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2024 AGC & HCSS Highway Work Zone Safety Survey
May 23, 2024
  Sixty-four percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, putting motorists and workers at risk, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More

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House to Vote on WRRDA Next Week
TAKE ACTION: Urge Your Congressman to Support WRRDA The House of Representatives is slated to vote on the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), H.R. 3080, next week. Please take action and urge your U.S. Representative to vote “yes” on H.R. 3080. Prior to the government shutdown, the… Read More
October 17, 2013
Clark and Addivinola Secure Their Party’s Nomination
The race for the Democratic nomination on Tuesday, tantamount to a special election victory in the Boston suburban 5th Congressional District, was projected to finish within a razor-thin margin.  It didn't. State Sen. Katherine Clark, riding a large turnout from her Malden-Melrose political base,… Read More
October 17, 2013
Government Shutdown Debt Limit Update
With time running out to raise our nation’s debt limit by this Thursday, Oct. 17 and the government entering its 15th day of being shutdown, House and Senate leaders are working to cobble together deals in their respective chambers. This morning, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and… Read More
October 15, 2013
Day 10 of Government Shutdown – Six Week Debt Limit Extension Possible
As the partial government shutdown continues into its tenth day, there have been signs that a potential, short-term deal to end the government shutdown and avert a national default by temporarily raising the debt ceiling may be in the works.  Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner (R-… Read More
October 11, 2013
Most Senior Republican Retiring from the House
Twenty-two term Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.-13), the most senior Republican in the House (4th overall), announced that he will not seek re-election next year in his marginal Tampa Bay district.  The veteran congressman is one of sixteen Republicans who represent a district in which President Obama… Read More
October 10, 2013
AGC Submits Comments on Past Performance Evaluation Proposed Rule
Proposed Rule Would Limit Federal Contractor Response Time to Evaluations On Oct. 7, AGC submitted comments objecting to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council’s proposed rule that would shorten the minimum 30-day past performance evaluation (PPE) review period for federal contractors to… Read More
October 10, 2013
AGC Submits Testimony to House Panel on Federal Contract Bundling
AGC Calls for Agency Economic Justification for Bundling & Increased Oversight On Oct. 10, AGC submitted testimony to the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, which held a hearing on the impact of federal contract bundling on small businesses. While not opposed to… Read More
October 10, 2013
The Government Shutdown: Will It Shut Down Your Company?
This week marks the first partial federal government shutdown in 17 years. The shutdown started when the deadline to extend congressional spending authority passed without an agreement on a spending plan. Due to the shutdown, the U.S. government closed a number of its non-essential services as… Read More
October 3, 2013
EPA Seeking Comments on Report Regarding Waters of the U.S.
Waters Advocacy Coalition to Hold Webinar on How Report Could Impact your Business EPA is seeking comments on its recently released draft report, Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence, which details how smaller, isolated water… Read More
October 3, 2013
Government Shutdown Continues
Debt Ceiling Looms The partial government shutdown is on its third day and there is no clear indication as to how it will end or how long it will last.  The House of Representatives and the Senate have spent almost a week playing a game of legislative ping-pong, where the Senate passed four clean… Read More
October 3, 2013

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