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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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Transportation Construction Coalition Continues Call for Long-Term Investment
The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC), a partnership of 28 national associations and construction unions, co-chaired by AGC and the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, placed advertisements this week in Capitol Hill publications calling for a six-year surface… Read More
September 24, 2009
Senate Committee Begins Health Care Debate, Progress Slow
After months of attempting to find common ground on a comprehensive health care reform bill, the Senate Finance Committee began their markup of the America's Healthy Future Act this week without any initial Republican support.  The goal of Democratic leaders was to finish the markup by the end of… Read More
September 24, 2009
House Passes School Overhaul Bill; Authorizes Federal Investment in School Construction
On September 17, 2009, the House passed H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, which authorizes more than $4 billion for elementary and secondary school facility projects over the next two fiscal years, and ensures that school districts will receive funds for school… Read More
September 24, 2009
Senate Vacancy Temporarily Filled in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed Paul Kirk as the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's interim replacement. The appointment will last only until January 19, 2010, at which time a special election will be held in Massachusetts to fill the seat for the remainder of Kennedy's term. Kirk, a long-time… Read More
September 24, 2009
AGC Submits Supplemental Comments to Proposed Rule Mandating Project Labor Agreements
On September 23, AGC submitted supplemental comments to a July 14, 2009 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council notice of proposed rulemaking, which implemented President Obama's Executive Order 13502 to create new FAR contract clauses to be included in federal contracts should an agency… Read More
September 24, 2009
House Passes 3 Month Highway Program Extension
By a vote of 335 to 85 the House today voted to support a three month extension of authorization for the highway and transit programs which expire on September 30, 2009. The vote became embroiled in partisan gamesmanship when the Republican leadership opposed the bill being considered under a… Read More
September 23, 2009
FOMC sees economic pickup; AIA, MHC show mixed scene; most states lose jobs
"Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee [FOMC] met in August suggests that economic activity has picked up following its severe downturn," the Committee opined today. "Conditions in financial markets have improved further, and activity in the housing sector has increased....… Read More
September 23, 2009
AGC Joins Alliance with OSHA to Show Value of Safety Programs
On September 11, OSHA renewed its Alliance with the Roadway Work Zone Safety and Health Partners, which includes AGC, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, the International Union of Operating Engineers, the Laborers International Union of North America and the National Asphalt… Read More
September 22, 2009
Federal Contractor E-Verify Rule Now in Effect
A rule requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to use the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' E-Verify system to verify their employees' authorization to work in the U.S. is now in effect.  The rule applies to federal solicitations and contract awards… Read More
September 22, 2009
AGC Submits Comments on Proposed Rule Requiring Federal Contractors to Post NLRA Notices
On September 3, AGC submitted comments on a proposed rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor ("the Department") Office of Labor-Management Standards titled "Notification of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws."  The proposed rule implements Executive Order 13496, which requires federal… Read More
September 22, 2009

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