Congress Restores Aid for Small Manufacturers in Oregon, OMEP Announces.News/Business Editors PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2003 The U.S. Congress has voted to support America's small manufacturers by restoring funds for an effective public-private program that stimulates the economy and bolsters our production base to compete globally with low wage countries. The Omnibus Appropriation legislation passed by Congress last Friday includes at least $105.9 million dollars for the NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP MEP maximum expiratory pressure. MEP, n muscle energy procedure; diagnostic and therapeutic technique. Pulsed muscle energy techniques (MET) and integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique (INIT) are two examples. ) in the FY 2003 budget. Because of this Congressional action, small manufacturers in Oregon will continue to have access to the technical assistance and business support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services of the Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership (OMEP OMEP Organisation Mondiale pour l'Education Préscolaire (French: World Organization for Early Childhood Education) OMEP Organización Mundial para la Educación Preescolar ). OMEP has worked directly with 500 small and mid-sized Oregon manufacturers to help them adopt new technologies and modern business practices, grow their companies and provide family wage jobs for Oregon workers. With 98 percent of Oregon's 7,000 manufacturers considered to be small businesses, many more companies could benefit from OMEP's services. "We are encouraged to see Congress acknowledge the value of the MEP programs," says Pat Murphy Pat Murphy may refer to one of the following individuals:
With a network of 400 centers located across the U.S. and Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , MEP employs more than 2,000 professionals to provide technical assistance and business support services to America's small manufacturers. Each local center is evaluated annually on measurable criteria including job creation and retention, client cost savings and investment in modernization. A study by the U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census found that MEP clients experience productivity gains more than four times greater than comparable firms. For more information about OMEP's services for Oregon manufacturers, call 503/725-2660 or visit OMEP on the web at www.omep.org. |
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