Economic Development Administration

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Bureau program information, e-FOIA

information, and export seminar event

schedules. Publications available on

the site include the Bureau’s annual

report, foreign policy controls report,

and international diversif‌ication and

defense market assessment guides.

The Government Printing Off‌ice, in

conjunction with the Bureau, has

created a Web site that contains an

up-to-date database of the entire export

administration regulations, including the

commerce control list, the commerce

country chart, and the denied persons

list (www.access.gpo.gov/bis/index.html).

The Outreach and Educational Services

Division has off‌ices in Washington, DC

(phone, 202–482–4811; fax, 202–482–

2927) and on the West Coast (phone,

949–660–0144, or 408–351–3378; fax,

949–660–9347, or 408–351–3355). For

enforcement-related questions, contact

the partnership-in-security hotline

(phone, 800–424–2980).

For further information, contact the Bureau of Industry and Security, Off‌ice of Public Affairs,Room 3897,

Fourteenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,Washington, DC 20230. Phone, 202–482–2721. Internet,

http://www.bis.doc.gov.

Economic Development Administration

Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230

Phone, 202–482–2309. Internet, http://www.eda.gov.

Assistant Secretary for Economic Development JOHN FERNANDEZ

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development

MATTHEW ERSKINE

Chief Financial Off‌ice and Director of

Administration

SANDRA WALTERS

The Economic Development

Administration (EDA) was created in

1965 under the Public Works and

Economic Development Act (42 U.S.C.

3121) as part of an effort to target

Federal resources to economically

distressed areas and to help develop

local economies in the United States. It

was mandated to assist rural and urban

communities that were outside the

mainstream economy and that lagged

in economic development, industrial

growth, and personal income.

EDA provides grants to States, regions,

and communities across the Nation

to help wealth and minimize poverty

by promoting a favorable business

environment to attract private capital

investment and higher skill, higher

wage jobs through capacity building,

planning, infrastructure, research grants,

and strategic initiatives. Through its grant

program, EDA utilizes public sector

resources to facilitate an environment

where the private sector risks capital and

job opportunities are created.

Public works and development

facilities grants support infrastructure

projects that foster the establishment or

expansion of industrial and commercial

businesses, supporting the retention and

creation of jobs.

Planning grants support the design and

implementation of effective economic

development policies and programs,

by local development organizations, in

States and communities. EDA funds a

network of over 350 planning districts

throughout the country.

Technical assistance provides for

local feasibility and industry studies,

management and operational assistance,

natural resource development, and

export promotion. In addition, EDA

funds a network of university centers that

provides technical assistance.

Research, evaluation, and

demonstration funds are used to support

studies about the causes of economic

distress and to seek solutions to

counteract and prevent such problems.

Economic adjustment grants help

communities adjust to a gradual erosion