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Washington, D.C.—Another stopgap measure to keep the federal government funded and avoid a shutdown again postponed decisions on a number of major spending issues for the remaining eight months of… Read More

Six months ago President Trump made a pledge to fund a $1 trillion infrastructure program to address our aging infrastructure needs. It remains a hot topic but has taken a… Read More

By Marsha Cohen The financial foundations of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and consequently the United States dredging industry are closely linked to the federal budget. This cycle of… Read More

Our Infrastructure and the New Administration   We’ve heard a lot of talk about infrastructure since the Trump administration rolled into Washington. It has long been one of the few… Read More

We have a lot of great coverage from the Dredging Sum­mit & Expo hosted by the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) in Vancouver British Columbia. It was a fantastic conference –… Read More

In mid-March the Trump administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 (FY18). The top-line version of the overall budget titled “America First – A Budget Blueprint to Make… Read More

U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and U.S. Representative Bill Shuster (R-PA) chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee… Read More

The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 is even closer to becoming a reality this year. Although the late summer Congressional session has ended as many go back home… Read More

On September 15 the Senate passed S. 2848 the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2016 by a strong bipartisan 95-3 vote. The House of Representatives bill H.R. 5303 has passed the… Read More

Editor’s Note: On May 25 at presstime the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee introduced its version of the bill H.R. 5303. We will detail that bill in the… Read More