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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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AGC Reaccredited as an Authorized Provider of IACET CEUs
The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has awarded reaccreditation status to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). IACET Authorized Providers are the only organizations approved to offer IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The accreditation… Read More
March 26, 2013
Proposed DBE Program Changes are Deemed Significant
AGC has learned that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has determined that the September 6, 2012 proposed changes to its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program regulations are “significant” and therefore will be given closer scrutiny. When the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was… Read More
March 26, 2013
Transportation Funding Targeted in House Approved Budget – Senate Version Likely This Week
  On Thursday, the House completed action on Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) version of a FY 2014 budget resolution mostly by a party-line vote of 221 to 207. While the budget resolution is nonbinding, it nevertheless establishes the overall framework for funding government programs… Read More
March 25, 2013
MAP-21 Funding Levels Included in Continuing Resolution
The House and Senate this week finalized action on a continuing resolution (H.R 933) to fund federal government programs through the remainder of the fiscal year (Sept. 30, 2013). Following a strong push by AGC lobbyists and a grassroots effort by AGC members, the Senate amended the House version… Read More
March 25, 2013
NLRB Holds that Dues Check-Off Survives Contract Expiration
An employer must continue to honor a dues check-off provision in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) even after the CBA expires, the National Labor Relations Board recently ruled, overturning 50 years of precedent.  The Board now holds that an employer may unilaterally cease dues check-off only… Read More
March 25, 2013
Federal Agencies to Discuss P3 Market at 2013 Federal Contractors Conference
In addition to discussions with lead personnel representing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Energy, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Overseas Building… Read More
March 24, 2013
Mark Sanford Clears the First Hurdle of His Political Comeback
On Tuesday, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) easily claimed the top position in the 1st Congressional District's special primary last night, capturing 37 percent of the vote within a huge field of sixteen Republican candidates. He will advance to the April 2nd run-off election against… Read More
March 23, 2013
AGC Signs on to Letter Calling for Protection of Tax Exempt Municipal Bonds
AGC and a diverse group of more than 55 national coalition partners representing state and local governments, housing and infrastructure developers, transportation groups and private industry, have urged the U.S. Senate to support the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds which local and state… Read More
March 23, 2013
Senate Panel Unanimously Approves Water Resources Development Act Bill
On March 20, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee unanimously approved a Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). This bill represents a bipartisan effort to address our nation’s aging navigational system of inland waterways, coastal harbors and ports, locks and dams, and flood… Read More
March 23, 2013
Whistleblower Complaint Procedures for Affordable Care Act Announced
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published an interim final rule that governs whistleblower complaints filed under Section 1558 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Section 1558 of the ACA provides protection to employees against retaliation by… Read More
March 22, 2013

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