ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ has compiled tables of PPIs for construction materials and segments as well as analysis. The data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report and covers over 50 construction specific data series.
July 16, 2010
This week, the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on a new piece of legislation, the Miner Safety and Health Act. This bill seeks to make changes to both MSHA and OSHA. ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ is a strong advocate of worker safety but is concerned about the direction of the bill. The legislation… Read More July 15, 2010
The House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water and the Environment held a hearing today focusing on the need for clean water infrastructure investment and the positive impacts water infrastructure has on the environment, public health and employment. During the hearing… Read More July 15, 2010
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ participated in a town hall-style meeting with U.S. Department of Transportation's top leaders who addressed the next long-term transportation bill. This meeting was the final event in the Department's series of "listening tours" leading up to its release of the surface transportation… Read More July 15, 2010
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ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of America this week signed a letter to Congress with over 312 companies and 80 employer organizations to express concern about misinformation circulating regarding multiemployer defined benefit plan relief proposals before Congress. Joining ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of America in signing the letter are 11 ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½â€¦ Read More July 15, 2010
A stalemate over a small business jobs bill (H.R. 5297) continued this week in the Senate. The Senate had adjourned for the July 4th recess after beginning debate on the measure, which includes a package of tax cuts and provisions to increase access to capital for community banks and small… Read More July 15, 2010
The Senate passed the conference report to H.R. 4173, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The bill will now go to the President for his signature.
The legislation was opposed by the banking industry because it would significantly impact fees banks charge while adding new… Read More July 15, 2010
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EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has declared the cement-lined Los Angeles river as "navigable," allowing her agency to enforce Clean Water Act protections throughout the river's 834-square-mile watershed.
Recent Supreme Court rulings have strictly interpreted "navigable" as the means of… Read More July 15, 2010
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ submitted comments this week on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) issued May 13, titled Enhancing Contract Transparency. The rule presupposes that, given the direction the administration is moving with the president's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) memo, Transparency and Open… Read More July 15, 2010
An interim rule was issued that brings many of the reporting requirements first made public in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the broader scope of federal contracting. The rule calls for reporting executive compensation and first-tier subcontract awards if the prime contractor and… Read More July 15, 2010
