ISSUE / Week of March 9, 2015
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The GAO has issued a new report entitled Auto Safety: Status of NHTSA’s Redesign of Its Crashworthiness Data System. It can be read at https://goo.gl/jLpyff The GAO has issued a new report...
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Appropriations,Federal BudgetSeptember 09,2015 |CBO Says HTF Spending More Slowly; Size of Next Bailout Shrinks
March 11, 2015 The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its updated baseline projections for federal spending and revenue earlier this week. CBO had issued a preliminary baseline in...
Federal Budget,Federal Governance,Governance,Highway Trust Fund
Congressional Estimating Body Says White House Tax Plan Not Enough To Pay For GROW AMERICA
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 11, 2015 The tax estimating body used by Congress has determined that the President’s proposed funding offset for the GROW AMERICA surface transportation reauthorization bill falls $21...
Aircraft,Airports,Aviation,Federal Budget,Federal Funding,Federal Governance,Fuel tax,Governance,Highway Trust Fund,Highways,Maritime,Ports
Treasury Releases 5-Year Projections For Other Trust Funds
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 11, 2015 The President’s budget, released last month, gave long-term cash flow forecasts for the largest federal trust fund accounts, like Social Security and Medicare, as well as the...
Amtrak,Commuter Rail,Federal Governance,Freight rail,Governance,Rail,Railroads
Supreme Court Rules Amtrak Is A Governmental, Not Private, Entity
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 11, 2015 On Monday, for the second time in two weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in a railroad case. In U.S. DOT vs. Association of American Railroads, the Court held that...