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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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Update on Sequestration
NADO Webinar on Sequestration (http://vimeo NULL.com/47607198) from NADO (http://vimeo NULL.com/nado) on Vimeo (http://vimeo NULL.com). When President Obama signed the Budget Control Act (BCA) (P.L. 112-25) in August 2011, ending a Congressional standoff over increasing the debt limit, the January 2,...
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Georgia Votes on Regional Sales Tax Initiative for Transportation Funding, With Mixed Results
On July 31, voters in Georgia made their choices about transportation funding in conjunction with the state’s primary elections, with their decisions having significant impacts for the state and causing ripples in the national conversation on infrastructure investment. Up for...
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Vibrant Rural Communities: Lewistown, Pennsylvania
This case study was researched and written by Parrish Bergquist, NADO Research Foundation Graduate Fellow. In the mid-1990s, Tom Grbenick with the SEDA-Council of Governments (http://www NULL.seda-cog NULL.org/Pages/Home NULL.aspx) (SEDA-COG) received a call from a banker who wanted to discuss...
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House Passes a Disaster Aid Bill
On August 2, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a stand-alone disaster aid bill (H.R. 6233) by a vote of 223-197, which would provide $383 million in assistance to farmers and ranchers across the country affected by drought, wildfires, and...
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White House Proposes Creation of National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
The White House introduced a new proposal for FY2013 to create a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) to help accelerate innovation by investing in industrially relevant manufacturing technologies with broad applications, and to support manufacturing technology commercialization by bridging...
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Postal Service Legislative Update
On August 1, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) officially defaulted on a $5.5 billion dollar payment to the U.S. Department of Treasury toward retiree health benefits. The USPS stated the default will not have any immediate effects on the service’s...
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House Leaders Pull One-Year Farm Bill Extension from Agenda
After planning to move a one-year farm bill extension this week that also included drought aid, House Republican leaders changed course and pulled the bill from the floor schedule, signaling that they did not have the 218 votes needed to...
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NADO Hosts Webinar with Bipartisan Policy Center on Sequestration
NADO Webinar on Sequestration (http://vimeo NULL.com/47607198) from NADO (http://vimeo NULL.com/nado) on Vimeo (http://vimeo NULL.com). Click here... to view the Power Point slides On August 13, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO), in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center (http://bipartisanpolicy
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Congress Reaches Agreement to Avoid Government Shutdown
On July 31, House and Senate leaders announced a bipartisan agreement, with support from the White House, on an outline for a six-month stopgap spending measure (also called a “continuing resolution” or “CR”) to continue funding discretionary spending of the...
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USDOT Announces $17 Billion for TIFIA Loans
On July 27, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the availability of up to $17 billion in Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans for critical infrastructure projects across the country. These funds were made available through the...