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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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Congress completed action on a thirty-day Continuing Resolution to keep government programs operating in the new fiscal year while it continues to debate the necessary appropriations bills for the various federal agencies. Included in the legislation is a thirty-day spending authorization for the… Read More
October 2, 2009
51·çÁ÷ unveiled a new plan designed to revive the hardest hit sector of the economy, the nation's construction industry. The plan, "Build Now for the Future: A Blueprint for Economic Growth," is designed to reverse predictions that construction activity will continue to shrink through 2010, crippling… Read More
October 1, 2009
Congress completed action on a thirty-day Continuing Resolution to keep government programs operating in the new fiscal year while it continues to debate the necessary appropriations bills for the various federal agencies. Included in the legislation is a thirty-day spending authorization for the… Read More
October 1, 2009
The Senate Finance Committee continues to work on a comprehensive health care reform bill. The Democratic leadership had hoped to have the Committee finish its work last week and move toward merging its version with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's (HELP) version.… Read More
October 1, 2009
Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Wednesday introduced an 821-page bill (S. 1733) aimed at reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions through a cap and trade program, promoting energy independence, and transitioning to a clean energy economy.
Overall, the "Clean Energy Jobs… Read More
October 1, 2009
The first quarterly reporting deadline for the Recovery Act is October 10, 2009, for all contracts and funds issued February 14 to September 30, 2009. Section 1512 of the Recovery Act requires information about the project and the jobs it creates, plus salary disclosure for certain federal… Read More
October 1, 2009
On September 30, Senate and House Appropriators agreed to a Conference Report funding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works Program at a level of $5.4 billion for FY 2010. 51·çÁ÷ sent a letter to Appropriators calling for a minimum of $5.5 billion, citing the current economic climate, high… Read More
October 1, 2009
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) met on Thursday, October 1, to examine the progress to date on implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The hearing addressed implementation efforts by the Department of Transportation.
The Secretary provided the… Read More
October 1, 2009
NEW MEASURES NEEDED TO STEM CONSTRUCTION CRISIS AS NEW FIGURES SHOW DECLINE IN NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SPENDING
August Data Shows Fourth Consecutive Drop, in Contrast to Housing Rebound
New figures showing an almost 5 percent increase in spending on single-family homebuilding and residential… Read More
October 1, 2009
In July, as part of a highly-competitive national grant competition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $156 million in clean diesel grants, including $3 million to the Minnesota Environmental Initiative to support voluntary retrofit efforts by members of 51·çÁ÷ of Minnesota and… Read More
September 30, 2009