March 10, 2023 – The General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation wrote to Congress yesterday to argue that a 65-year-old law does not prohibit Phil Washington, a military veteran, from filling the “civilian” role of Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
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March 10, 2023 – In broad strokes, the White House’s fiscal 2024 budget request for the U.S. Department of Transportation is pretty simple, but a bipartisan Congress is poised to reject most of it.
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March 10, 2023 – Under the Biden Administration’s proposed budget for fiscal 2024, this will be the year when all of the pre-Biden mass transit Capital Investment Grant projects get paid off and the next generation of quasi-obligations incurred.
March 10, 2023 – President Biden’s proposed 2024 budget outline makes a lot of “big picture” proposals that go completely in the opposite direction that the new House Republican majority wants to go, conflict that probably won’t be reconciled until after a government shutdown showdown, or a debt ceiling showdown, or both, later this year.
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Wednesday, March 15 – Senate Environment and Public Works – full committee hearing on implementation of IIJA drinking water and wastewater programs – 10:00 a.m., SD-406 Dirksen. Thursday, March 16 – Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation – full committee hearing on local views on public transportation – 10:00 a.m., SD-538…
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March 3, 2023 – The Biden Administration announced the recipients of the first year’s tranche of funding under the Reconnecting Communities pilot program on February 28. Federal grants total $185 million.
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March 3, 2023 – What does “civilian” mean, in terms of the FAA nominee? Let’s find out what the government’s in-house law firm, the Office of Legal Counsel, thinks it means.
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