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RCAP and the State of the Union address: Part 3 – meeting with the administration

Posted Fri, 2012/02/03 - 4:37pm by RCAP

The RCAP national office has ridden a growing wave of gaining the attention of the Obama administration since the week before the president’s State of the Union address.

USDA Rural Development: Helping to put Americans to work

Posted Wed, 2012/01/18 - 5:35pm by RCAP

Annual report reflects administration's drive to create opportunity in rural regions

WASHINGTON (USDA)- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack provided highlights of USDA Rural Development fiscal year (FY) 2011 investments in job-creating businesses, infrastructure and housing for Americans living in rural communities across the nation on Jan. 17. According to estimates, Rural Development investments created or saved about 440,000 jobs last year.

Federal partners unite to help rural communities with environmental and economic goals

Posted Thu, 2011/12/08 - 11:20am by RCAP

WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator Robert Perciasepe and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan spent the day Nov. 17 in rural North Carolina discussing the Obama administration’s work to strengthen rural economies.