finally Reached
On Friday, August 5, after the almost two-week shutdown of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs, the Senate passed H.R. 2553, the “Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011, Part IV”, clearing the bill for the President. House and Senate negotiators...
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President Signs Debt Deal
After nearly three months of debate, on Tuesday, August 2, the risk-of-default deadline set by the U.S. Treasury Department, President Obama signed into law a debt limit and deficit reduction bill in order to avert a government default. The House...