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Commentary

Federal agencies are primed to address net zero infrastructure goals – Here's why

Over the past three years, agencies have rebuilt their departments and energy programs, leveraging years of data and experience.

Management

Don't forget the 'I' in the nation's premier infrastructure protection agency

Technology

Charging ahead: How tech is future-proofing America’s EV infrastructure

Leasing/Property Management

What exactly did the GAO say in that report on empty federal offices?

Agency Oversight

Infrastructure spending could outrun the ability to oversee it

Federal Newscast

Agencies get new workforce priorities to focus on for next few years

Facilities/Construction

GSA outlines plan to spend $3.4B on infrastructure upgrades along US borders

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Commentary

No home left offline

FILE - In this March 31, 2021 file photo, traffic moves along the Interstate 76 highway in Philadelphia. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, Oct. 19, announced his intention to nominate Steven Cliff, who has served as deputy administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since February, to become the agency's administrator. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

People

Former Calif. regulator tapped to run highway safety agency

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Congress

A deep dive into where Congress is at on the infrastructure bill

Rear Admiral Carola List, assistant commandant for engineering and logistics at the U.S. Coast Guard

Defense

Rear Admiral Carola List talks Coast Guard priorities for 2022

Joe Biden

Budget

Senate Democrats reach $3.5T budget agreement

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Congress

House committees are spending the week working on 'the normal kind' of budget bills

Chuck Schumer, Raphael Warnock, Amy Klobuchar

Congress

Next question: Will the Senate go along with House oversight proposals?

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Congress

House Democrats working towards infrastructure package

Joe Manchin

Congress

How did Congress move so fast on that Juneteenth law anyhow?

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Congress

Congress seems to get deeper and deeper into its own maze

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2016, file photo illustration, a person types on a laptop in Florida. Riviera Beach, Fla., agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses. Spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown said Wednesday, June 19, 2019, that the city of 35,000 residents has been working with outside security consultants, who recommended the ransom be paid. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Commentary

Attempted poisoning of Tampa’s water is a signal – we must act

The U.S. Capitol is seen as national guard members pass by on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 20, 2021. The House voted to create an independent commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, sending the legislation to an uncertain future in the Senate. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Contracting

It's never too early for contractors to start planning when Congress is talking trillions

Marty Walsh

Facilities/Construction

Unions are licking their lips at the prospect of big infrastructure spending

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Congress

In some ways you have to pity Congress, trying to spend trillions it doesn't have

USPS, delivery network, regulators, USPS OIG

Agency Oversight

USPS speeds up plans to buy package-sorting machines after federal judge’s ruling

Traffic moves over the George Washington Bridge as seen from Fort Lee, N.J., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. President Joe Biden is setting about convincing America it needs his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, deputizing a five-member "jobs Cabinet" to help in the effort. But the enormity of his task is clear after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's vowed to oppose the plan "every step of the way." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Facilities/Construction

Infrastructure is ready for America, but is America ready for infrastructure?