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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure To Invest In Construction Education & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
August 26, 2024
  51·çÁ÷ & Arcoro Workforce Survey 94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies The nation’s failure to invest in construction… Read More

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Safety Management Training Course
November 9-11, 2009 - Madison, WI 51·çÁ÷’s Safety Management Training Course (SMTC) provides intensive instruction on the basic skills needed to manage a safety program within a company. General and specialty contractors, 51·çÁ÷ Chapter staff and other professionals involved in safety training,… Read More
October 29, 2009
House Health Care Legislation Unveiled
Includes employer mandates, insurance policy mandates, premium and tax increases, and Medicare cuts After weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released legislation that will overhaul the nation's health care system. The 1,900 page legislation comes with a… Read More
October 29, 2009
Congressmen Introduce Pension Relief Bill
Impacts single- and multi-employer plans  Representatives Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.) and Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) Tuesday introduced H.R. 3936, the Preserve Benefits and Jobs Act, which that would provide single- and multi-employer pension plan funding relief to mitigate against the effects of investment… Read More
October 29, 2009
Senate Remain at Impasse on Home Buyer Tax Credit, Net Operating Loss Expansion
Senate may vote next week Senators have been trying to reach an agreement this week on an amendment to legislation that would extend unemployment insurance that would expand both the first-time home buyer tax credit and net operating loss (NOL ) carry-back from two to five years. Senator Max… Read More
October 29, 2009
Senate Environment Committee Holds Hearings on Climate Legislation
Bill will increase energy and fuel costs, restrict highway capacity improvements   The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this week conducted three days of legislative hearings with over 50 witnesses providing testimony on S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, a bill… Read More
October 29, 2009
House Passes EPA Appropriations Bill, Significant Water Funding Increase
Today the House of Representatives approved the conference report providing appropriations for the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior and other agencies. The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 passed on a party line vote (… Read More
October 29, 2009
Obama Administration Issues Additional Guidance on Federal Contracting
In a final series of directives issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on October 27, the administration said that the civilian agencies should increase their acquisition workforce by at least five percent by 2014. In addition, the agency called for a limit on the use of noncompetitive… Read More
October 29, 2009
Appropriations for Army Corps and Bureau of Reclamation Signed by President
President Barack Obama on October 28 signed into law $33.5 billion spending bill to fund government energy and water programs for the 2010 fiscal year. The final piece of legislation includes funding for the Corps of Engineers of $5.4 billion, $43 million above FY 2009 and $320 million above the… Read More
October 29, 2009
SBA Proposes New Rules Revising Small Business Contracting
U.S. Small Business Administration on October 28 announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that would substantially revise contracting rules for firms benefiting from the 8(a) Business Development program. The proposed changes are the result of the first comprehensive review of the 8(a) program in… Read More
October 29, 2009
House Education and Labor Committee Holds Hearing on Nevada OSHA
On October 29, the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on "Nevada's Workplace Health and Safety Enforcement Program: OSHA's Findings and Recommendations." The Committee was highly critical of Nevada's State OSHA and the deficiencies cited in federal OSHA's review of their program (… Read More
October 29, 2009

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