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Curtis Brown announced that he will resign as executive director of the Mason City Economic Development Corp., effective July 11, to become the economic development coordinator for the City of Ankeny, Iowa.
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Georgia Tech's Advanced Technology Development Center has named Jason Burr director of its Savannah office.
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Dr. Dean Chang has joined the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute as the new director of MTECH Ventures.
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George Dycio was hired as an economic development specialist for the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council.
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John Gardner will be vice president for economic development and extension at Washington State University, effective July 1. Gardner has been the vice president for research and economic development at the University of Missouri system.
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John Griffin has been named acting director of the Ohio Department of Development's Technology Division.
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Gov. Jodi Rell nominated Joan McDonald to succeed James Abromaitis as Connecticut's commissioner of economic and community development. McDonald had been a senior vice president with the New York City Economic Development Corp.
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Catalyst Connection has named Petra Mitchell as its new president.
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Thom Ruhe is leaving JumpStart Inc., a venture organization in Cleveland, to become director of online initiatives at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
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John Schaerer is the new director of technology development and transfer for Chattanooga's Enterprise Center.
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President Bush nominated William "Woody" Sutton to replace Albert Frink Jr. as the country's manufacturing czar.
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Karl Tueller announced he will step down as executive director of the Idaho Department of Commerce Office of Science and Technology, effective July 1. Tueller also serves as a deputy director for the agency.
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Nicole Witherbee has joined the Maine Center of Economic Policy as a federal budget analyst and communications coordinator.
Department of Education
The Department of Education's FY09 total budget appropriation is $66.5 billion.
The FY09 education budget includes specialized funding toward a few K-12 math and science programs:
Department of Energy
The FY09 budget provides $27 billion for the Department of Energy (DOE), a nine percent increase over the FY08 enactment.
Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was one of three federal agencies whose budget was enacted in September 2008. Since the department's funding was finalized last year, only minimal funding is provided in the current bill.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
The FY09 enacted budget includes $38.6 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a $3 billion increase over the 2008 appropriation. The Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) received $18.1 million for personnel compensation and benefits.
Department of Labor
The FY09 omnibus awards $15.3 billion to the Department of Labor, a 4.1 percent increase over the previous fiscal year.
Department of Transportation
The FY 2009 Department of Transportation's (DOT) total budgetary resources are $67.2 billion. Funding for the NextGen technology is more than doubled, providing $688 million for the transformation from radar-based to satellite-based air traffic systems to help meet the nation's rapidly growing demand for air travel.
Department of the Treasury
The FY09 enacted budget provides $1.16 billion for the Treasury Department, not including the IRS. Though the overall appropriation for the department dropped, TBED-related funding increased.
Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), received $7.6 billion in FY09, $174 million above the 2008 appropriation. Science and Technology activities, including research and development activities, are funded at $790 million in FY09, $30 million above the FY08 appropriation.
NASA
NASA received $17.8 billion in FY09, a 2.2 percent increase from the previous fiscal year's amount of $17.2 billion. It is distributed as follows:
National Science Foundation
In FY09, the National Science Foundation received $6.49 billion, a 5.9 percent increase of $363 million over FY08. More than three-fourths of the total supports non-defense research and related activities, 13 percent will be for education and human resources, and 2.3 percent of the total is for major research equipment and facilities construction.
Regional Commissions and Authorities
Several regional commissions and authorities receive annual federal appropriations for economic improvement activities within specific geographic regions, including the Appalachian Regional Commission, Delta Regional Authority and Denali Commission.
Small Business Administration
The enacted budget sets funding for the Small Business Administration (SBA) at $546.6 million for FY09, excluding funds for the disaster loan program. Most of SBA's capital programs and its contracting and counseling programs have had their appropriations boosted above FY08 levels.