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American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA or $787 billion Federal Stimulus Plan to jump start US economy) activities deemed of special Interest to high tech and other businesses in Southern AZ are as follows:

I. Background:

A. Federal ARRA Legislation

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/arra_public_review

Special Note: See link entitled the final text of the legislation for complete 407 pages of legislation

1. Programs
2. Timeline

B. Federal ARRA Program

http://www.recovery.gov

1. Dollar Breakdown
2. Types of Business Programs

a. Contracts
b. Grants
c. Loans

C. State of Arizona ARRA Program

http://www.az.gov/recovery

1. Dollars
2. Types of Business Programs

a. Innovation, Technology & ED
b. Job Training

D. University of Arizona (ARRA web location)

http://www.vpr.arizona.edu/node/84

II. Business Opportunities:

A. FedBusOpps.Gov (ARRA contracting/procurement opportunities)
https://www.fbo.gov

Special Note: At startup page above, also see Search Recovery Opportunities and Click Here for Opportunities links

B. Grants.Gov (grant opportunities)

http://www.grants.gov
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp

http://www.grants.gov/search/category.do

Special Note: At page above, also see Recovery Act link for ARRA grant opportunities

C. SBIR.Gov (Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grant opportunities)

http://www.sbir.gov

D. GovLoans.Gov (loan opportunities)

http://www.govloans.gov

Special Note: Also, see various grant opportunity related links at first link above startup page as it acts as central location for many ARRA related activities taking place in Pima County

E. US Small Business Administration (small business loan programs & list of active SBA lenders in Arizona)

http://www.sba.gov

http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/az_phoenix/az_0230lendermasterrecord.pdf

F. Stimulus Watch ("shovel-ready" project information by state, city, program and key word)

http://www.stimuluswatch.org

http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/by_state/AZ

http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/search

http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/by_program

Special Note: To access a complete Excel list of projects (it takes a while to download), click here.

G. Regional Stimulus Watch (Phoenix Business Journal web location with regional RFP opportunities) complete

http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stimulus/

H. ProcureAZ (State of Arizona online procurement portal for accessing bid and contract information)

https://procure.az.gov/bso/

I. Pima Association of Governments ARRA Web Location

http://www.pagnet.org/Default.aspx?tabid=862

http://www.pagnet.org/documents/RDC/Population/ARRAFunding.xls

http://www.pagnet.org/documents/arra/ARRAgrants08-17-09.xls

Special Note: Also, see various grant opportunity related links at first link above startup page as it acts as central location for many ARRA related activities taking place in Pima County

J. City of Tucson ARRA Web Location

http://www.tucsonaz.gov/recovery/

Special Note: See Bid Opportunities link

K. City of Phoenix ARRA Web Location

http://phoenix.gov/citygovernment/recovery/index.html

http://phoenix.gov/business/index.html

http://phoenix.gov/GRANTS/grantpgm.html

III. Business Awards:

A. FedBusOpps.Gov (ARRA contracting/procurement awards)

https://www.fbo.gov

Special Note: At startup page, also see Search Recovery Awards and Click Here for Awards links

B. TECH-Net (Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grant awards)

http://web.sba.gov/tech-net/docrootpages/index.cfm

http://web.sba.gov/tech-net/docrootpages/index2.cfm

http://web.sba.gov/tech-net/public/dsp_search.cfm

C. Arizona Department of Transportation (News Releases/Highway Projects Awarded)

http://www.azdot.gov/recovery/news/nrel2352.asp

D. Regional Stimulus Watch (Phoenix Business Journal web location with regional information on awarded contracts)

http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stimulus/

E. Pima Association of Governments ARRA Web Location

http://www.pagnet.org/Default.aspx?tabid=862

Special Note: See various grant award links at above startup page as it acts as central location for many ARRA related activities taking place in Pima County

IV. Federal Agency ARRA Web Locations with Relatively High Direct/Indirect Business Program Activity

A. Department of Agriculture (rural small business development grants, rural broadband technology development program, etc.)

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/arra?navid=USDA_RECOVERY

B. Department of Homeland Security (new tools, technology & equipment to improve border security, non-intrusive contraband detection, explosive detection at airports, rail & transit security, emergency preparedness response, etc.)

http://www.dhs.gov/xopnbiz/recovery.shtm

C. Department of Commerce (broadband technology opportunitiesprogram, entrepreneurial/innovation-based ED, NIST SBIRs, etc.)

http://recovery.commerce.gov

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/

http://broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov/

http://www.broadband.gov/

http://www.broadbandusa.gov/faq.htm

D. Department of Defense (investigation of technologies that can satisfy capability gaps, present opportunities for military applications or spur initiatives within industry)

http://www.defenselink.mil/recovery/

E. Department of Energy (technology investments related to energy efficiency, reduced oil consumption, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, environmental cleanup, modernization of electric grid, etc.)

http://www.energy.gov/recovery

F. Department of Health & Human Services (IT security enhancements, electronic health records, new medical support technologies, CT scanners, etc.)

http://www.hhs.gov/recovery

G. Department of State (cyber security technology, IT infrastructure upgrades, enterprise data center construction, telephone/computer upgrades, etc.)

http://www.state.gov/recovery

H. Department of Transportation (facility/equipment modernization, airport security enhancements, new technology adoption, highway improvements, etc.)

http://www.dot.gov/recovery

I. Department of Veterans Affairs (IT system modernization including improved capacity, access to benefits & claims processing)

http://www.va.gov/recovery

J. Environmental Protection Agency (groundwater quality restoration, hazardous waste cleanup, reduced diesel emissions, underground tank petroleum leak cleanup, community water system infrastructure improvements, etc.)

http://www.epa.gov/recovery

K. General Services Administration (energy efficient fleet motor vehicle procurement program, energy efficient building program, etc.)

http://www.gsa.gov/recovery

L. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (research related to advanced aircraft technology, aircraft safety, fuel efficiency, next generation air transportation systems, astronomy, astrophysics, nature of earth-like planets, etc.)

http://www.nasa.gov/recovery

M. National Science Foundation (funding of research projects in support of scientific instrumentation, facilities and infrastructure improvements)

http://www.nsf.gov/recovery

N. Small Business Administration (ARC loans, micro-loans & 7 (a) guaranteed loans for small business)

http://www.sba.gov/recovery

V. Federal Agency ARRA Web Locations with Relatively Low Direct/Indirect Business Program Activity

A. Agency for International Development

http://www.usaid.gov/recovery

B. Corporation for National and Community Service

http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/recovery

C. Department of Education

http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery

D. Department of Housing & Urban Development

http://www.hud.gov/recovery

E. Department of Interior