Washington Waves

The National Maritime Center (NMC) announced it has made “substantial progress” in reducing the backlog of applications triggered by the 2026 lapse in appropriations. “Effective immediately, completed applications… Read More

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy recently announced the American Supply Chain Sovereignty Initiative that he said would use a high-visibility dashboard to connect major hubs like the Port of Los… Read More

A $567-million boost for the Maritime Administration (MarAd), $538 million for the Port Infrastructure Development Program and $732 million to support President Donald Trump’s Maritime Action Plan were among… Read More

In its latest announcement on extending credentials, the National Maritime Center (NMC) said it is expanding the existing extension policy outlined in Update #3: Mitigation Efforts – Extensions, dated… Read More

The National Maritime Center (NMC) announced that, effective May 18, all but two Regional Examination Centers (RECs) and Monitoring Units (MUs) were returning to routine operations, including availability to… Read More

Members of the public have until June 8 to weigh in on the much-anticipated report approved by President Donald Trump’s Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council. Adopted and… Read More

President Donald Trump signed a bill reopening the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, without new funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement… Read More

House and Senate Republicans hit an impasse over a Senate-passed budget blueprint designed to end the months-long shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and trigger an expedited… Read More

The Trump administration’s proposed fiscal year 2027 funding cuts for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation drew bipartisan pushback from leaders of a key… Read More