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Revised Program Scoring Criteria Announced

Submitted by DEBORAH L. BRUMFIELD on

March 25, 2025

The United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development (RD), which is comprised of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS), Rural Utilities Service (RUS), and Rural Housing Service (RHS), is amending 14 program funding opportunities to remove DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion)-related scoring criteria.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/25/2025-04988/amendment-of-rural-development-funding-opportunities-pursuant-to-the-executive-order-ending-radical