All Entries Tagged With: "ARRA"
Here’s How Homeland Security is Spending ARRA $ Billions
- / N2N / – The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is an effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. With much at stake, the Act provides for unprecedented levels of transparency [...]
Recovery Act Touts 10,000 Transportation Projects, $ 29.8 Billion, Jobs
DURHAM, NC – / N2N / – Vice President Joe Biden today announced that 10,000 transportation projects are now under way in all 50 states and the District of Columbia thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Projects are considered under way when a contractor has been hired, the project has received official [...]
Domestic High-Speed Rail Conference
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – Noting the need to create good jobs in America and the importance of a revitalized manufacturing sector, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that more than 30 rail manufacturers and suppliers, both domestic and foreign, have committed to establish or expand their base of operations in the United States [...]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Tours Manchester Airport Access Road Construction Site
? – N2N – / Manchester, NH – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined New Hampshire Governor John Lynch, U.S. Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter and New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) Commissioner George Campbell at a press conference to discuss how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is helping to get New Hampshire and the [...]
Independent 30-Day Review Finds CBP Selected Recovery Act Port Projects Based on a Transparent, Merit-Based Process
/ – N2N – / An independent 30-day review conducted by senior career officials from across the federal government found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) selected American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) land port of entry projects based on a transparent, merit-based process and used reasonable and well-justified cost estimates. “This review validates [...]
