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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
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The latest project forecasts, expert insight on upcoming regulatory hurdles, and ample networking opportunities with agency decision makers are critical to being competitive in the federal construction market. Join construction industry leaders and their… Read More
July 23, 2015
On March 25, two committees in the House—the Small Business and Armed Services Committees—took action on AGC-supported construction procurement reform legislation. The House Small Business Committee unanimously approved a construction procurement reform bill and the House Armed Services… Read More
July 23, 2015
Prohibits Reverse Auctions for Construction Contracts
Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) introduced AGC-supported legislation that would help prohibit reverse auctions for direct-federal construction services contracts. The Commonsense Contracting Act of 2015, H.R. 1444,… Read More
July 23, 2015
Take Part in the Hardhats for Highways Ten-Week Grassroots Blitz
Congress needs to understand the need to fix the Highway Trust Fund before the current extension expires. In addition to the five “e-hardhat” letters that we are asking you and your employees to send to your… Read More
July 23, 2015
Visit AGC’s Action Center at www.agc.org/take_action
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) established a pilot program that will allow state and local governments to use local geographic hiring preferences on their federal-aid highway and federal transit assisted contracts. The… Read More
July 23, 2015
On Wednesday, the House approved a Fiscal Year 2016 budget resolution, H. Con. Res. 27, by a 228-199 vote, with 17 Republicans voting in opposition. The pivotal vote for successful passage of a final version came minutes earlier, when House Republicans voted 219 to 208 to adopt a… Read More
July 23, 2015
AGC, along with a coalition of stakeholders, are urging Congress to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins). Perkins is an existing avenue that helps students prepare for secondary and postsecondary education by providing access to federal dollars to offset the… Read More
July 23, 2015
June 8-9, 2015 | Colorado Springs, Colorado
The AGC Financial Issues Committee (FIC) Summer Meeting will be held June 8-9, 2015, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. The link to the meeting’s registration page is here. The meeting is geared toward member… Read More
July 23, 2015
On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee held a fourth in a series of recent tax reform hearings on international taxation with four witnesses on the panel including: Pam Olson, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Anthony Smith, Vice President of Tax & Treasurer, Thermo Fisher Scientific; Dr… Read More
July 23, 2015
AGC Members Take Action; Help Drive Forward Progress
After a concerted advocacy effort by AGC and its members, a bipartisan group of 85 members of the House of Representatives this week sent an AGC-supported letter urging appropriators to utilize Harbor Maintenance Trust… Read More
July 23, 2015
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