Week of December 7, 2015

Appropriations, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance,...

Dec 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

Legislators Await Final “Big Ticket” Spending, Tax Items To End This Year’s Congressional Session

December 9, 2015 - Earlier this year, Congress set its proposed annual adjournment deadline for Friday, December 11. But it is now too late for them to meet that deadline, and the First Session of...

Air Traffic Control, Aviation Workforce, Federal Governance

Dec 9, 2015

House Roundtable Discussion Examines Air Traffic Control Staffing

December 9, 2015 - On December 8, the House Transport and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) held a roundtable discussion on the issue of air traffic controller staffing at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Panelists included Teri...

Commuter Rail, FASTLANE, Federal Governance, Highway Trust Fund, Highways, Positive Train Control, Public transit, Rail Safety, Railroads, Transit Workforce

How Does the FAST Act Compare to the GROW AMERICA Proposal?

December 10, 2015

Dec 10, 2015 | Jeff Davis

December 9, 2015 - Compares major funding and policy provisions in the just-enacted FAST Act to the major funding and...

Airports, Appropriations, Aviation Safety, Federal Governance, Homeland security, Pipelines

Senate Commerce Panel Marks Up Aviation, Pipeline Bills

December 9, 2015

December 9, 2015 - On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee held an executive session to mark-up and vote on a...

Aircraft, Airlines, Airports, Aviation Safety, Federal Governance, Homeland security

House Homeland Panel Examines Foreign Airport Security

December 10, 2015

December 9, 2015 - The House Homeland Security Committee held a meeting on Tuesday afternoon titled, “Examining TSA’s Global Efforts...

Federal Governance, Homeland security, Maritime

House To Consider STB Reform and Coast Guard Reauthorization Bills

December 9, 2015

Dec 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

December 9, 2015 - The House of Representatives has scheduled floor votes this week on Surface Transportation Board reform and...

Bridges, Federal Governance

Recent Reports and Audits

December 8, 2015

Dec 8, 2015 | Jeff Davis

December 9, 2015 - Three new GAO reports shed light on issues relating to bridges, shipbuilding, and air traffic control...

Federal Governance, Highways, Public transit

Former T&I Chairman Mica Holds Hearing on MAP-21 Implementation

December 9, 2015

December 9, 2015 - With the passage of the FAST Act (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) last week, the House Oversight...

Automated Vehicles, Connected Vehicles, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Local governance, Transit Technology

USDOT Announces “Smart City Challenge”

December 9, 2015

December 9, 2015 - On Monday the U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx held a press conference call to announce a...

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