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Legislative Update: Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2012 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
On May 13, the House Appropriations Committee released the subcommittee draft of the FY2012 Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The legislation was marked-up in subcommittee on May 23 and is among the first Appropriations bills to move through subcommittee this year. ...
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Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2012 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
On May 12, the House Appropriations Committee released the subcommittee draft of the FY2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which was subsequently marked up in the Agriculture Subcommittee. The agencies and programs in this bill will receive a total of $125.5 billion...
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Webinar: Accessing the Regional Innovation Acceleration Network (RIAN)
Tuesday June 28, 2011 Description: June 28, 2011; 2:00 – 3:00 pm (EST) Entrepreneurship. Technology. Innovation. Commercialization. These concepts are fundamental drivers behind the Regional Innovation Acceleration Network (RIAN). Funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) and...
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Reminder: Last Week to Apply for NADO’s Awards Programs
Online applications are now being accepted here (http://www NULL.zoomerang NULL.com/Survey/WEB22BTQ5P9S9V) for the 2011 NADO Innovation Award and the Excellence in Regional Transportation Award. The application deadline is May 27, 2011. NADO’s Innovation Award honors projects in a variety of regional...
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EDA Dear Colleague Letter Sent to House Leaders
Thank you to all NADO members who contacted their House members and asked them to sign the EDA “Dear Colleague” letter circulated by Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) on April 1. In total, 42 Representatives signed the EDA support letter to...
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NADO President Testifies on Transportation Issues
NADO President Timothy Ware urged members of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit to consider the needs and importance of small metropolitan and rural America during the reauthorization process of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient...
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Webinars: Alternative Transportation Held, Social Media Scheduled
On February 15, the NADO Research Foundation and RPO America held the webinar “Rural and Small Metro Alternative Transportation Practices,” which was attended by over 200 people. The webinar showcased the efforts of two NADO 2010 Trailblazer Award winners, the...
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Executive Committee Meets With Federal Officials
The NADO Executive Committee met in Washington, DC on February 21 – 23. As part of their trip, the Executive Committee met with officials from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture,...
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NADO Holds FY2012 Budget Briefing
On February 17, NADO held the webinar “An Analysis of the President’s FY2012 Federal Budget.” During the webinar, NADO staff highlighted how the new budget is expected to impact regional planning and development organizations and the federal programs in which...
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Action Alerts
The most critical part of the association’s federal advocacy agenda is the active involvement of the policy board officials and executive directors of the nation’s regional development organizations. To view NADO’s latest federal policy issue briefs and actions alerts, choose...
