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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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FHWA Issues Interim Guidance Documents for MAP-21 and Schedules Stakeholder Webinars
On September 25, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released interim guidance documents (http://www NULL.fhwa NULL.dot NULL.gov/map21/guidance/index NULL.cfm) as well as Questions and Answers (http://www NULL.fhwa NULL.dot NULL.gov/map21/qandas/index NULL.cfm) regarding implementation of the new MAP-21 transportation law. ...
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Webinar: Addressing Environmental Justice in Transportation Planning Practice
Free webinar on USDOT, FHWA, and FTA's new environmental justice guidance will occur Sept. 20, 2012, 2 - 3:30 ET. 1.5 AICP CM legal credits may be avaialble.
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NADO Partners with NACo to Host White House Forum on Economic Development
On September 19, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) hosted a White House forum, “Building Blocks for Economic Development and Job Growth.” Representatives from NADO and NACo traveled to Washington, D.C. from...
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Legislation Introduced in Senate to Reauthorize Older Americans Act
On September 19, Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, introduced legislation (S. 3562) to reauthorize the Older Americans Act, a bill that directs social service programs for seniors....
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Congressional Leaders Agree on Time Frame for Farm Bill Action
The current farm bill law (P.L. 110-246) governing the nation’s farm and food aid policy will now expire at the end of this month, as congressional leaders decide to postpone a fight over how to reauthorize those programs until after...
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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...