On May 19, I had the privilege, along with a handful of other members of the National Association for Business Economics, to brief Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Governor Dan Tarullo on the state of the economy. Thanks to the feedback many of the 12,000 subscribers to the Data DIGest… Read More May 28, 2009
Capitol Hill's newspaper, The Hill, listed AGC as the only commercial construction industry association on its Top Lobbyists of 2009 list.
AGC was cited for its work in "crafting" the economic stimulus package. Read the entire list here.
May 28, 2009
Tight on money? The AGC Bookstore has dropped the price for the HAZWOPER 40-Hour Course, HAZWOPER 24-Hour Course and HAZWOPER 8-Hour Annual Refresher. Tight on time? Now is your opportunity to save time by taking these courses online.
Online Institue - HAZWOPER 40-Hour Course
New Low Price… Read More May 27, 2009
The challenging economy is the subject of conversation anytime construction executives get together these days. Most businesses are down, and everyone has hunkered down into survival mode until the second half of 2009. One area, interestingly, that is seeing growth is the CEO Performance… Read More May 27, 2009
Nightly Business Report on PBS recently featured AGC CEO Steve Sandherr. In the interview, Sandherr talked about how the stimulus will help improve the economy and serve as important first step to investing in the nation's aging infrastructure.
Sandherr explained how the stimulus is quickly… Read More May 27, 2009
There are only three webinars left in this four-part series. This webinar series provides an overview of the existing process and walks attendees through the changing landscape in Federal Contracting. It's more important than ever that contractors -- those experienced in Federal work or those… Read More May 27, 2009
The Steering Committee of the AGC M&U Division met on May 19, 2009 at AGC’s Capitol Hill Legislative Headquarters in Washington, DC to discuss future activities and priorities of the division.
M&U Chairman Art Daniel presided over the meeting. In addition to conducting internal planning… Read More May 26, 2009
On May 14, 2009, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed S.1005, the Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2009 with a strong bipartisan vote of 17-2. The bill authorizes $38.9 billion for EPA water infrastructure programs over the next five years, and includes $20 billion for the… Read More May 26, 2009
ARRA highlights for individual Agency Programs that may be of interest for M&U Contractors.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA has released over $3 billion dollars to states for Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Programs and Water Quality Management Program Grants. These… Read More May 26, 2009
OMB & FAR Coucil seeking industry input on interim rules for ARRA projects.
On March 31, 2009, the FAR Councils issued a series of interim rules amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to implement several key provisions set forth in the American Recovery and Reinvestment… Read More May 26, 2009
