Last week, AGC helped eliminate a rule issued by the Department of the Army to the Army Federal Acquisition Regulation that sought to remove contracting authority from 400 engineers within the Army Corps of Engineers. The rule would have removed construction experts from having the authority to make construction contracting decisions on Corps projects. The Army issued this rule without providing for any public comment and claimed that such a rule would not impact the contracting industry.
At the urging of AGC, Representatives Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) sent the Army a letter calling for the implementation of this rule to cease and allow for further oversight of an otherwise behind-closed-doors rulemaking process. AGC met with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement Harry Hallock with several AGC members to articulate why such a rule made no sense for the Army, the Corps or the construction industry.
For more information, please contact Jimmy Christianson at 703-837-5325 or christiansonj@agc.org. Return to Top