GLIN==> Northeast-Midwest Weekly Update -- 23 March 2009

Weekly Update
23 March 2009
 
*	Briefing:  Community Regeneration, Sustainability and Innovation
Act
*	Great Lakes Task Forces Letters to Budget Committees
*	House Great Lakes Task Force Appropriations Letters
*	2008 Employment by Sector Data Released
*	Job Openings:  Environmental Policy Analysts
 
 
Briefing:  Community Regeneration, Sustainability and Innovation Act
 
The Northeast-Midwest Institute and the Northeast-Midwest Congressional
Coalition are assisting the Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative
(MVOC), National People's Action, and PUSH Buffalo in organizing a
legislative briefing on the Community Regeneration, Sustainability and
Innovation Act of 2009 (CRSI).  The educational briefing will be held
Monday, March 23, 2009, from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM in room 2008/9 of the
Capitol Visitors Center.  The National Vacant Properties Campaign will
assist with this event.
 
The CRSI legislation was introduced by Congressmen Tim Ryan (D-OH) and
Brian Higgins (D-NY) in the House of Representatives (H.R. 932
<http://www.nemw.org/hr932.pdf> ), and Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and
Charles Schumer (D-NY) in the Senate (S. 453
<http://www.nemw.org/s453.pdf> ).  The CRSI proposes to "authorize the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants and offer
technical assistance to local governments and others to design and
implement innovative policies, programs, and projects that address
widespread property vacancy and abandonment, and for other purposes."
 
Contact Greg Lewis <mailto:glewis at nemw.org?subject=CRSI%20Act>
(202/464-4005) at the Northeast Midwest Institute.
 
 
Great Lakes Task Forces Letters to Budget Committees
 
The House and Senate Great Lakes Task Forces are circulating letters to
their budget committees in support of President Obama's fiscal 2010
budget proposal.  The president included $475 million in EPA's Great
Lakes budget for an interagency restoration initiative.  The deadline
for signing the Senate letter is Monday, March 23, and the deadline for
signing the House letter is Tuesday, March 24.
 
Contact Joy Mulinex
<mailto:joy_mulinex at levin.senate.gov?subject=Budget%20Committee%20Letter
s>  (202/224-1211) at the Great Lakes Task Force.
 
 
House Great Lakes Task Force Appropriations Letters
 
The House Great Lakes Task Force is circulating letters to four
appropriations subcommittees.  The letters include the Energy & Water
Subcommittee to address Corps programs such as the dispersal barrier,
Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration program; the Interior &
Environment Subcommittee in support of EPA and FWS programs such as the
Great Lakes Legacy program and the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife
Restoration program; the Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee in
support of Coastal Zone Management funding; and the State and Foreign
Operations Subcommittee in support of programs for the Great Lakes
Fishery Commission and the International Joint Commission.   The
deadline for signing the letters is Wednesday, April 1.
 
Contact Joy Mulinex
<mailto:joy_mulinex at levin.senate.gov?subject=Appropriations%20Letters>
(202/224-1211) at the Great Lakes Task Force.
 
 
2008 Employment by Sector Data Released
 
The U.S. Department of Labor recently released final 2008 employment
data for all sectors by state and region.  Accordingly, the
Northeast-Midwest Institute has updated three state-level employment
tables on its website.  The first shows state and regional employment
for eight major sectors <http://www.nemw.org/empsector.htm> .  The
second has the sectoral percent change from 1998 to 2008
<http://www.nemw.org/empsector_change.htm> .  The third table shows the 
sectoral share of total state employment
<http://www.nemw.org/empsector_share.htm> .
 
Contact:  Glenn Starnes
<mailto:glennstarnes at nemw.org?subject=Employment%20by%20Sector>  at the
Northeast-Midwest Institute.
 
 
Job Openings:  Environmental Policy Analysts
 
The Northeast-Midwest Institute is seeking two highly qualified policy
analysts to focus on ecosystem management and restoration.  One position
will focus on Mid-Atlantic watersheds, including the Chesapeake Bay and
Delaware River.  The other position will focus on Midwest watersheds,
such as the Upper Mississippi River and the Great Lakes.
 
The policy analysts will work with diverse regional stakeholders, as
well as bipartisan coalitions within the United States Senate and House
of Representatives, in order to advance regional resource management,
restoration, and protection strategies.  They will be supervised by a
senior policy analyst, and will be part of an ecosystem team that
focuses on several environmental quality issues.  Click here
<http://www.nemw.org/Jobs.htm>  for complete job descriptions.
 
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