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Now Available: July 29 Edition of NADO News
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EDA Invites Comment on SC2 Pilot Challenge
On July 11, the Obama Administration announced the launch of Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2), a pilot initiative aimed at coordinating the resources of multiple federal agencies to strengthen the capacity of local governments and stimulate economic growth. Through the...
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USDA Rural Development Seeks Public Input
Earlier this year, President Obama issued Executive Order No. 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, which requires all federal agencies to review existing regulations and outlines principles that promote public participation in government. In response, the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
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FEMA Accepting Submissions for the 2011 Individual and Community Preparedness Awards
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is now accepting submissions for the 2011 Individual and Community Preparedness Awards (formerly the National Citizen Corps Achievement Awards). The awards program showcases the work of FEMA partners at all levels of government, and...
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NADO President Tim Ware Participates in White House Rural Meeting
On July 25, NADO President Tim Ware, Executive Director of the Mid-East Commission in Washington, North Carolina, participated in a White House Rural Council meeting led by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, White House Office of Public Engagement...
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East Tennessee Development District Hosts White House Business Council Roundtable
On August 4, the White House Business Council and Terry Bobrowski, NADO board member and Executive Director of the East Tennessee Development District, hosted the Morristown Business Roundtable, in Morristown, TN. The roundtable featured Earl Gohl, Federal Co-Chair of the...
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New Report on Delta Regional Authority Impact
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) recently released a new report, Impacts of Regional Approaches to Rural Development: Initial Evidence on the Delta Regional Authority. The report compares non-metro counties covered by the Delta Regional Authority (DRA),...
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Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Named
Created as part of the debt ceiling law (PL 112-25), the 12-member, bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also called the “Super Committee,” has broad authority to find as much as $1.5 billion in savings by Nov. 23 that...
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Now Available: July 22 Edition of NADO News
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Senate EPW Committee Releases Outline on Surface Transportation Reauthorization
On July 19, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA), released an outline of the EPW Committee’s long-term surface transportation reauthorization measure, referred to as “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (MAP-21). The...