The end of 2019 brought major changes in leadership for two major waterways advocacy organizations. On December 4, The American Waterways Operators announced that Jennifer Carpenter, AWO’s executive vice president… Read More
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The National Waterways Conference announced last week that Julie Ufner will take over as president and CEO, effective November 4. She will succeed Amy Larson, who will step down at… Read More
The National Waterways Conference (NWC) will hold its 2019 annual meeting at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tenn., September 17–19. The agenda includes a wide-ranging look at issues affecting water… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Federal agencies important to the waterways industry and others would be funded through February 8 by a stopgap spending bill passed by the Senate to avoid a partial government… Read More
Members of the National Waterways Conference (NWC) gathered September 12–14 in New Orleans, La., for the group’s 58th annual meeting. The meeting proved quite timely, coinciding locally with New Orleans’… Read More
Members of the waterways industry urged the Trump administration to be open and transparent and consider local input on its dramatic proposal to reorganize the federal government, specifically on consolidating… Read More
On June 21, the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a comprehensive plan for the reshuffling of many departments and agencies of the federal government, titled “Delivering… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Bills that would impact the waterways industry by funding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and boost the nation’s water transportation system could be among the first acted upon… Read More
Amy Larson, president of the National Waterways Conference (NWC), spoke on the possibility of advancing a Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2018 this year to the audience of the Inland… Read More
