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The Federal Regulatory Directory, Eighteenth Edition continues to offer a clear path through the maze of complex federal agencies and regulations, providing to-the-point analysis of regulations. Information-packed profiles of more than 100 federal agencies and departments detail the history, structure, purpose, actions, and key contacts for every regulatory agency in the U.S. government. Now updated with an improved searching structure, the Federal Regulatory Directory continues to be the leading reference for understanding federal regulations, providing a richer, more targeted exploration than is possible by cobbling together electronic and print sources.
Economic Development Administration
Economic Development Administration
■ Introduction
The Economic Development Administration (EDA), an agency within the Commerce Department, was created by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to administer programs providing assistance to states, counties, cities, and communities suffering from substantial, persistent, or potential unemployment and underemployment. The EDA aids local and state governments as well as private nonprofit organizations.
EDA programs include planning grants, technical assistance, public works, research grants, economic adjustment assistance, trade adjustment assistance, post-disaster economic recovery, and sudden and severe economic dislocations, such as military base closings. The EDA also ...
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