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Update: WAP @ the White House: Quick Facts from the Event!
[caption id="attachment_887" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Kathleen Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, and the Economic Impact Panel at the White House’s Weatherization
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[caption id="attachment_869" align="aligncenter" width="514"] The event is being held at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, right next door to the White House![/caption] This morning NASCSP
READ MOREPoverty Politics: Shortcut Solutions
There are no shortcuts in life--only those we imagine. ~ Frank Leahy Shortcut Solutions Federal funding is tight. This point is obvious as you listen to political rhetoric from both sides of the aisle on how we can reduce the deficit and where we can find savings in the Federal budget. As the economy struggles and families are forced to trim their budgets, people look to the Federal government
Legislative Update: WAP, CSBG FY 13 Appropriations Advance on Hill
--- Brad Penney, General Counsel for the Advocates for The Other America (AFTOA) --- The House has now completed consideration of the FY 13 Energy & Water Appropriations bill, containing $54.6M for Weatherization – the same number as contained in the bill reported by the House Appropriations Committee last month. AFTOA and NASCSP staff met with both the Republican and Democratic staffs
Highlights from the WAPTAC Blog
--Edited by: Alice Gaston, Program Assistant— A few highlights from the Weatherization Assistance Program Technical Assistance Center (WAPTAC) blog: Overview of the PY 2011 Weatherization Funding Survey: The NASCSP WAP Funding Survey is the only comprehensive measure of all funds, including non-Department of Energy (DOE) funds, used in WAP. Each year, the survey catalogues the funding and
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