ISSUE / Week of September 5, 2016
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September 7, 2016 The U.S. Senate at 5:07 p.m. today officially brought up the Water Resources Development Act (S. 2848) Yesterday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made...
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Last month, the New York Times ran a lengthy investigation into how non-profit organizations and think tanks are funded. There was a lot baked in to the story (some of it inaccurate and misleading)...
Guest Op-Ed: Surface Transportation Board Is Headed Down the Wrong Track
September 07, 2016 | Edward HambergerGuest op-ed by Ed Hamberger, President and CEO, Association of American Railroads. Congress set the nation’s transportation system on the right path when it partially de-regulated the freight...
Talks Begin on Short-Term FY17 Continuing Resolution
September 07, 2016 | Jeff DavisSeptember 7, 2016 Now that Congress has returned to Washington for a scheduled four-week session, the only true “must-pass” item on the agenda is some kind of continuing appropriations...
How Driversiti Is Using Smartphones to Make Safer Drivers
September 07, 2016 | Greg RogersSeptember 7, 2016 With a mission to make our streets safer by improving driver behavior, New Jersey-based Driversiti is leveraging mobile technology to redefine traffic safety initiatives in the...
Inspector General Finds FAA NextGen R&D Plans Lack Vision
September 07, 2016 | Rui NeivaSeptember 7, 2016 The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Transportation released a report on August 25 on NextGen, the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) plan...
FHWA Gives $14M to Study Alternatives to Gas Tax
September 07, 2016 | Jeff DavisSeptember 7, 2016 The federal Highway Trust Fund ran out of money in 2008, and since then, Congress has had to provide nearly $144 billion in “bailout” transfers from other sources to keep the...
States Get Extra $2.8 Billion in Highway Funding in August Redistribution
September 07, 2016 | Jeff DavisSeptember 7, 2016 The Federal Highway Administration on August 31 gave out an additional $2.8 billion in fiscal 2016 highway formula funding to 49 states and the District of Columbia. The money...
Eno Capital Convergence to Co-Locate With 2017 Washington Auto Show
September 07, 2016 | Ann HeneberySeptember 7, 2016 (Ed Note: The Washington Auto Show released this announcement today) WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the world-class auto show that connects industry leaders with policy makers, The...
Answers to August 2016 Crossword Puzzle
September 07, 2016 | Jeff DavisSeptember 7, 2016 Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle from last week's issue. Even though we did not solicit the submission of completed puzzles, the first person to send us a completed...