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FSA Employee Joyce Bowie Recognized for Maximizing Opportunities for Small Businesses

June 29, 2011 Latawnya D. Dia, Farm Service Agency

Farm Service Agency (FSA) acting Administrator Bruce Nelson praised Director of Contracting Activity Designee Joyce Bowie recently for her career work that earned her the distinguished USDA Champion Award at the Small Business and AbilityOne Award ceremony held at USDA. A member of the FSA...

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Agencies Work Together to Offer Workshop on Generating Opportunities in South Dakota Under the Small Business Jobs Act

May 16, 2011 South Dakota Rural Development Coordinator Christine Sorensen

South Dakota banks, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) and others took part in a one day workshop held in Chamberlain, South Dakota on May 12, 2011. Attendees were given the opportunity to learn more about the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 and SBA and USDA programs and their...

Rural

USDA Participates in Meetings Intended to Assist Missouri Flood Victims

May 13, 2011 Anita J.(Janie), Dunning, Missouri State Rural Development Director; Greg Batson, Dexter Area Director; and George Thomas, Public Information Coordinator

USDA staff in Missouri joined Governor Jay Nixon on May 10 and May 11, 2011, at five Flood Recovery Resource Meetings to an estimated 600 people in Southeast Missouri. The meetings were held in the cities of Poplar Bluff, Sikeston, Charleston, New Madrid and Caruthersville which are located in the...

Rural

Secretary Vilsack Tours Tornado Damage in Mississippi, Says USDA Rural Development Programs Can Help in Recovery Efforts

May 03, 2011 Ken Stribling, Public Information Coordinator, Mississippi Rural Development

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Obama Administration Cabinet members Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, as well as Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate, Small Business...

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