Economic Development

EDA to Implement New Loan Program to Promote Small-Scale Manufacturing
   The Economic Development Administration is looking for feedback on how it should spend $5 million under a new loan guarantee
posted 4/17/13 8:50 PM  read complete story

DOE Nominee Says He’ll Emphasize “All of the Above” Energy Approach
   At a confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy Committee, Ernest Moniz, President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Energy, emphasized he would continue the president's "all of the above" approach in energy exploration and development, saying "he will pursue this with the highest priority."
posted 4/12/13 10:33 AM  read complete story

Obama Seeks New Push for Economic Development, Infrastructure Funding
   In what is likely to be at a non-starter for most Republicans, President Obama releases his "Rebuild America Partnership" initiative
posted 4/2/13 12:30 PM  read complete story

FCC Looks at Past, Future Efforts to Close Digital Divide in Indian Country
   The Federal Communications Commission issues its 2012 report on how the agency improved broadband and other services on Indian lands, as well as funding sources tribes accessed to narrow the digital divide in Indian Country
posted 3/29/13 10:10 AM  read complete story

Sequestration May Cause Changes in Grants, Contracts, Says DOE
   The Energy Department issues guidelines to its grantees and contractors, indicating that due to sequestration DOE
posted 3/7/13 8:35 PM  read complete story

FCC Looks to Continue Cutting 'Waste' From Lifeline Program
   FCC Wireline Competition Bureau Chief Julie Veach says the Lifeline program – which offers discounts to tribal members and other low-income rural residents for phone and wireless services -- is "on track" to save more
posted 2/15/13 07:23 AM  read complete story

Expect Fireworks on Energy Development Rules
   In what is surely going to be a controversial rule, the Department of the Interior has finished work on final rules concerning hydraulic fracturing
posted 1/25/13 12:08 PM  read complete story

GAO Offers Talking Points on Revising Alaskan Native Corps
   The Government Accountability Office examines the current status of regional Alaskan Native corporations, including the level and type of benefits ANCs provide their shareholders and other Alaskan natives.
posted 1/11/13 12:56 PM  read complete story

Broadband Funding Regs Here Soon
   The Rural Utilities Service will soon issue final rules for the agency's Broadband Loan program
posted 12/27/12 2:11 PM  read complete story

Economic Development Rules are Coming
   The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund has finished work on draft regulations for the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program. The program, which was established through the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, allows the Treasury Department of guarantee notes issued by CDFI to finance
posted 12/27/12 2:10 PM  read complete story