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Arranged chronologically by date.
Budget submissions, legislative budget presentations, rebudget submissions, and a 2006 Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing, detailing proposed Departmental budgets for fiscal years 2007/2008, 2008/2009, and 2009/2010. Budget submissions contain: a departmental summary with an organizational chart, comparative financial statements, and funding summary; an agency program plan and appropriations details; details regarding grant and subsidy programs; details regarding special funds and other funds; Program Revision Requests (PRRs); and appendices detailing special funds and block grant programs as well as budgeting and accounting of federal funds. Legislative budget presentations include appropriation summaries and contract and grant lists. A rebudget submission contains similar information to an initial budget submission, but its purpose is to revise and refine the Department's spending plan proposed in the initial budget submission by incorporating changes based on the enacted budget and the most recent information concerning program costs and program data.
Correspondence Files,Outgoing correspondence and general correspondence are arranged chronologically by date. Internal correspondence is grouped alphabetically by deputy/office and thereunder arranged chronologically by date.
Outgoing correspondence from Secretaries Thomas B. Hagen (1995-1997) and Samuel A. McCullough (1997-2003). Recipients include: the Governor; other agency secretaries; heads of private organizations; and others which the Secretary had official contact. Topics cover audits, budgets, thank-you and congratulatory messages, and invitations. The bulk of outgoing correspondence is offer letters outlining departmental financial assistance programs to private organizations contemplating moving or expanding their operations to Pennsylvania. These programs include the opportunity grant program, job creation tax credits (JCTC), customized job training (CJT), the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA), the enterprise zone program, and others. Some correspondence was answered on behalf of the Governor's office by representatives of the department (executive secretariat correspondence).
Also present are the internal and general correspondence files of Secretary Dennis Yablonsky (2003-2009). Recipients of internal correspondence include his deputies of Business Financing, Community Affairs and Development, and International Business Development as well as the offices of Chief Counsel, Legislative Affairs, Policy, and Technology Investment. Various topics are addressed relating to the functions of each deputy or office. Also included are budget and appropriation hearing materials for fiscal years 2003/2004 - 2008/2009.
The general correspondence of Secretary Yablonsky consists of incoming mail filed with its reply. Each piece of correspondence has a tracking sheet attached, providing the tracking number, date received, author, intended recipient, subject matter, person routed to and the date by which that person must respond to the author. Contained in this set of correspondence are invitations, single applications for assistance, personal appeals for assistance, interagency agreements, appeals for help in settling disputes between private individuals and municipalities, right-to-know requests, letters of support or disagreement relating to department issues and grant projects, correspondence forwarded from the Governor's Office, and various items sent to the Secretary for his general interest. The Secretary would either respond or route the correspondence to one of his deputy secretaries and/or executive directors to respond on behalf of the Department.
Daily Meeting Files,Arranged chronologically by month.
Correspondence, agendas, publications, newsclippings, presentations, notes, and other materials used as supporting information in meetings attended by Secretary Dennis Yablonsky (2003-2009). Other events, such as speaking engagements, hearings, and economic development summits, are represented as well. Meetings held with the Governor, state senators and representatives, representatives from other state agencies and private organizations, and department staff are also listed.
DCED on the Road Files,
1998-2002.
(6 cartons)
{series #71.37} [Holdings]
Grouped by region and thereunder loosely arranged by topic.
Program files for the "DCED on the Road" initiative that brought senior executive staff and the Secretary to ten regions in Pennsylvania for meetings with local business and civic leaders. Files include a first and second round of programs with lists of participants, itineraries, agenda, and follow-up meetings. Examples of issues discussed are regional marketing, job creation, transportation improvements, out-migration, skilled workforce, and mine land reclamation. The impetus of these meetings was to create more responsive and streamlined collaboration between state government and local leaders for the promotion of regional economies.
Subject Files,Grouped chronologically by date span, thereunder cartons 1-12 are arranged alphabetically by subject while cartons 13-16 are unarranged.
Records of the Secretary concerning business with other agencies, private organizations, and/or individuals, covering the terms of Secretaries Samuel A. McCullough (1997-2003) and Dennis Yablonsky (2003-2009). Among the records are audits, budget materials, correspondence, legislative materials, presentations, and reports.
Subjects addressed include: economic, urban, small business, and industrial assistance and development programs; international commerce; legislation; budgets and appropriations; trade missions; the amusement tax, the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry; Census 2000; coal technology; education standards; information management; outsourcing/privatization; Project Millennium; Project Renaissance; the events of September 11, 2001 (9/11); technology development; the U.S. Steel Revitalization Act of 2001; workforce development; and others.
Organizations referred to include the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Pennsylvania Industrial Development Agency (PIDA), the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (PEDFA) the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority (PMBDA), the Ben Franklin Partnership, Boeing Corporation, Calgon, Citizens Bank, Conrail, the Council for Urban Economic Development (CUED), CSX/Norfolk Southern, ENRON, GlaxoSmithKline, the Governor’s Green Government Council, Harley Davidson, H.J. Heinz Company, IBM, Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard Development Corporation, Life Science Greenhouse, Microsoft, the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges, the Pennsylvania Hardwoods Development Council, Pennports, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the Pennsylvania Technology Investment Authority (PTIA), the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), the Pittsburgh Economic and Industrial Development Corporation (PEIDC), PP&L Resources, the Republican Governor’s Association, Team Pennsylvania, the Carnegie Mellon Green Data Center, Westinghouse, and others.
Also present are itineraries and briefing books for trade missions to Ireland, Israel, Germany, Scotland, India, and the United Kingdom as well as board meeting materials, monthly job status reports, and other materials relating to the Philadelphia Shipyard Development Corporation, of which Secretary McCullough was Chairman.
The Executive Deputy Secretary is the chief operations officer of the Department. The Deputy is responsible for the development and implementation of strategic initiatives related to the Department's programs and services and overall operations. Initially, the Deputy oversaw the Department's day-to-day operations as well, but the function was transferred to the Deputy Secretary for Administration in 2001.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Project files maintained by Executive Deputy Secretaries Tim McNulty and Matt Tunnell. Included are correspondence, reports, presentations, newsclippings, notes, contact lists, promotional materials, development plans, funding proposals, and policy drafts addressing projects such as the Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, the Life Science Greenhouse, Project Renaissance, CyberStart, Brain Gain, the Information Technology Strategic Plan, and others. Most of these projects deal with creating a technology complex in the Pittsburgh area (similar to Silicon Valley) for life science research and system-on-a-chip (SOC) technology that would result in business and job development and the creation of 1,500 jobs. Other projects deal with keeping recent college graduates in Pennsylvania and rail car procurement.
Subject Files,Grouped chronologically by date span. Thereunder cartons 1 and 7 are grouped by subject, while cartons 2 through 6 are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Subject files maintained by Executive Deputy Secretaries Robert G. Benko, Tim McNulty, and Matt Tunnell as well as executive assistant Brenda Pera. Included are correspondence, reports, presentations, newsclippings, notes, contact lists, promotional materials, development plans, funding proposals, and policy drafts addressing topics such as workforce development, Team Pennsylvania, the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority (BFTDA), e-commerce, industrial resource centers (IRCs), the Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, port issues, the steel industry, the telecommunications industry, tobacco settlements, the state of economic growth in Pennsylvania, and Keystone Innovations Zones (KIZs). Also included are strategic plans from regional economic development organizations used in the drafting of the state-wide economic development plan.
The Deputy Secretary for Business Financing implements and administers most of the Department's business financing programs previously under the purview of the Deputy Secretary for Program Operations within the Department of Commerce. These programs offer loans (through direct lending or bond financing), grant, and loan guarantee assistance. In 2003, this deputate was renamed the Deputy Secretary for Business Development and its responsibilities realigned in accordance with the reorganization of the Department.
Grouped chronologically by year, thereunder grouped by office, and thereunder arranged alphabetically by subject.
Correspondence, publications, proposals, newsletters, meeting files, and copies of legislation maintained by Deputy Secretary Emily J. White. Topics and programs addressed include a Loan Accounting System, industrial development, agricultural "aggie" bonds, volume caps, budget issues, the Industrial Site Reuse Program (ISRP), the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA), the Export Financing Program, Small Business First, the Underground Storage Tank Upgrade Loan Program (USTULP), the Community Development Bank, and others. For earlier records, see Subject Files, 1987-1996 {series #31.43} within the Office of the Deputy Secretary for Program Operations, Department of Commerce (RG-31).
In order to consolidate functions transferred from the abolished Department of Community Affairs (DCA), it was mandated that the Governor appoint a Deputy Secretary of Community Affairs and Development to continued the transferred functions from DCA and perform other duties the Governor may authorize. This deputate is allowed to be at the section, division, or bureau level within the Department, but cannot be revived at the full department level. The Deputy Secretary administers the Department's community development activities, as well as programs providing assistance to local government and local elected officials, with the integration of the various community and economic development components of the Department being of highest priority.
Arranged alphabetically by program name.
Applications, correspondence, and publications relating to various financial assistance programs administered by the Department, including Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grants, the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Enterprise Zones, the Family Savings Account program, Keystone Opportunity Zones (KOZs), Main Street, the Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP), Downtown Center, and others.
Subject Files,Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Subject files maintained by Deputy Secretary David E. Black. Included are correspondence, publications, presentations, newsclippings, and notes addressing topics such as industrial parks, biotechnology, building codes, CareerLink, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, the Children's Home of Reading, the digital divide, the Fatherhood Initiative, GovWORKS.com, the Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises (HACE), heritage conservancy, industrial site reuse, international trade missions, land use, the Lehigh Valley Partnership, Link2Learn, microenterprise programs, municipal mergers, the Norris Square Housing Project, lobbying disclosure, Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Credits, the Geospatial Information Council (PAGIC), the Appalachian Capital Alliance (PAACA), the Rural Development Council, PennSTEP, Project Hope, the Rural Leadership Program (RULE), the Schuylkill River Development Council, Keystone Opportunity Zones (KOZs), the Steel Valley Authority, Team Pennsylvania, tourism promotion agencies, the Urban League of Philadelphia, the Women's Opportunity Resource Center (WORC), and others.
The Deputy Secretary for International Business Development is responsible for managing the Department's export sales development and foreign direct investment programs, and the Office of PennPORTS. The Deputy is also operates the Commonwealth's representative offices in foreign countries and coordinates the Department's international activities with those of other agencies. For related records pre-dating 1996, see the Bureau of Domestic and International Commerce (1982-1986), the Bureau of International Commerce (1976-1981, 1987-1988), and the Office of International Trade (1993-1996) within the Records of the Department of Commerce (RG-31).
Grouped by record type.
Correspondence, contractual agreements, invoices, business cards, reports, and presentations maintained by Deputy Secretaries Roger Cranville and Michael Wolf. Included are contractual agreements for research, joint cooperative initiatives, and professional services for foreign offices, as well as activity, project, and financial reports submitted to the Deputy by the foreign offices. Other administrative materials pertaining to the Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, Ports of Technology, strategic plans, Keystone Partnerships, International Trade Week, the Business Calling Program, and enterprise and foreign trade zones are also present.
This office coordinated the Department's efforts with the Human Resources Investment Council and acted on the Community and Economic Development Secretary's personal workforce development initiatives.
Unarranged.
Records maintained by Special Assistant Greg White and his executive assistant, Brenda Pera. Included are workforce development packages, budget materials, customized job training (CJT) guidelines, newsclippings, addresses made by the Governor relating to workforce development, and audit materials. Topics addressed include workforce development, the Training Account Program (TAP), the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Team Pennsylvania, CareerLink, Governor Rendell's Industry Specific Initiative (ISI), Workforce Development Week, State System of Higher Education (SSHE), community college, and virtual college programs, and others. Also present are records relating to Workforce Leadership grants.
Records Relating to Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc.,Grouped by records type.
Records relating to the U.S. Department of Defense-funded Workforce Development Program grant administered by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) with regards to the Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard. Kvaerner was a Norwegian shipping company that purchased the Philadelphia Naval Base and Shipyard after it was closed by the Base Reallocation and Closure (BRAC) Program, with plans to refurbish it as a commercial ship building facility. Kvaerner entered into a grant agreement with DCED for Industrial Modernization of the shipyard in order to provide for community economic adjustment activities, including job training and equipment acquisition. The Department of Labor and Industry also administered funding from the U.S. Department of Labor through the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA).
Included are administrative records and equipment records. Administrative records include correspondence, contracts and agreements, ship specifications, contact lists, plan proposals, meeting files, business and cost allocation plans, economic impact studies, minutes of the Workforce Development Team, and annual, interim, and audit reports of the shipyard's activities. Equipment files consist of purchase orders, change orders, contracts, and payment records related to equipment purchased with funds provided by DCED. Equipment purchased included frame benders, cranes, cutting machines, milling machines, production lines, welding equipment, and plasma cutting machines. Also included are records forwarded from the Department of Labor and Industry regarding JTPA funding, displaced workers and the Workers Investment Act as they related to the shipyard. Some records are in Norwegian.
Unarranged.
Records maintained by Advocate Terri Kaufman. Included are correspondence, publications, presentations, and notes relating to federal and state science and technology organizations and programs, such as the National Institute for Science and Technology (NIST), the Pittsburgh Technology Council, the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Southwestern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center (SPIRC), and the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Topics addressed include the Southwestern Pennsylvania Workforce Development Training System, medical research, federally funded research and development centers, biotechnology, base realignment and closure (BRAC), NSF Awards for Pennsylvania, and NSF program guidelines.
The Office of Chief Counsel provides legal advice and assistance to the Secretary and other Departmental staff and provides support to the Governor's General Counsel. The Office is responsible for drafting, monitoring, and reviewing legislation relevant to the Department, and for the contracts, grants, and loan documents required for various community and economic development programs administered by the Department.
Grouped chronologically by date span, thereunder arranged numerically by case number.
Correspondence, pleadings, exhibits, transcripts, motions, memoranda of law, orders and opinions, maps, and research notes pertaining to cases brought before the Board of Property. Cases deal with land ownership and boundary disputes between private individuals and/or companies and agencies of the Commonwealth. Some cases deal with mineral, oil, and natural gas rights as well as land maintenance issues that directly affect bordering properties. Properties in dispute include Dam #6 of the Allegheny River, the Vine Street Expressway, the North Penn Highway, Interstate 279, Fort Indiantown Gap, the Yellow Creek Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Devon Square Shopping Center, the Avonia Beach Marina, the Mayview State Hospital Grounds, Odette's Hotel and Restaurant, state game lands, and others.
Initially created in 1782, the Board of Property has evolved as Pennsylvania has adopted different constitutions. In its present state, the Board is chaired by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and remains the legal entity responsible for settling land disputes between private individuals or corporations and the Commonwealth. It also continues to hear caveats against applications and appeals on applications that have been denied. The Secretary of Community and Economic Development and the General Counsel are the other two members of the Board, while the the Department of Community and Economic Development Office of Chief Counsel provides staffing services. For earlier case files, other Board of Property records, and a more detailed history of the Board, see XXII: Records of the Board of Property, 1682-1980 within the Records of the Land Office (RG-17).
The Governor’s Action Team works directly with Pennsylvania companies to preserve and expand job opportunities in Pennsylvania and recruits out-of-state companies to locate or expand their operations in the Commonwealth. The Action Team also serves as the Governor's interagency economic development group for individual projects requiring the involvement of two or more agencies. For earlier records see the Governor's Response Team within the Department of Commerce (RG-31).
From 1997-2003, the Action Team staffed and was associated with Team Pennsylvania, a network of business, state government, community, and economic development leaders from across the state working together to promote the Commonwealth as an ideal business location. Team Pennsylvania was a focal point for the coordination of public and private marketing campaigns, as well as for the integration of local and regional initiatives into a statewide campaign. The Team directed the Business Calling Program and managed the Business Resource Center. Team Pennsylvania is now known as the Team Pennsylvania Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. For more information about the Team Pennsylvania Foundation, you may visit their website at http://teampa.com/.
Grouped by maintaining office, thereunder arranged alphabetically by company name. Cartons 3-6 are each arranged alphabetically by company name.
Correspondence, business plans, newsclippings, news releases, project summaries,
notes, promotional materials, meeting files, and presentations relating to companies
who were offered and/or received financial assistance from the Department as
a result of the Action Team's efforts. Companies present in the records include
American International Group (AIG), Astra-Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, AzurTec, Boeing,
Comcast Business Communications, Craftopia.com, InterMedi@ Marketing Solutions,
Jobnet.com, Kimberly Clark, Kohl's, Kvaerner, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies,
National Business Services, Office Max, OneMain.com, Pennsylvania Energy Company
(PECO), Sears and Roebuck, Target Stores, TransUnion, United Chemical, United
Parcel Service (UPS), US Airways, Xlibris, Wawa, and others. Also included are
files of the Philadelphia regional office and records maintained by Deputy Director
Carol Kilko, which consist of records relating to Project Renaissance and weekly
conference calls. Signed letters of acceptance from companies as well as copies
of correspondence requiring the Governor's signature are also present.
Arranged chronologically by date.
Reference copies of correspondence from the Secretary of Community and Economic Development, the Director of the Action Team, and Team Development Specialists to company executives regarding financial assistance they can receive from the Department if they expand and/or locate their operations in Pennsylvania. A majority of the correspondence are letters of offer from Secretary McCullough outlining Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) financial assistance programs that may be of interest to individual companies. Correspondence from the Director and the Development Specialists establishes initial contact with companies, lays the groundwork for meetings abroad, confirms the receipt of offer acknowledgments, confirms the cancellation of offers and projects, and provides background information to Governor Ridge about companies and their potential ties to Pennsylvania.
Reporting to the Deputy Secretary for Community Affairs and Development, the Center for Community Building, created by the merger of the Community Development Housing Office and the Community Empowerment Office, provides funding and technical assistance to communities for various housing and community revitalization activities such as Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and the Communities of Opportunity Program. The Office also combats poverty by helping people and communities help themselves through grant, tax credit, and technical assistance programs for private non-profit corporations, local governments, and businesses. A wide variety of projects are funded including those involving education, job training, housing, food and nutrition, transportation, and economic-development. The office oversees the Project for Community Building, including the Family Savings Account program and the Community Development Bank. In addition, the Office administers building standards for factory-produced industrialized (modular) housing and is the clearinghouse for community-based infrastructure needs.
Unarranged.
Report issued by the Pennsylvania Military Base Development Committee discussing the major activities and events the Commonwealth and local defense groups undertook in preparation for and during the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process to defend the military installations and organizations located within the Commonwealth. The report discusses events that took place commencing August 2002 through the BRAC Commission hearing on July 7, 2005 to the start of the reuse process within Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Military Base Development Committee (PBDC) evolved from the Base Retention and Conversion - Pennsylvania Action Committee (BRAC-PAC) originally formed after the 1995 BRAC round. The Committee was charged with enhancing the military value at all installations and organizations within the Commonwealth, as well as the positions associated with those installations and organizations; assisting with the expansion of economic development opportunities and defense related industry clusters within the Commonwealth; welcoming all new federally-related missions, organizations, and operations to the Commonwealth; and to be the best possible host to all military organizations, their personnel, and their family members.
Reporting to the Deputy Secretary for Community Affairs and Development, the Center for Local Government Services (also known as the Governor's Center for Local Government Services) serves as an advocate for the Commonwealth's local governments, providing them with access to all state agencies, and working to eliminate red tape and expeditiously solving problems at the local level. The center is responsible for coordinating state programs in response to local issues and problems, and addressing local issues and problems involving the resources of more than one agency.
Unarranged.
Annual report covering July 1, 2000-June 30, 2001. Included are messages from Governor Tom Ridge, Lieutenant Governor Mark S. Schweiker, Secretary Sam McCullough, and Executive Director Jim Lombardo as well as summaries of the Center's accomplishments and details regarding the Land Use Planning and Technical Assistance Program (LUPTAP), Local Government Day, the Department's technology initiative, a review of municipal financial reporting procedures, the Shared Municipal Services Program, the Police Management Peer Program and Regional Police Assistance Grant Program, the regionalization of fire services, and the Capital Loan Program. Other information includes the Center's travels to out-of-state agencies; training and technical assistance; publications, staff, and awards received by Departmental personnel from township and borough associations.
Centralia Mine Fire Relocation Files,Grouped by file type (acquisition, correspondence, demolition, office, relocation), thereunder acquisition and relocation files are arranged alphabetically by surname or grouped into miscellaneous files; correspondence is arranged chronologically by date, demolition files are arranged numerically by contract/bid number; and office files are unarranged.
Records created and maintained by the Columbia County Redevelopment Authority (CCRA) while contracted with the Department to administer the state and federally funded Centralia Mine Fire Relocation Project. The Centralia Mine Fire ignited in 1962 during a landfill fire and continuously burns along the Buck Mountain and Mammoth Mountain coal seams, dispersing poisonous gasses into the air and creating sinkholes, thereby endangering Centralia residents. In 1984, the federal government appropriated $42 million to fund the Centralia Mine Fire Relocation Project, which aided in the voluntary relocation of Centralia residents affected by the fire. In 1992, the Commonwealth invoked eminent domain over the remaining privately held properties within the Borough, resulting in an order for mandatory relocation of the remaining residents. This order was still being legally challenged as of 2011.
Acquisition files consist of appraisal reports and reviews, title insurance policies, agreements of sale, occupancy and lease agreements, agency land acquisition statements, closing statements, and copies of deeds, all relating to properties purchased by the Commonwealth. Relocation files contain completed U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Claim for Replacement Housing forms, purchase agreements, building specifications, moving expense reports, residential relocation surveys, health study materials, home inspections, HUD settlement statements, and descriptions of the dwellings being replaced. Correspondence is between residents of Centralia and the CCRA as well as the Department of Community and Economic Development and CCRA relating to rental agreements, grievance hearings, appeal status, replacement housing construction, the possible creation of a subdevelopment for displaced Centralia residents, and other topics. Demolition files consist of bids and contracts from organizations to demolish uninhabited buildings within Centralia. The demolition files also contain payments, payroll, employee interviews, contractor and insurance certifications, permits, bonds, change orders, pre-conference minutes, correspondence, inspection notes and photographs. Office files are composed of tenant ledgers, correspondence, check requests, and computer database resources. Also present are newspaper clippings, maps, notes, handbooks, inspections, property record cards, depositions, asbestos abatement records, builder information, and land surveys.
Because some records in this series contain sensitive information, the Archives staff will determine the researcher's level of accessibility.
Local Government Budget Reports,Municipal budget reports for 1996-1998 are grouped chronologically by year, thereunder grouped alphabetically by county, and thereunder arranged alphabetically by municipality. County budget reports for 1996-1998 are grouped chronologically by year and thereunder arranged alphabetically by county. Budget reports for all counties and municipalities for 1999-2002 are grouped alphabetically by county and thereunder arranged alphabetically by county or municipality.
Reports regarding approved budgets for the upcoming fiscal year submitted
to the Center by counties and municipalities pursuant to the provisions of Act
396 of June 24, 1937. Information provided includes a detailed statement of
receipts and expenditures for various operating funds; reference to tax levy
or appropriation resolutions; and a summary for all general operating funds.
Reports for cities, boroughs, and townships also include: a certification statement;
reference to governing ordinances or resolutions; statements of receipts and
expenditures for various operating funds; and a schedule of taxes. Reports for
1999-2002 are not inclusive and only include a certification statement, reference
to governing ordinances or resolutions, and statements of receipts and expenditures.
For earlier records see, Local Government Budget Reports, 1974, 1977-1995 {series #34.9} within the Division of Municipal Statistics, Bureau of Local Government Services, Department of Community Affairs (RG-34).
Local Government Audit and Financial Reports,Grouped alphabetically by county and thereunder arranged alphabetically by
governing unit.
Annual audit and financial reports of counties and municipalities filed with the Center by the elected or appointed auditors of those governments. Collecting this data allowed the Department of Community and Economic Development to report online on a variety of financial considerations, such as tax revenues, charges for services, state and federal revenue, police and fire expenditures, general government costs, public works expenditures, and debt. Information provided includes: a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures of various operating funds; statements pertaining to taxes and debts; agency fund transactions; licenses; and certification by county auditors. Reports for city, borough and township reports include: a summary of receipts and expenditures; a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures for various operating funds, securities and investments, and inter-fund transfers; tax and debt statements; and certification by auditor or controller.
For earlier reports, see Local Government Audit
and Financial Reports, 1970-1995 {series #34.10} within the Division
of Municipal Statistics, Bureau of Local Government Services, Department of
Community Affairs (RG-34).
Audit and financial reports dating from 1986-present may be accessed through
the Department of Community and Economic Development Municipal Statistics website,
http://munstatspa.dced.state.pa.us/Reports.aspx.
Grouped chronologically by year, thereunder grouped alphabetically by governing unit.
Forms submitted to the Center by county and municipal governments in accordance with Act 47 of 1987 to assist the Center in identifying communities which may be in financial distress. Information provided on the forms applies to a municipality's prior fiscal year and includes whether a municipality maintained a deficit, had expenditures exceeding revenues, defaulted on loan, bond and/or pension fund payments, missed payroll, filed for bankruptcy, reached the maximum allowed for real estate tax collection, borrowed funds to meet expenditures, changed its accounting practices, or received a negative rating based on an audit. Other information provided includes the number of full-time and part-time municipal employees on the payroll at the beginning and the end of the fiscal year as well as narrative explanations relating to any questions answered in the affirmative or as to whether the municipality is in financial distress. Each form is certified by the municipality's presiding officer with his/her signature, title, telephone number, and date.
Formerly the Office of Travel, Tourism, and Film Promotion under the purview of the Deputy Secretary for Strategic Economic Sectors (1996-1999), the Center, reporting to the Deputy Secretary for Tourism and Marketing, promotes the Commonwealth's travel, tourism, and film industries as well as manages the Department's marketing strategy to enhance travel and film-related efforts. The Center also oversees funding for regional tourism and film offices in the Commonwealth and abroad. For related records, see the Bureau of Vacation and Travel Development (1959-1964), the Bureau of Travel Development (1965-1986), and the Bureau of Film Promotion (1980-1981) as well as News Releases, 1980, 1983, 1985-1995 {series 31.40}, which contain information regarding the economic impact of films produced in the Commonwealth, all within Records of the Department of Commerce (RG-31).
Grouped chronologically by fiscal year.
Records pertaining to Regional Marketing Initiative (also known as Regional Marketing Partnership) grants offered to organizations consisting of five or more counties working together (in conjunction with tourism promotion agencies) to attract visitors to specific regions within the Commonwealth. Grants initially were awarded for one year, but were shifted to three-year grants in 2004, allowing for stability in funding and long-term planning. Records present include applications, contracts, invoices, status reports, final reports, and deliverables such as brochures, newsclippings, recordings of radio and television commercials, and other promotional materials. Projects deal with websites, advertising campaigns, convention packages, maps, recreation and tour packages, and others. Organizations represented are the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau (PMVB), the Erie Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Columbia Montour Tourist Promotion Agency, Franklin Mills, Allegheny Heritage Development Corporation, Pennsylvania's Northeast Territory Visitor's Bureau, Green Space Alliance, Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau, Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC), PA Route 6 Tourist Association, Greater Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau, Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau, Potter County Visitors Association, Southern Alleghenies Planning and Development Corporation; Valley Forge Convention and Visitors Bureau, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, Explore Pennsylvania History, Capital Region Golf, Pennsylvania Amusement Parks Association, and others.
Also included are grant files from the Economic Development Regional Marketing
Grant Program, a program similar to the Regional Marketing Initiative program,
excepting that grants were solely offered to area loan organizations, industrial
development corporations, industrial and commercial development authorities,
and non-profit economic development corporations. Only two counties needed to
work together, and projects funded need to complement the Department's economic
development marketing plan.
To view special media, please make an appointment in advance by contacting the
Pennsylvania State Archives.
Tourism Marketing Files,
1979-1982, 1996-2003.
(15 cartons, 5 boxes)
{series #71.14} [Holdings]
Grouped chronologically by date span.
Records pertaining to the Center's marketing efforts both domestically and abroad. Included are records from the Center's international offices in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom consisting of correspondence, contracts with foreign public relations firms and foreign representatives, newsclippings, budgetary materials, and monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports. Materials from conferences, trade shows, and trade and sales missions to Asia, Canada, France, Germany, and Japan, which contain call sheets, schedules, programs, promotional materials, and exhibition booth information are also present. Also included are records relating to familiarization (FAM) tours provided to foreign representatives enabling them to market Pennsylvania more knowledgeably in their home country.
Records documenting the Center's domestic marketing efforts include a five-year strategic plan, conference materials from the Governor's Symposium on North America's Hunting Heritage, the National Tour Association, the Travel Industry Association of America, the National Governor's Association (NGA), and the National Association of State Development Agencies (NASDA), as well as materials from the Keystone Ride, Pennsylvania Downtown Center, and advertising arrangements with the Chicago Cubs, the Republican National Convention (RNC), and the U.S. Senior Open.
Also included are records from the Bureau of Travel Development (1965-1986) relating to the "You've Got A Friend in Pennsylvania" advertising campaign, contracted out to the Ketchum Advertising firm (formerly Ketchum, MacLeod, and Grove) to promote and develop Pennsylvania travel, tourism, and commerce through television, radio, and print media in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Correspondence, reports, print advertisements, billings, media plans, research, television and radio advertisements, promotional items (lapel pins, hats, postcards, pamphlets, brochures), newsclippings, studies of effectiveness, and budgetary materials are present. Some materials deal with Pennsylvania's Tercentenary (300th Birthday) celebrations.
Tourist Promotion Assistance Grant Program Files,Grouped chronologically by fiscal year.
Records of grants awarding and distributing matching funds, appropriated by the legislature, to the state's designated non-profit tourist promotion agencies (TPAs) which consist of convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) and other destination-marketing organizations. Funds distributed were used for advertising and promotional expenses incurred by promoting specific in-state travel destinations and not general overhead expenses. Each grant file contains the organization's grant application, grant agreement, financial records, audit reports, and related correspondence.
Organizations applying for funds include the Bedford County Visitors Bureau, Bethlehem City, the Cambria County Industrial Development Corporation, the National Center for the American Revolution, Northwest Pennsylvania Great Outdoors, Odunde, Inc., the Pennsylvania Route 6 Tourist Association, the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, Pittsburgh World Trade Center, the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania, the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, the Erie, Elmwood Park, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh Zoos, and others. Projects include the Angel Investing Symposium, the Sideling Hill Welcome Center, the Mid-Atlantic Business Conference for Science and Technology, the Robotics Zoo at Carnegie Mellon University, Lights of Liberty, Pittsburgh Property Opportunities, the Annual American Baseball Research Symposium, the Harley Davidson Visitor's Center in York County, the Tour de 'Toona, the Mid-Atlantic Venture Fair, the 2001 Army/Navy Football game, and others.
For earlier records, see Tourist Promotion Assistance Grant Program Files, 1982-1984 {series #31.25} within the Bureau of Travel Development's Technical Assistance Division of the Department of Commerce (RG-31).
Reporting to the Deputy Secretary for Community Affairs and Development, the Entrepreneurial Assistance Office promoted the economic vitality of communities by offering technical assistance and services that encouraged the creation, expansion, and retention of successful small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. The office served as a clearinghouse for small business by maintaining a statewide network of information sources on taxes, regulations, permit requirements, and other items of interest to small business owners.
The office also administered the federal Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) program in Pennsylvania. ARC is a regional federal-state economic development agency established in 1965 to provide funding for development projects within the Appalachian Region and is composed of the region's thirteen governors and a presidential appointee to represent the federal government. Development projects are aimed at improving the region's infrastructure and highway systems, and increasing job opportunities, per capita income, and global economic competition within the region. Community participation is provided through Local Development Districts (LDDs), of which Pennsylvania has seven, and each Governor appoints an alternate who oversees the ARC program at the state level. In Pennsylvania's case, this alternate is the Secretary or a Deputy Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). Prior to the establishment of DCED, the Pennsylvania ARC program was administered at different times by the Bureau of State and Federal Economic Aid (1967-1971), the Bureau of Appalachian Development (1972-1980), the Bureau of Appalachian Development and State Grants (1980-1986), the Bureau of State and Federal Assistance (1986-1987), the Technical Assistance Division of the Office of Enterprise Development (1987-1991), and the Bureau of Small Business and Appalachian Development (1992-1996), all within the Department of Commerce (RG-31), with one of its executives serving as the Governor's alternate. For more information about the Commission, see their website at www.arc.gov.
In 2003, the Office was renamed the Center for Entrepreneurial Assistance and its functions transferred to the Deputy Secretary of Business Development (later the Deputy Secretary for Business Assistance). For related records, see the Bureau of Minority Business Development (1972-1996) and the Bureau of Small Business and Appalachian Development (1992-1996) within Department of Commerce (RG-31).
Loosely grouped chronologically by date span.
Records of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) program in Pennsylvania
consisting of administrative files, correspondence, reading files, and project
and program files. Included are strategic planning materials, fiscal status
and financial reports, contracts, surveys, project reports, meeting files, grant
files, conference materials, promotional materials, testimony given by Governors
Thornburgh and Casey, directories, and other administrative records. Topics
addressed include the local development districts (LDDs), the Site Development
Program, the Appalachian Development Plan, the Small Communities Block Grant,
enterprise development, the Entrepreneurial Exchange Program, code of conduct,
policies and procedures, the Governor's Small Business Conference, capital loan
funds, revolving loan funds, investment program plans, implementation plans,
Commission research projects, rural development initiatives, amendments to the
Appalachian Regional Development Act (ARDA), and others. Also included are records
relating to the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority (PMBDA),
the Small Business Development Centers (SBDC), the former Office of Enterprise
Development (OED) (Department of Commerce's predecessor to the Entrepreneurial
Assistance Office), and the Entrepreneurial Assistance Office.
Appalachian Regional Commission Meeting Files,
1979, 1981, 1983, 1987-1997.
(1 carton, 2 boxes)
{series #71.31} [Holdings]
Grouped alphabetically by meeting body, thereunder arranged chronologically by meeting date.
Meeting files of the federal Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) used by the Governor's alternate to the Commission. Meetings attended include Alternates meetings, Governors' Quorum meetings, and committee and task force meetings. Committees represented are the Management Committee, Project Operations Committee, Research Committee, and the Tourism Task Force. Meeting files consist of minutes, agenda, reports, and supporting materials for agenda items. Topics addressed include the Appalachian Development Highway System, strategic planning, commission resolutions, appropriations and allocations, high school programs, tourism development and policy, export trade policy, state investment plans, special state requests and projects, commission research, special initiatives on education, the legislative status of the Commission, the appointment of a new executive director, the telecommunications conference, administrative matters, state assessments, business development programs, and rural development policy. Also included are conference and workshop proceedings from the Annual Conference on Telecommunications, the Local Development District Conference, and policy and program managers workshops.
Correspondence Files,
1995-1997.
(1 carton)
{series #71.4} [Holdings]
Grouped chronologically by year.
Correspondence files of Director Linda Goldstein, Contract Manager Terri Redmond
Wilson, and Minority Business Advocate Elvis Sollivan. Included is correspondence
from the Women's Business Advocate, Deputy Secretary for Community Affairs and
Development David E. Black, Small Business Resource Center consultant Brenda
Scott, the Local Development Districts, and others. Topics addressed include:
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant projects; strategic planning; speaking
engagements and events; the Pennsylvania Best Women in Business Conference;
revolving loan funds, the Small Business Development Centers; financial assistance
offered through the Manufacturing Extension Program, the Defense Procurement
Technical Assistance Cooperative and the Economic Development Administration;
and other issues related to the day-to-day business of the Office.
Grouped chronologically by year.
Records related to events attended by representatives of the Office, including correspondence, itineraries, programs, registration forms, and proceedings. Events include Entrepreneurs Day sponsored by the Enterprise Corporation of Pittsburgh, the North Coast Conference, the Annual Enterprise Award Luncheon, National Council for Urban Economic Development Conferences, Local Development District (LDD) retreats, and other speaking engagements, conferences, and meetings. Also present is the 1995 edition of Doing Business with the Commonwealth.
Local Development District Files,Grouped loosely chronologically by date span and thereunder loosely grouped by Local Development District.
A Local Development District (LDD) is a multi-county planning and development organization certified by the Governor as having the economic development of counties, parts of counties, or other political subdivisions within the Appalachian region as part of its mission. These organizations must be non-profit and may be a privately incorporated organization, a state agency, an interstate agency, or an association comprised of any combination of the three. An LDD works with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to identify priority needs of local communities, aid in the creation of economic development plans, strengthen local participation in ARC programs and ensure that ARC funds are used effectively and efficiently. There are seven LDDs in Pennsylvania (visit their websites by clicking on their linked names for more information):
Records contained in this series include program plans, project files, grant
applications, allocation breakdowns, financial statements, correspondence, assistance
summaries, quarterly and annual reports, impact monitoring materials, and deliverables
such as studies and feasibility reports. Topics and programs addressed include
the Enterprise Development Program, the Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs),
the local development district performance measurement system, ARC administrative
grants, ARC highway and access road programs, and the general administration
of the Local Development Districts. The Appalachian Regional Development Act
of 1965 with amendments, correspondence to the Washington Office of the Appalachian
Regional Commission, ARC interagency agreements and materials relating to the
Women's Business Development Program are also present.
For more records relating to the Local Development Districts and the Appalachian Regional Commission, see Administrative Files, 1981-1995 {series #31.55} within the Bureau of Small Business and Appalachian Development of the Department of Commerce (RG-31).
Records of the Contract Manager,Loosely arranged chronologically by date.
Correspondence, reports, and news clippings maintained by Contract Manager/Economic Development Analyst Terri Redmond Wilson. Topics addressed include Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant applications and agreements, the Enterprise Development Program, the the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) single application for assistance process, the Performance Measurement Task Force, the Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs), and ARC regional initiatives. Also included are the 1997 Annual Financing Strategy of the Department and the 1996 Development Report Card for the United States.
Previously under the management of the Executive Deputy Secretary, the Office of Administration and Budget provides central management services to the Department, including personnel, information management, budget and fiscal, and other internal administrative and support services. The functions of this Office were performed by the the Office of Management Services and its predecessors while within the Department of Commerce before that Department's abolishment in 1996. For related records see Office of Administration (1987-1993) within the Department of Commerce (RG-31).
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Procedural and operating manuals for the various grant and technical assistance programs offered by the Department. Programs include the Infrastructure Development Program, Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (PEDFA), Opportunity Grant Program, Child Care Challenge Grants for Non-Profit Child Care Organizations, Community Development Bank Program, Customized Job Training (CJT) Program, Local Economic Development Assistance (LEDA) Program, Workforce Leadership Grant Program, Industrial Sites Reuse Program (ISRP), Critical Job Training Grants, Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) Allocation Program, Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund (MELF), Job Creation Tax Credit (JCTC) Program, Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program, Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs), Enterprise Development Program, and Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority (PMBDA). Manuals from the Office of International Business Development, the Governor's Action Team, the Office of Chief Counsel, the Office of Communications, and the Center for Entrepreneurial Assistance are also present.
Information in each manual consists of: program narratives; program guidelines; functional and organizational statements; equipment, database, and office supply lists; contact/distribution lists; contractor/vendor lists; enacting legislation; grant application, agreement, and performance monitoring procedures; meeting procedures; documentation procedures; accreditation procedures; departmental guidelines; and examples of correspondence, forms, applications, and other related materials produced by each program or office.
Because some records in this series contain sensitive information, the Archives staff will determine the researcher's level of accessibility.
Established by Section 1310 of the Right-To-Know law (RTKL) (Act 3 of 2008), the Office of Open Records mission is to enforce the state's Right-to-Know law and to serve as a resource for citizens, public officials, and members of the media in obtaining public records of their government. The Office issues advisory opinions to agencies and information requesters; provides training courses to agencies, public officials, and public employees about RTKL; and reviews appeals of decisions made by Commonwealth and local agencies in relation to the openness of their records.
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First annual report issued by the Office of Open Records. Included is a message from the Executive Director as well as summaries and statistics detailing the number and status of appeals heard by the Office, the types of records being requested by the public, how many of the Office's final determinations have been appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, the date and location of training sessions held through the state, and media coverage of the Office. The report also includes biographies of the Office's staff members and notes how many requests the Office received for its own records and the types of questions asked of the Office by the those wanted to access state government records.
Reporting to the Deputy Secretary for International Business Development, PennPORTS directs and manages activities designed to maximize the economic impact of the state's ports. PennPORTS is responsible for harmonizing port operations with state planning and fiscal operations, coordinating port activities with economic development initiatives and priorities, and providing technical assistance to regional port authorities. This Office was under the purview of the Department of Commerce before that Department's abolishment in 1996.
Grouped by record type. Thereunder contract files are grouped by organization, and thereunder arranged numerically by contract number. Reports and other administrative materials are loosely grouped by port authority.
Contract files, reports, and other administrative materials maintained by the Office of PennPORTS. Contract files consist of correspondence and grant agreements between the Office and the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority (EWPPA), the Port of Pittsburgh Commission (PPC), the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA), the Philadelphia Port Commission, Allegheny County, the Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia, and the Flagship Niagara League. Professional services agreements between the Office and consultants for marketing, legal, research, strategic planning, and recruitment services, as well as interagency agreements with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are also present. Some annual and financial reports are included in these files. Grants funded projects for dredging, pier improvement, computing systems improvement, U.S. Brig Niagara programming, the production of Waterfront Philadelphia, and other projects.
Reports detail feasibility studies, economic impact analysis, and proposals for EWPPA, PRPA, PPC, and the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA). Topics addressed in these reports include the impact of Pennsylvania's ports on the state and their surrounding local communities, the proposed reuse of Chester shipyards, Pier 124 and Conrail, imported and exported goods, and port unification. Other administrative materials include PRPA marketing and promotional files, lease revenue bonds, board meeting files (agenda, minutes, resolutions, budget), budget materials (correspondence, projections, analysis), and sale, lease, and operating agreements. Strategic planning proposals submitted to EWPPA, materials related to the PennPORTS brochure and poster, and records pertaining to a trade mission to South America are also present.
Formerly the Technology Investment Office under the purview of the Executive Deputy Secretary, this office was transferred to the Deputy Secretary for Technology Investment in 2003. The Office's mission is to help Pennsylvania companies, entrepreneurs, universities, community leaders, and economic development organizations as they increase technology-related employment opportunities and technology skills within the Commonwealth. The office operates the Department of Community and Economic Development's technology initiatives and programs, include the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority (BFTDA) and Keystone Innovation Zones.
Loosely arranged alphabetically by subject matter.
Administrative records, subject files, and deliverables of the Key-Net Alliance, a nonprofit partnership established in 2001 between the Commonwealth and Adelphia Business Solutions (later Telcove). The partnership's mission was to bring telecommunications infrastructure to underserved areas throughout the state with funds provided equally by the both partners as well as grant funding from outside sources, including the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority (BFTDA). Included are meeting files and minutes of the Board of Directors; committee files, project files; requests for proposals (RFPs); contracts between the Alliance and the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED); the Alliance's articles of incorporation and by-laws; and performance, quarterly, and financial reports submitted to BFTDA. Projects of interest to or administered by the alliance include the I-TEC-99 Corridor fiberoptic network, community networks, the Harrisburg Region Technology corridor, Digital Rivers, and intermediate unit networks. Other issues addressed include Chapter 30 (Internet Broadband law); the growth of Verizon and Comcast relating to local telephone service competition; and Internet 2. The Key-Net Alliance was dissolved in 2004, and the related dissolution records, along with the articles of dissolution are present. The Secretary of Community and Economic Development and the Director of the Governor's Action Team served as Board Directors of the Alliance.
PMBDA is designed to stimulate the creation, retention and expansion of minority owned businesses and to create jobs in Pennsylvania by providing low-interest loans to finance a portion of the costs of land, building, machinery and equipment, and working capital to minority business enterprises unable to fully finance these projects with equity, bank financing, or other private and public sources. Administrative support is provided by the Center for Entrepreneurial Assistance (2003- ).
Arranged chronologically by date.
Meeting minutes of the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority (PMBDA). Topics addressed include loans presented for board decision, loan application review, current loan status, breakdowns of funds available, special issues, and policy questions. Also included are audit reports from the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LB&FC). For earlier records, see Meeting Files and Minutes, 1975-1996 {series #31.48} within the Bureau of Minority Business Development, Department of Commerce (RG-31).
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