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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced the TIGER discretionary grants program on February 4, 2009. Lana T. Hurdle, deputy assistant secretary for budget and programs, and Joel Szabat, deputy assistant secretary for transportation policy, co-chaired the team responsible for selecting projects and monitoring spending. [ 2 ]
Cumber's tenure at USDOT also included work on the creation of a new discretionary grant program to address traffic congestion throughout the U.S.- a program very similar to today's TIGER discretionary grant program; [10] the near bankruptcy of the Highway Trust Fund; [11] several major aviation safety issues that included the grounding of part ...
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (EBMGP) was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988, allocating approximately $200 million dollars to municipalities both local and state. The allocated money was used in efforts to reduce drug-crimes and support drug control, which was of national concern at the time. [1]
Gov. Maura Healey’s office announced on Aug. 14 an application plan for securing $1.44 billion in federal discretionary grant money ... Freight & Highway Projects program and $222 million ...
The RAISE Discretionary Grant program, managed by the DOT supports various infrastructure projects, including road, rail, transit, and port developments that align with national goals. This ...
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is headed by the secretary of transportation , who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet .
A recently announced class action lawsuit filed against T-Mobile alleges the company has disguised a hidden fee as a government charge for two decades.. The wireless network allegedly ...
Graph of U.S. mandatory and discretionary spending from 1966 to 2015. Mandatory spending levels start to diverge from discretionary spending levels in the early 1990s. In 2016, the U.S. federal government spent $1.2 trillion on U.S. discretionary spending. Of this $1.2 trillion, nearly half ($584 billion) was spent on national defense.