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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (“Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,” or “BIL” ) authorized and appropriated $1.5 billion to be awarded by the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) for Local and Regional Project Assistance Program Grants under National Infrastructure Investments....
Hamm Consulting Group work as a consultant with the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) on its Washington Fly-in on September 12 -13, 2019 during the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference. ...
On August 10th, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released a proposed regulation that would repeal Obama’s administration’s gainful employment rule (GE). The regulation would have withheld federal funding from vocational programs that left graduates struggling to repay student loan debt....
On Tuesday, July 31st, President Trump signed into law H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. The bipartisan legislation reauthorizes the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, which is the main federal investment that funds CTE programs across the U.S....
First, it is important to acknowledge that there is a deep dissatisfaction among the electorate with the work of members of Congress and President Barack Obama. Although the GOP seized control of the Senate and expanded its majority in the House to historic levels and are to be commended for this accomplishment, I don’t believe that it is a license to overstep in governing. Alternatively, it is an opportunity for compromise on issues that could move our nation forward, including...
Washington D.C, 23.05.2014 - On May 21, 2014, I participated on a stakeholder conference call hosted by the U.S. Department of Education to provide an overview and details of the new First in the World (FITW) Grant competition. The notice for the grant solicitation was published in the May 16 Federal Register, and can be found here. Two identical webinars will be held, one on May 28 from 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm (EST) and a second on June 4 at...
May 21, 2014, Washington, DC. The House and Senate leadership have announced the release of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), bi-partisan, bi-cameral legislation to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), which was due for reauthorization eleven years ago. While the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) passed reauthorization legislation last July, the bill has yet to come to the Senate floor. Instead, Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate have been negotiating a compromise between the...