The Government Accountability Office notes in its 2011 follow up report on duplicative economic development programs that HUD, Commerce, SBA, and USDA have made minimal progress collecting data and assessing the effectiveness of their overlapping economic development programs.
Collins highlights issues with federal agencies' progress on economic development program effectiveness.
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