In an All-Agency Memorandum issued on May 29, 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) provided guidance to contracting agencies on the applicability of Davis-Bacon labor standards to federal and federally-assisted construction work… Read More June 26, 2009
On June 22, AGC submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) written comments for consideration in the interim final regulation on federally-assisted projects. These projects would include building, highway and municipal and utility projects funded by the stimulus. Read AGC's comments… Read More June 26, 2009
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) have implemented a series of regional compliance seminars in various cities throughout the country. Each seminar will be offered free of charge to employers.
OFCCP, responsible… Read More June 26, 2009
On June 23, 2009, the House Appropriations Committee approved a Military Construction and Veterans Affairs funding bill that totals $77.9 billion for FY 2010. This is $239 million more than the President’s request and $5.0 billion more than fiscal year 2009. The bill provides $48.2 billion in… Read More June 26, 2009
On June 25, the House Energy & Water Development Subcommittee reported a $33.3 billion bill funding the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of Energy for FY 2010. This funding amount represents a decrease of $1.1 billion below the President’s budget request and… Read More June 26, 2009
AGC has posted new fact sheets about construction in every state at www.agc.org/factsheets, including the estimates of the impact of $1 billion of construction spending on a state's economy and the percentage change in construction employment from May 2008 to May 2009. Also, AGC has compiled fact… Read More June 26, 2009
Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Ranking Republican Jim Inhofe (R-OK) indicated today their support for an 18 month extension of authorization for the federal highway and transit programs which expire on September 30, 2009. The EPW Committee… Read More June 25, 2009
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit on Wednesday reported out the Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009 a six-year reauthorization of the federal highway and transit programs to replace SAFETEA-LU which expires on September 30, 2009. While… Read More June 25, 2009
The immediate past president of AGC Chapter Colorado Contractors Association, Don Hanneman (Castle Rock Construction Company), was featured on the local news June 23. During his interview, Dan discussed jobs created and saved due to the stimulus funds.
Watch the video here.
For more information… Read More June 25, 2009
As part of the Transportation Construction Coalition, AGC and other coalition members have launched a new advertising campaign in Capitol Hill-targeted publications to push for immediate passage of a six-year surface transportation investment bill.
View the ad here.
June 25, 2009
