The APWA Washington Report newsletter covers the latest United States national legislative and regulatory news affecting public works and public works professionals. Current issues of the newsletter are available here, or you can use the links to the right of this page to view issues from past years.

For more information or to receive your issue, contact APWA's Washington DC Office at 202-408-9541.

 

May 2013 issue

Contents

  • Senate Passes Water Resources Development Bill
  • Senate Agriculture Committee Passes Five Year Farm Bill
  • Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act Introduced
  • APWA, Water Organizations Tell Appropriators More Infrastructure Funding Needed
  • House-Passed Bill Expands Information Sharing to Improve Cybersecurity
  • Medical Countermeasures Legislation Introduced in House
  • FEMA Releases National Planning Frameworks
  • FEMA to Kick Off Hurricane Preparedness Week
  • APWA Testimony Urges Timely Implementation of MAP-21 
  • Bill Would Extend Truck Size, Weight Restrictions to NHS
  • Anthony Foxx Nominated to be Next USDOT Secretary
  • Next Round of TIGER Grants Available
  • FHWA Seeks Comments on Pavement Types in Traffic Noise Analyses
     

April 2013 issue

Contents
  • APWA Addresses Public Works First Responder Role in Letter to House Subcommittee
  • Commerce Department Requests Comments on Cybersecurity Practices
  • FEMA Releases Public Works Resource Typing Definitions
  • Senate Committee Passes WRDA Bill
  • Drinking Water  & Clean Water State Revolving Funds Take Big Hit in Obama Budget Proposal
  • New Guidelines for Federal Water Investments Released
  • EPA Seeks Comments on Rules to Control Erosion at Construction Sites
  • Administration Budget Boosts Transportation Funding
  • House Hearing Addresses MAP-21 Implementation
  • Report Card Rates Infrastructure D+
  • Interim Guidance Posted for MAP-21Highway Safety Plans
  • President’s Plan Encourages Private Investment in Infrastructure
  • FY13 Spending Bill Maintains Sequestration Cuts
 
 

March 2013 issue

Contents
  • Senators Introduce Transportation Funding Legislation
  • Proposed Rule Would Implement Two MAP-21 CEs
  • Rule Implements Post-Emergency Road Repair CE
  • House Hearing Examines Federal Role in Infrastructure
  • Administration Calls for 'Fix-It-First' Program
  • Bill Introduced to Strengthen Buy America Requirements
  • $85 Billion Sequester Goes into Effect
  • House Appropriations Bill Cuts Transportation Funding Below MAP-21 Levels
  • FHWA Launches Performance Management Website
  • FHWA Announces Every Day Counts Virtual Summits
  • USDOT Establishes National Freight Advisory Committee
  • Report: Municipal Bonds Key to Financing Infrastructure
  • DHS Signs MOU to Strengthen Cybersecurity Efforts
  • DHS Releases Emergency Communications Grant Guidance
  • Obama Nominates New EPA Administrator
  • Bill Introduced to Help Utilities Prepare for Climate Change
  • CBO Downgrades Potential Savings from Farm Bill 


Febrary 2013 issue

Contents
  • EPA Publishes Revisions to the Total Coliform Rule
  • EPA Announces Framework for Affordability Analysis Under the Clean Water Act
  • Senator Lautenberg Introduces Secure Water Facilities Act
  • Federal Court Rejects DeKalb County, GA, Arguments in Stormwater Fee Case
  • President Obama Pledges Action on Climate Change in SOTU
  • Federal Agencies Release Strategic Sustainability Plans
  • Highway Trust Fund Unable to Meet Obligations Beginning in 2015
  • New Rule Streamlines Transit Projects
  • Study Calculates Cost of Congestion
  • LaHood to Step Down as DOT Secretary
  • State of the Union Address Calls for "Fix-It-First" Approach to Infrastructure Investment
  • Access Board Issues Supplemental Rule to Address Access to Shared Use Paths
  • Senate Democrats Working on a Plan to Avoid Sequester
  • APWA Member Named to Serve as Tri-Chair of National Homeland Security Consortium
  • $50.5 Billion Sandy Relief Bill Signed into Law
  • President Obama Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order
  • FEMA and NOAA to Launch National Severe Weather Preparedness Week
  • Critical Infrastructure Presidential Policy Directive Released


January 2013 issue

Contents
  • FHWA Proposes MUTCD Format Changes
  • Bridge Streamlining Process Approved
  • GAO Report Recommends Mileage Fee Pilot Program
  • FHWA Seeks Comments on P3 Model Contracts
  • Capital Transit Investment Program Changes Finalized
  • ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Spending Cuts Postponed
  • EPA Lacks Authority to Use Flow as a Surrogate for Stormwater Pollution
  • Supreme Court Rules for LA County Flood Control District in Stormwater Case
  • Two New Drinking Water Rules Announced by EPA
  • EPA Rejects Nutrient Removal Standards for Wastewater Treatment Petition
  • Stabenow to Mark Up Farm Bill in February
  • Congress Raises Borrowing Authority of National Flood Insurance Program
  • APWA Comments on Debris Removal Reimbursement
  • House Passes Sandy Recovery Legislation
  • E.O. Establishes Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force
  • Congressional Committees Include Many New Members

 

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