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 […]
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) […]
The U.S. Senate is poised to take up a 2017 spending bill that prioritizes funding for transportation infrastructure projects and programs that ensure the safety, efficiency and reliability of the nation’s infrastructure system and encourage economic growth. The Senate Appropriations Committee last week approved the $56.5 billion FY2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related […]
A recent State of Our Schools report, co-produced by three education groups, brought attention to the rampant underinvestment in the nation’s education infrastructure. Shockingly, the report concludes that the U.S. is spending $46 billion less than what is required for safe and healthy facilities. Allocations of $38 billion for construction and $8 billion for school […]
When disasters and major emergencies occur, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is expected to move into action quickly and efficiently. Unfortunately, that does not always happen. In fact, FEMA’s performance over the past few years cried out for improvement. Changes have now been implemented. That’s important for a number of reasons. Victims of disasters […]
The nation’s water infrastructure has taken another hit – and it will be a costly one. Just one day after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials put state drinking water systems on notice that the agency was about to step up its enforcement of lead contamination rules for drinking water, a price tag was attached […]
President Obama makes defeating cancer primary goal … can it be done? In what would surely be a giant leap for mankind, President Barack Obama announced an effort designed to “end cancer as we know it” during his final State of the Union address in January. The initiative is being referred to as a “moonshot […]