ACEC NEWS / ADVOCACY
The big picture: The National Defense Authorization Act includes ACEC-backed language that increases the longstanding six percent cap on design fees to ten percent for work performed for the Corps…
Read MoreACEC was successful in securing an exemption for A/E services subject to Brooks Act procurement rules from a final Biden Administration rule requiring the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLA)…
Read MoreThe American Council of Engineering Companies continues to advocate for an urgent fix to the R&D tax to preserve American innovation and our competitiveness in the global marketplace. Here’s what…
Read MoreToday, the National Institute of Lobbying Ethics (NILE) announced that ACEC’s Dave Bender was named one of just two Top PAC Professionals of the Year. This award recognizes excellence in…
Read MoreACEC and a coalition of business allies urged Congress to take immediate action to support innovation and fix the R&D amortization requirement. Starting in 2022, engineering firms and other innovators…
Read MoreJames Buchanan, our nation’s 15th president, spoke of his love for what he termed “the noise of democracy” – the voices of the people who consent to be governed speaking…
Read MoreWe are rapidly approaching the end of the federal fiscal year and the prospects for a government shutdown on October 1 appear increasingly likely. The House Speaker is still trying…
Read MoreMaking its third stop since announcing its nationwide plan to highlight impactful infrastructure projects and the need for a larger workforce to make more of these projects a reality, the…
Read MoreOn Wednesday, September 13, at 10 a.m., the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a hearing on “Examining the Effects of Extreme Heat and Weather on Transportation.” Testifying…
Read MoreACEC thanks its members who have been working with us to build support for the bipartisan legislation to repeal the R&D amortization requirement (H.R. 2673/S. 866). Those efforts are bearing…
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