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New Training Program Announcement-March 26
Training enhances the performance of employees and the entire organization. Find out how yours can benefit from these new course announcements.
Read More>>Rural Community Development Initiative
The RCDI grant program includes an initiative called the Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge. For FY 2011 and the FY 2012 RCDI funds
Read More>>Small Business Innovation Research Grants
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program stimulates technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns
Read More>>Companies That Make Renewable Energy Work
Renewable energy is now emerging as a sound and sensible solution for more and more companies. Here are a few, highlighted.
Read More>>Pennsylvania's Prevailing Wage Law
Pennsylvania's Prevailing Wage Law was enacted in 1961 to protect construction workers from out-of-state competition, mandating that contractors pay the wages that "prevail" in ...
Read More>>Students Learn Economics and Urban Planning
The UrbanPlan curriculum is an academically challenging,edutopial classroom-based, fifteen-hour study unit. Teams of high school juniors and seniors compete to win
Read More>>High Performance Schools-Energy Systems
This video discusses of how to develop high energy performance schools. Includes energy assessment, use of Google Earth, Real-time HVAC operating data, and faculty, staff, stude...
Read More>>Supporting Housing for the Elderly Grant
HUD provides capital advances and contracts for project rental assistance. Capital advances must be used for the construction or rehabilitation of a structure, or acquisition of...
Read More>>Water Testing and Marcellus Shale
Bryan Swistock, Penn State Water Quality Extension Specialist, shares his recommendations for homeoners and landowners who are interested in testing their drinking water prior t...
Read More>>Cities Now Home to Majority of People
Over half the world's people now live in cities. The latest "Global Report on Human Settlements" says the historic change took place last year.
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