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Spotlight Your Achievements! AGC Launches Awards Season with the Opening of Build America, AGC in the Community, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion Awards
July 15, 2024
Apply by Thursday, October 31, 2024!  AGC of America is proud to announce the launch of the 2025 AGC Awards competitions! The Baldwin Group Build America Awards (including the Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence category) and AGC in the Community competitions recognize the nation's most… Read More

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Administration Proposes Rule Implementing Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements
On July 14, 2009, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued a notice of proposed rulemaking implementing President Obama's Executive Order 13502.  This action created new FAR contract clauses to be included in federal contracts should an agency choose to require a Project Labor… Read More
July 24, 2009
Federal Government Makes Employers Subject of Immigration Enforcement with I-9 Audits and E-Verify Monitoring
In recent weeks, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun fulfilling its promise of investigating employers who hire illegal workers by initiating two major steps: conducting audits of employers' I-9 forms and preparing for increased monitoring of the E-Verify System. As mentioned in a… Read More
July 24, 2009
DHS to Implement E-Verify Rule But Revoke No-Match Rule
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on July 8 announced the Administration's intent to "push ahead with full implementation" of a rule requiring federal contractors to use the E-Verify system to verify employees' authorization to work in the U.S.  The E-Verify rule will apply to federal… Read More
July 24, 2009
School Modernization Stimulus Funds Released Early
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced July 1 that more than $2.7 billion of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 is being made available early to help states as they face increasing budgetary pressures. According to the… Read More
July 24, 2009
AGC Member Testifies on Need for Highway Trust Fund Revenue
Left: Congressman Earl Blumenauer (left), Ways and Means Committee member, talks with Don Weaver (right) after the hearing. AGC Highway and Transportation Division Chairman Don Weaver, Weaver Bailey Contractors (El Paso, Ark.), testified before the House Ways and Means Committee asking for action… Read More
July 23, 2009
Health Care Proposals Prove Risky for Small Businesses
The massive $1.5 trillion health care overhaul currently meandering through Congress is going through five committees (three in the House and two in the Senate). So far two House committees and one Senate committee have finished their consideration of the bill. Based on AGC's analysis of the parts… Read More
July 23, 2009
AGC Member Testifies Before Small Business Panel on Water and Wetlands Regulation
Trey Pebley, Vice President of McAllen Construction, Inc., of McAllen, Texas, testified Wednesday before the House Small Business Committee on the impact of federal regulation over water and wetlands on small businesses and family farmers.The Committee conducted the hearing to gather testimony on… Read More
July 23, 2009
Update on Card Check
On July 16th the New York Times reported on a potential compromise on the “so-called†Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). The real story behind the story is that one unnamed senator among six that are working on a compromise leaked to the Times that they will likely drop the card-check portion of… Read More
July 23, 2009
Administration Proposes Rule Implementing Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements
Guidance does not include mandate to use PLAs On July 14, 2009, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued a notice of proposed rulemaking implementing President Obamaâ€TMs Executive Order 13502, by creating new FAR contract clauses to be included in Federal contracts should an agency… Read More
July 23, 2009
Senate Action Imminent on S. 1005 - AGC Urges Members to Contact Senators
Key Senate staff has indicated that S. 1005, the Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2009, could be up for a vote for the full Senateâ€TMs consideration as early as next week. S.1005 authorizes $39.191 billion for EPA water infrastructure programs over the next five years, including: $20 billion… Read More
July 23, 2009

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