Economic Development Administration

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What good is federal grant money if you can’t get your hands on it?

The Build Back Better Act, passed nearly two years ago, secured over $2 trillion for many aspects of the Biden Administration’s agenda, one of which includes…

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Federal money is flowing to support local jobs creation

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How the federal government is reorienting its innovation and economic development funding to focus on places

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(Photographer: Brian Larson)Dennis Alvord serves as EDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development and Chief Operating Officer

Economic Development Administration hits milestone in CARES Act fund distribution

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#FedFeed – What does November mean to your agency?

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What is the Economic Development Administration?

Jay Williams, assistant secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, will talk about what the U.S. Economic Development Administration is doing to create…

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What is the Economic Development Administration?

Jay Williams, assistant secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, will talk about what the U.S. Economic Development Administration is doing to create…

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EDA’s overreaction to cyber attack highlights every agency’s challenge

The Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration spent almost $3 million to remediate a cyber attack that really didn’t happen. Commerce’s inspector general found the attack infected only two outgoing email servers and not more than half of EDA’s systems. Two cybersecurity experts say other agencies can learn from EDA’s year-long unnecessary and expensive recovery.

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