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Your Congress in Action: October 6, 2025
To the ever-growing list of tumultuous events besetting the federal government this year, we can now add that old chestnut of the partial government shutdown. At the stroke of midnight October 1, many federal agencies turned into pumpkins, lacking appropriations for...
DOT Issues Interim Final Rule on DBE/ACDBE Programs
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an interim final rule (IFR) today that ends the use of race- and sex-based presumptions of disadvantage for establishing eligibility under the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concessions DBE...
Federal Contracting Rules Maintain Small Business Set-Asides, With Some Limitations
The Trump administration has released its changes to federal procurement regulations, mostly keeping in place the so-called “Rule of Two” that enables small businesses to win contracts. The changes follow President Trump’s April Executive Order “Restoring Common Sense...
Government Shutdown FAQs
With government funding set to expire at the end of the day Tuesday, there is a good possibility that federal agencies will need to cease operations if Congress and the White House fail to pass a spending bill to keep them open. Once a rare occurrence, government...
Now on Demand: Lasers and Photogrammetry: They’re Not Just Mitigation
If you missed yesterday’s webinar on lasers and photogrammetry, it is now available on demand! Photogrammetry and laser scanning have been present in CRM for decades and are leveraged more each year. However, many CRM professionals view photogrammetry and laser...
Your Congress in Action: September 22, 2025
Even as Congress tries to work through must-pass budget bills and other important topics, the world keeps interfering. A case in point: last Thursday, a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee held a hearing on ways to help the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
Webinar 9/25 – Lasers and Photogrammetry: They’re Not Just Mitigation
Photogrammetry and laser scanning have been present in cultural resource management for decades and are leveraged more each year. However, many CRM professionals view photogrammetry and laser scanning as primarily mitigation and just “fancy add-ons.” These...
Your Congress in Action: September 8, 2025
As Congress returns to Washington from its August recess, most of its attention will be turned to avoiding a government shutdown (see the previous Your Congress in Action). But at least some lawmakers are hoping that permitting reform makes it back onto the agenda as...
ACRA Letter on Army Program Comment Plan
ACRA has urged the U.S. Army to extend the comment period for its recently released Program Comment Plan (APCP) for Army Warfighting Readiness and Associated Buildings, Structures, and Landscapes to ensure that it addresses concerns over its scope, adverse effects and...
Your Congress in Action: August 25, 2025
This month, the nation’s capital has been swept up in the frenzy over President Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department and the deployment of National Guard troops (the White House says crime is “out of control,” while the police statistics show crime is...