Many airports got good news recently. Federal funding is on the way.
Airports are significant economic drivers for the communities where they are located. They directly affect commerce, tourism and trade and their impact on local and regional economies is considerable. Yet, many are suffering from crumbling infrastructure and are in need of repairs and upgrades.
The media has focused on cyberattacks related to election systems lately. Many individuals, public officials, and company executives, however, have been just as worried about ransomware attacks.
Ransomware attacks infect computer networks with a virus that totally shuts down a computer or a network. It prevents access and demands payment to release and restore data on the machine or network. Recent examples of ransomware attacks illustrate the vulnerabilities that government entities face. The ransom costs are exorbitant while the risk of either a loss of data or a service outage is terrifying.
The federal government may not like the Paris Climate Agreement, but state and local elected officials do. This past weekend, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti hosted a large number of mayors who reiterated their commitment to the partnership agreement. These officials visiting Florida for the U.S. Conference of Mayors represent the Climate Mayors, a bipartisan organization that was organized in 2014. The group now boasts 331 mayors representing 65 million Americans. The membership includes mayors from the 10 largest cities in the U.S., including traditional energy hubs such as Houston and Dallas.
It’s impossible to know whether Congress will provide federal funding to stimulate infrastructure spending. Although members from both parties have strongly advocated for addressing the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, there is much disagreement about how much funding to allocate and how to leverage the funding.
Infrastructure project stakeholders in both the public and private sectors wince at the mention of how federal regulations often create insurmountable obstacles that can either impede or prevent completion of long overdue infrastructure projects in the U.S.
Part of SelectUSA Investment Summit promoting foreign investment in United States AUSTIN, TX (6-6-17) – Mary Scott Nabers, president and CEO of Strategic Partnerships, Inc. (SPI) and a nationally recognized expert in public-private partnerships (P3s/PPPs) will join host U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and an impressive list of global executives and business leaders at the upcoming 2017 SelectUSA Investment Summit. The event is scheduled for June 18-20 in National Harbor, Md.
High-speed trains, carrying both freight and passengers, now speed along at up to 200 miles per hour in China. Computer-operated electric pod cars travel on tracks at West Virginia University, carrying up to 20 passengers at a time across campus. Singapore claims to be the first country to play host to a full self-driving taxi […]