United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-05-19 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:T-RCED-98-196 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-196 P0b002ee180385aff f:rc98196t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-196 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-196 T-RCED-98-196 Unemployment rates Economic analysis Community development Urban economic development Rural economic development State/local relations Census Economically depressed areas Statistical data HUD Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Program Testimony RCED GAO discussed the targeting of community development benefits included in H.R. 3865, the American Renewal Act of 1998, as well as lessons learned from the early implementation of another community development program that created Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) out of nearly 59,000 census tracts nationwide, 9,184 tracts met both the poverty and unemployment requirements of the bill, according to GAO's analysis of 1990 Census data; (2) these tracts include 1,354 census tracts in rural areas; 7,396 in urban areas; and 434 in mixed urban/rural areas; (3) fourteen percent of these census tracts are located in an Empowerment Zone or Enterprise Community; (4) more than half of the local, state, and federal officials involved in implementing the Empowerment Zone program who responded to a survey that GAO conducted in 1996 agreed on the factors that had either helped or hindered their efforts to implement the program; (5) for example, they identified factors such as community representation within the governance structures and enhanced communication among stakeholders as helping the program's implementation; and (6) similarly, preexisting relationships among Empowerment Zone stakeholders and pressure for quick results were identified as hindering the program's implementation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-196/html/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-196.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-196/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-196.pdf GAO/T-RCED-98-196 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-196 Testimony GAO/T-RCED-98-196; Community Development: Information Related to H.R. 3865, the American Community Renewal Act of 1998; Unemployment rates Economic analysis Community development Urban economic development Rural economic development State/local relations Census Economically depressed areas Statistical data HUD Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Program