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The National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) offers tools and resources to help regional development organizations stay current on legislative and policy action in Washington, DC and become informed active advocates on behalf of their local communities.
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Surface Transportation Bills Moving Ahead
The House and Senate are moving full steam ahead on completing multi-year reauthorization bills for the nation’s federal surface transportation programs for highways, freight, transit, safety and other related issues. As part of the SAFETEA-LU rewrite process, the Senate is...
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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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Building Disaster Resilient Economies Webinar
On January 26, NADO joined the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) and the U.S. Chamber’s Business Civic Leadership Council (BCLC) in hosting a webinar on post-disaster, long-term economic recovery. The event provided preliminary guidance...
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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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FTA Extends Online Dialogue on Asset Management
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has extended its online dialogue until January 18 to gather input about new requirements in Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21-st Century (MAP-21). Stakeholders are encouraged to submit comments regarding how FTA should define...
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NADO Staff Address Sustainable Communities Initiative Working Group
On Wednesday, December 7, NADO Associate Directors Carrie Kissel and Kathy Nothstine provided an update on NADO Research Foundation work to the Rural Implementation Group. This working group was formed to implement the principles of the Sustainable Communities Initiative (SCI)...
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EDA Requests Public Comment on New Proposed Regulations
On December 7, the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) published a Federal Register Notice (FRN) requesting public comment on proposed revisions to the agency’s regulations. These revisions come after EDA incorporated public and internal input received earlier this year. The...
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House Republicans Introduce Workforce Legislation
House Republicans have recently introduced three key pieces of legislation that are anticipated to make up parts of a long term Workforce Reauthorization measure. These measures include: H.R. 2295, the “Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2011,” introduced by Rep. Buck...
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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....