A bureau of the US Department of Commerce investing in job creation, innovation, regional competitiveness, and national security. 🇺🇸
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Our latest blog post highlights EDA’s new AI Upskill Program, which will provide $25 million to accelerate industry-led AI workforce development projects & help America win the global AI race: eda.gov/news/blog/2026/06/16…
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EDA is hosting a webinar series for our newest funding opportunity, the AI Upskill Accelerator Pilot Program. This initiative is providing $25 million to upskill American workers in AI technologies. Find webinar links and recordings here: eda.gov/ai-upskill
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Today, EDA announced $25 million to support America’s #AI Action Plan. This competition supports partnerships to upskill workers and position America at the forefront of AI. EDA.gov/ai-upskill
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EDA awarded $6.8 million to the Augusta Technical Foundation, Inc. in Augusta, Georgia, to support the development of an automotive training facility, helping empower the workforce of tomorrow with the skills of today.
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EDA leads the federal economic development agenda through grants for infrastructure, innovation, and competitiveness. See our programs helping communities across America: eda.gov/funding/programs
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EDA has an Economic Development Representative (EDR) in each state who will guide you through every step of the application process. To find your state’s EDR, please visit eda.gov/about/contact.
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Our latest blog post highlights new policies implemented over the last year in response to EDA’s reauthorization, including a bureau wide reorganization, streamlining operations, and revamping our management structure. For more info, visit eda.gov/news/blog/2026/04/02….
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We’re hiring! EDA, an agency of @CommerceGov, is the only federal government agency focused on economic development. We’re currently recruiting for a number of positions throughout the U.S. and we need you! For information on our current vacancies, please visit USAJobs.
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Did You Know? EDA has 5 investment priorities:
1. Critical infrastructure
2. Workforce development
3. Innovation and entrepreneurship
4. Economic recovery resilience
5. Manufacturing
Learn more: eda.gov/funding/investment-p…
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DAS/COO Ben Page met with economic development professionals at the 2026 @NADOPolicy & DDAA Conference. He discussed EDA’s operational improvements, reauthorization, & our support of Trump administration priorities that will foster economic development in distressed communities.
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EDA’s Tribal office launched a new resource to support Tribal economic development! Developed per our reauthorization, the new site provides info on EDA & partner fed programs & funding opportunities to support econ development in Tribal communities.
eda.gov/tribal
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Thanks to @IEDCtweets Leadership Summit for hosting DAS/COO Page to discuss operational improvements & new programs. EDA advances innovation & regional collaboration in an evolving landscape, supporting workforce dev, energy independence & other hallmarks of the Trump admin.
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We’re hiring! EDA, an agency of @CommerceGov, is currently recruiting a Regional Director for our Atlanta Regional Office. This position leads local economic development efforts throughout the southeast. Starting salary is $151,661. For information, please visit USAJobs.
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EDA discussed @NACoCounties how we're modernizing programming and operations in support of the Trump Administration priorities for econ natl security, energy independence, and workforce development. And ways we partner with regions to drive economic growth across the country.
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EPWGOP Chairman @SenCapito, @US_EDA and federal Regional Commissions met in WV to enhance coordination & help distressed communities. Trump Admin’s America First policy.
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EDA discussed @NARCregions how we're modernizing programming and operations in support of the Trump Administration priorities for econ natl security, energy independence, and workforce development. And ways we partner with regions to drive economic growth across the country.
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Initially, Micron committed $75B to build semiconductors in America. Under President Trump’s leadership, that investment has grown to $200B.
Companies are seeing the value of investing in American innovation, American power, and the American economy.
President Trump’s America First Agenda is delivering—bringing jobs, manufacturing, and research back to America.
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Secretary Lutnick on the historic semiconductor agreement:
“Yesterday, we announced the Taiwan deal, which allows Taiwan to invest $500 billion in America to bring semiconductor manufacturing here. One of the key drivers of this investment is that Micron currently produces its memory—the best memory in the world—in Southeast Asia, and we want it made here. That’s where the tariff model comes in: it starts with chips and uses tariffs to drive manufacturing back to the United States.”
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WATCH: Secretary Lutnick speaks at Micron’s groundbreaking ceremony in New York—a $100B investment, the largest private investment in the state’s history.
This historic project will create 50,000 jobs and strengthen America’s semiconductor manufacturing capacity—producing advanced chips critical to AI, automobiles, telecommunications, defense systems, and next-generation technologies.
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