Arcuri Amendment to Help Communities Streamline Local Government Passes in Committee
7-29-10: Arcuri successfully offered an amendment that would help local communities streamline government and foster economic development during the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's consideration of the Economic Revitalization and Innovation Act of 2010 (H.R. 5897) this afternoon. The amendment, which was adopted unanimously, would amend the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) Program to explicitly authorize EDA to make grants to counties and municipal governments to develop or implement government efficiency assessments. For more information, please click here.