ACEC NEWS / ADVOCACY
The following message was sent to ACEC members on 8/6/24 via email as part of Linda Bauer Darr’s ongoing Tuesday Letter series. To sign up for ACEC’s emails, please visit:…
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ACEC’s advocacy team has learned that Senate Majority Leader Schumer will bring up HR 7024, the “Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024,” for a procedural vote…
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The Engineering and Public Works Roadshow has been recognized with a Power of Associations Silver Award by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) in The Power of Industry and…
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In 1984, the Supreme Court established the Chevron doctrine, which required courts to defer to federal administrative agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes as long as they were based on a…
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Recently, ACEC sent letters to key House and Senate champions of the nuclear provisions in the “Fire Grants and Safety Act” thanking them for their leadership. The bill passed both…
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The U.S. Department of Transportation Project Delivery Center of Excellence has included contract documents, templates, and other resources from the Engineers Joint Contracts Document Committee (EJCDC) – a joint initiative…
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This week, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to confirm David Rosner, Lindsay See, and Judy Chang to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. As you…
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“No single thing created the workforce shortage, so no single thing can fix it.” That was the recurring theme throughout last week’s inaugural Engineering and Public Works Workforce Summit at…
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A top priority for ACEC’s “citizen lobbyists” during the ACEC Annual Convention and Legislative Summit will be the restoration of full deductibility of R&D expenses. The House has done its…
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ACEC is strongly opposed to a proposed change from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to the regulations governing the procurement, management, and administration of engineering and design services by local…
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