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1:   (NONPROFITS) Official Offers Ways to Overcome Recovery Act Audit Edicts : At a recent conference, a Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) official tells CD Publications that mid-size and large nonprofits with programs receiving Recovery Act (PL 111-5) funding that weren’t audited last year should expect it this year. T... 06/18/2010 11:16 AM

2:   (HOUSING) PHAs Meeting Stimulus Spending Timeliness : Public housing executives and advocates join HUD in lavish praise of the effort by the nation's more than 3,000 public housing authorities (PHAs) to obligate spending of their allotments under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA). PHAs... 03/26/2010 5:18 PM

3:   (OIG) New Orleans Housing Authority Asked to Justify or Repay ARRA Funds, Boost Staff : Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) officials are under pressure from HUD to either justify or repay $321,462 in questionable stimulus funding disbursements, and boost staffing levels in its finance, contracting and compliance areas to meet feder... 12/22/2009 10:23 AM

4:   (TRANSIT) States, Transportation Officials Push for Road, Transit Funds in Jobs Bill : States and public transportation officials are pushing for increased government investments in highway and transit formula programs and some in Congress are asking President Barack Obama to make the investments happen in the forthcoming jobs bill exp... 12/03/2009 3:58 PM

5:   (USDA) Rural Businesses Receive $56 Million in Stimulus Loan Guarantees : A food processing factory and a crematory are among the 12 rural businesses being financed through an Agriculture Dept. loan guarantee program supplying them with a total of $56.2 million from the economic stimulus law passed earlier this year. The ... 11/09/2009 3:09 PM

6:   (OIG) HUD Fails to Report Timely NEPA Data in Collection System Development : HUD fails to provide the public with timely and accurate environmental data for nearly $3 billion of obligated funds, and to complete required security and private documents during development of its data collection system designed to meet 2009 stimu... 10/09/2009 10:05 AM

7:   (STIMULUS) HUD Awards 36 PHAs Competitive Public Housing Capital Fund Grants : Thirty-six public housing agencies (PHAs) can use green materials and technology to create more energy-efficient public housing after receiving a combined $300 million in competitive Public Housing Capital Fund (PHCF) grants from HUD. Secy. Shaun Do... 09/18/2009 4:59 PM

8:   (STIMULUS) Green Retrofit Program Process Offers Hope for Rejected Applicants : If you happen to be at the bottom of the rolling list to become a participant in HUD's Green Retrofit Program for Multi-Family Housing, the best advice is to be patient and wait -- some would-be participants are likely to back out, department sources... 09/10/2009 5:27 PM

9:   (GRANTS) Tribes Gain Nearly $2.5 Million in ICDBG Stimulus Money : Five Native American and Alaskan tribes get nearly $2.5 million in Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) funding authorized by Congress as part of the economic stimulus package signed in February. About $10 million in competitive money ha... 09/01/2009 12:13 PM

10:   (GRANTS) Native American, Alaskan Tribes Get $132 Million in Competitive Stimulus Grants : HUD Secy. Shaun Donovan, paid Alaska a visit in part to announce that tribes there are receiving $131.59 million more in competitive economic stimulus money. Donovan's announcement comes just two weeks after issuing the first major portion of compet... 08/12/2009 7:06 PM

11:   (STIMULUS) Native Tribes, Groups Receive $100 Million in NAHBG, ICDBG Stimulus Grants : HUD awards $100 million in competitive grants to 50 Native American communities nationwide as part of its latest release of stimulus package funding. Recipients are getting the money through the Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) and t... 07/29/2009 5:57 PM

12:   (TAX CREDITS) States Awarded $1 Billion in HUD TCAP Funds : HUD approves plans to produce thousands of affordable housing units by 26 state housing agencies using a tax credit mechanism created in the most recent economic stimulus package. The $1 billion in formula-based credits issued June 30 are a portion ... 06/30/2009 7:01 PM

13:   HUD Offers First TCAP Funds, Treasury Sends First Housing Grants to States Under ARRA : HUD and Treasury Dept. officials announce the first allocation of stimulus-authorized Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. They are sending money in both instances to Ohio, with federal low-income tax credits being... 05/27/2009 4:30 PM

14:   GAO Expects ARRA Transportation Bids Will Increase through May : Governmental Accounting Office (GAO) officials expect the available bidding on transportation projects financed through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) in April and May. GAO selected 16 states and the District of Columbia... 04/24/2009 3:36 PM

15:   ARRA Produces $6.4 Billion in Highway, Transit Projects Out for Bids : Nearly 1,400 highway and transit projects worth $6.4 billion in funds are out for bidding in 47 states, the initial impact of transportation money authorized to build up the infrastructure in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA... 04/24/2009 11:07 AM

16:   HUD in Early Stages of Moving ARRA Formula Program Funds : HUD has allocated most of the phase two economic stimulus formula funding it received for American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) programs and has officially obligated funds for two of the programs. HUD is publicly tracking the proce... 04/17/2009 10:41 AM

17:   SBA District Officer Says ARRA Changes Aiding Lending Volume : A Small Business Administration officer says the recent changes to encourage use and lending for Small Business Administration loan programs made in the stimulus package signed into law in February already are having a positive impact in his state. ... 04/16/2009 10:14 AM

18:   Federal Agencies to Host Meeting on ARRA Rural Broadband Stimulus Efforts : Officials from three federal agencies will discuss new programs designed to provide more than $7 billion in new broadband technology initiative funding under authority of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 at their first publ... 02/27/2009 1:44 PM

 

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