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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
  AGC & 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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Omnibus Legislation Releases $2.1 Billion in Earmarked Funds
The fiscal year (FY) 2016 omnibus appropriations bill, passed by Congress at the end of December, includes a provision allowing states to use federal-aid highway funding that was previously earmarked for specific projects to be used for other projects located nearby. Specifically, the provision… Read More
February 4, 2016
Iowa Gearing Up for Democratic & Republican Caucuses
If you’ve watched any presidential election coverage lately, you’ve no doubt heard a lot about the upcoming Iowa caucuses.  Unlike most voters who will participate in a primary election by casting a ballot early or at a polling location on election day, Democratic and Republican voters in Iowa… Read More
February 4, 2016
Federal Contractors Conference Early-Bird Rate Expires 1/31
Save $75 on Registration Fee; Held May 10-11 in DC Register before January 31 for the 2016 AGC Federal Contractors Conference (FEDCON) and save $75 off the registration fee. FEDCON—held May 10-11 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.—is the premier conference for federal construction… Read More
February 4, 2016
Final FY 2016 Funding Bill Unveiled
Passage Expected Before Christmas On Wednesday, Congressional leaders released a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that will fund federal agencies and programs for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2016.  Overall, the bill includes mostly good news for construction accounts, as many… Read More
February 4, 2016
Tax Extender Legislation Headed Toward Passage
On Thursday, the House passed the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015 by a 318 to 109 vote, with three republicans voting against the measure and 77 democrats in favor.  The PATH Act renews all expired provisions in some form.  The bill makes certain tax… Read More
February 4, 2016
AGC Testifies at IRS Hearing on Section 199
On Wednesday, AGC provided commentary to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department officials during a public hearing on IRS’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [REG–136459–09] regarding the Section 199 domestic production activities deduction (DPAD). Specifically, the testimony given by… Read More
February 4, 2016
Government Watchdog Finds EPA Violated Law with Grassroots Campaign in Favor of its Own Rule
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO), in response to a request from the top Republican on the Senate Environment Committee, concluded that several aspects of the social media and grassroots campaign undertaken by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) around the Waters of the U… Read More
February 4, 2016
Winners and Losers
The GOP presidential field took to a Las Vegas stage for their fifth and final debate of 2015 earlier this week.  Here are the winners and losers:    Winners Jeb Bush: With declining poll numbers, this debate was a make-or-break moment for the former Florida governor.  Of the… Read More
February 4, 2016
Transportation Bill Nearing End of the Road
Contact Your Senators & Ask Them to Support the FAST Act This afternoon by a vote of 359-65 passed the conference report to HR. 22, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, which is the first long-term transportation bill in more than a decade.  The Senate is now expected… Read More
February 4, 2016
President Signs AGC Procurement Priorities into Law
Prior to Thanksgiving, the president signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2016 (NDAA Bill), which includes several AGC-backed federal procurement reform provisions that will help prevent individual surety fraud, allow joint ventures to submit individual businesses’ relevant… Read More
February 4, 2016

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