Toll roads, clean and renewable energy, water and wastewater treatment plants – not the typical projects one would expect to find in the investment portfolio of a public pension plan. Remarkably, these types of income-generating, long-term asset infrastructure projects are becoming increasingly appealing, attracting billions of public pension investment dollars annually in the United States. […]
City leaders in San Francisco have launched a bold initiative and are being touted as visionaries! The mayor has announced the creation of an innovation lab called Superpublic. This project is so timely it has caught the attention of community leaders, government officials and business executives throughout the country. The lab is designed as a […]
Population growth is good for cities in so many ways. More jobs and economic vitality – public officials tend to love growth. But, there are detriments as well. With more citizens to serve, infrastructure and resources get stretched very quickly. There is rarely enough revenue to cover the need for increased resources and services. That […]
One of the most astounding statistics relative to the annual award of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program is the amount by which applications for funding exceed the funding available. Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant program has received 585 applications from throughout […]
When the 50 State Project was undertaken two years ago by CQ Roll Call, the report producers took an unconventional approach to the project. Instead of surveying public officials and government executives regarding the most talked about issues facing states, they turned to the media to ask about the hottest legislative topics. The 2016 report […]
Approximately 740 million airline passengers are expected to be screened this year by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). And the agency will screen those passengers with 12 percent fewer employees. The end results are increasingly long airport security lines and a growing number of complaints from air travelers who say they missed their flights as […]
Traditional versus non-traditional spending, $5 billion versus $9 billion, earmarks versus no earmarks … the U.S. House and Senate are on a collision course over an infrastructure bill again. As always, projects are in danger and this time the projects and funding are wrapped up in opposing versions of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) […]