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Funding and Deadlines
- 6/1: Key Program Summaries
- 7/9:
Green Jobs Grants - 5/15:
$1.5 Billion in ARRA
Transportation Discretionary Grants Available |
Notice - 5/7:
DOT
Announces $742.5 Million in Federal Recovery Act Funds to Pay for
Transit Projects - 4/29:
Broadband Stimulus - Where We Stand Today - 4/10:
USCM Files ARRA Broadband Comments - 4/1:
Energy Block Grant Webcast
with DOE - 3/31:
EECBG City Formula Recipients - 3/26: EECBG program information including city funding allocations
- 3/26: Statement from USCM President Miami Mayor Diaz on Announcement of $2.8 Billion in Energy Efficiency Grants
- 3/26: EPA Offers Resources to Assist State and Locals with ARRA Clean Energy Funding
- 3/20:
President Obama
Releases Memorandum on "Ensuring Responsible Spending of
Recovery Act Funds"
- 3/20:
Obama Remarks to
State Legislatures
- 3/20:
Diaz Letter to
Vice President Biden
- 3/19:
Biden Letter to
USCM President Diaz
- 3/17: Webcast - DOJ discusses formula and
competitive grants for COPS.
- 3/17:
Upcoming EnergyStar Webinars
- 3/10:
Department of Education ARRA Guidance and Implementation
- 3/9: Department of Justice Releases Solicitation for Byrne JAG Grants
- 3/5:
Federal Transit
Administration State-by-State Funding Program Table
- 3/5:
National Endowment for the Arts Releases ARRA Grant Guidelines
- 3/5:
FHWA Suballocated ARRA Highway Funds to Metro Areas (Table 3,
Bottom of Page)
- 3/4:
$2 Billion in Byrne JAG Law Enforcement Grants Announced
- 3/3:
$27 Billion Released for Roads and Bridges
- 2/27:
Q&A on CDBG Funding
under ARRA
- 2/25: HUD
Allocations of ARRA Funds totaling $10.1 billion Now Available
- 2/25:
Allocation, Use Eligibility of FTA ARRA Funds
- 2/24: ARRA Highway Funding USDOT
FHWA Questions & Answers
- 2/23:
USCM Report on Implementation #1
- 2/23:
Implementation Guidance from the White House Office of
Management and Budget
- 2/23: ARRA Timeline
(from Recovery.gov)
- 2/16: Key Tax Provisions in the American Recovery Conference Agreement:
Report 2
- 2/13: State-by-State Breakdown of ARRA Dollars
- 2/13: Breakdown
of Individual Programs in ARRA
- 2/13: Major Victories for City Priorities in American Recovery Conference Agreement: Report 1
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News from Cities and Best Practices
- 4/6:
San
Francisco Launches ARRA Site - 3/23: Mayor Daley Identifies $1 Billion in Projects Likely to Be Funded by ARRA, Will Create or Retain Nearly 16,000 Jobs
- 3/16:
Diaz Praises Obama for Coming to aid Small Business
- 3/12:
Boston Globe: Boston Investing $33 million of Stimlus Funds into Housing
- 3/6:
Biden Meets with Miami Cops |
USCM Press Release
- 3/6:
Washington Post: City on The Edge - The Economy Has Put
Columbus, Ohio, in A Tight Spot. Stimulus Funds Have
Created Some Wiggle Room, But for How Long?
- 2/24:
Reaction by The U.S. Conference of Mayors Executive
Director Tom Cochran on Governors’ Rejection of Economic
Recovery Funds. U.S. Mayors Send Letter to President Obama
Press Statement: English
| Letter: English
- 2/19: U.S. Mayors to Meet With President Barack Obama at the White
House on Friday, February 20, 2009
Press Advisory: English
| Spanish
- 2/13: U.S. Mayors Commend Final Economic Recovery Bill
Press
Statement: English
| Spanish
- 2/3: U.S. Mayors to Meet at White House With Senior Advisors on
Economic Recovery Plan Press Advisory: English
- 1/29: Mayors Commend House Passage of Economic Recovery Plan, Urge
Quick Action in the Senate
Press Statement: English
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Obstacles for Cities
- 3/5:
CNN - "First stimulus project-waste?"
- 3/5:
SF Bay Area Toll Authority To Buy CA Bonds Ensuing Local
Transportation Projects are Uninterrupted
- 3/5:
Texas DOT Building "Roads to Nowhere"
- 2/26:
Letter from
USCM to Governor Jindal, RE: His Remarks on Arts funding in ARRA
- 2/25: Mayor Nickels Remarks on Washington State DOT Failure to Invest in Seattle
- 2/24: Letter to President Obama, RE: Governors' Rejection of ARRA Funds
- 2/16:
Letter from
Sen. Begich (AK) to Sec. LaHood on Remarks on Local
Transportation Funding
- 2/11:
Mayors Challenge DOT Secretary LaHood on Favoring States
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