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Commerce Department - the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913

Department of Commerce, DoC, Commerce

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States

Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather

Technology Administration - an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth

Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office - the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones

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Economic Development Administration," Cary Minnis, Executive Director of the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission, said.

Duckworth, Durbin announce $210,000 for economic planning in region

Economic Development Administration awarded Swanson a $100,000 Trade Adj-ustment Assistance grant.

Timber company gets $100,000 federal grant

Indian River State College in Florida has been awarded a $3.9 million grant by the federal Economic Development Administration to develop a new Center for Competitive Economics and Entrepreneurship.

Indian River State College in Florida has been awarded a $3.9 million grant by the federal Economic Development Administration to develop a new Center for Competitive Economics and Entrepreneurship

The US Economic Development Administration already offered $200,000 for planning, developing, and designing the city's Electronic Transport Development Center.

San Jose secures funds for electronic vehicle center

27, President Bush signed Senate Bill S.1134, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) Reauthorization Act of 2004, into law.

Economic Development Administration reauthorized

The $45.4 million in Economic Development Administration (EDA) economic adjustment assistance grants will come from the U.S.

MEP eligible for $45.4 million in federal grants

A $2 MILLION GRANT FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) WILL HELP TO CONSTRUCT ROADS, SEWER LINES AND ADDITIONAL PLANT SITES IN A LOCAL INDUSTRIAL PARK IN THE LOWNDES COUNTY, ALABAMA TOWN OF FORT DEPOSIT.

Alabama: EDA grant boosts economy in rural Alabama community

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management passed the Economic Development Administration Reauthorization Act of 2003 last Wednesday.

EDA Reauthorization Bill passes House Subcommittee

The Planning District Commission obtained grants for construction and operations form the Federal Economic Development Administration ($300,000), USDA Rural Development ($400,000), the Tennessee Valley Authority ($250,000), the Duffield Development Authority ($300,00), and the Applachian Regional Commission's Entrepreneurship Initiative ($35,000), among others.

Putting the `community' back in community colleges: community colleges in distressed rural America are mobilizing local leaders and supporting business development--revitalizing region and college. (Community Partnering)

Most recently, he was assistant secretary and director of the Economic Development Administration of the U.S.

ON THE MOVE

Agencies involved include the following: the Small Business Administration, the Economic Development Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, the Federal Home Loan Banks, the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac), the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Community Services, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Announcements

More surprising is a piece by Sharon Begley and two others about pork-barrel spending that the Clinton administration failed to cut, including the Small Business Administration, the space station, the Rural Electrification Administration, the Economic Development Administration, and cultural subsidies.

Mixed reviews