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Senate EPW Committee Releases Outline of Surface Transportation Legislation
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), led by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), has released an outline of the Committee’s long-term surface transportation reauthorization measure, “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (MAP-21). The outline broadly describes...
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Congratulations to the 2011 NADO Award Winners
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the NADO Innovation Award and the Excellence in Regional Transportation Award! Click here for the list of Innovation Award winners (PDF) Click here for the project descriptions and contact information of the Innovation Award ...
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US DOT Webinar: Lessons on How to Compete for a USDOT TIGER Grant
In preparation for the release of its FY 2011 TIGER Discretionary Grants, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) will be holding the webinar Lessons on How to Compete for a USDOT TIGER Grant on Monday, July 18, 2011 from 1:00...
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Now Available: July 8 Edition of NADO News
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USDA Now Accepting Rural Business Opportunity Grant Applications
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service has announced the availability of $2.5 million in FY2011 Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) program funds. The RBOG program promotes sustainable economic development in rural communities with exceptional needs through provisions of...
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House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY2012 Interior-Environment Spending Bill
On July 6, the House Appropriations Committee released the subcommittee draft of the FY2012 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill, which was subsequently marked up in the Interior-Environment Subcommittee. The bill provides $27.5 billion in spending, a reduction of $2.1 billion...
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More Details of Surface Transportation Reauthorizations Released
This week, both the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure took steps closer to introducing their surface transportation reauthorization bills. Senate EPW Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has now said that...
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Appropriations Subcommittee Approves CJS Appropriations Bill
On July 7, the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY2012 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill which funds the Department of Commerce (including the Economic Development Administration), the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National...
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Now Available: July 1 Edition of NADO News
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Delta Regional Authority Announces Economic Development Assistance Program
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is now accepting applications for the States’ Economic Development Assistance Program (SEDAP) for development projects from the 252 Delta Counties and Parishes served by the DRA. The purpose of the program is to help Delta...