White House Announces $40 Million Insourcing Challenge

The White House announced the Make it in America Challenge, a $40 million multi-agency initiative to help regions across the country provide the critical infrastructure, strategic planning, capacity building, technical assistance and workforce development resources necessary to foster insourcing by U.S. firms. Led by the Economic Development Administration, an interagency panel will make up to 16 awards to projects that encourage businesses to bring production back to or expand their operations in the United States. A federal funding opportunity for the Make it in America Challenge will be announced by the start of 2013 to provide detailed guidelines and deadlines for for applications. Visit the challenge website...