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Tell Us Your Thoughts on DBE Changes
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued an interim final rule (IFR) 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 (ACDBE)...
Your Congress in Action: October 20, 2025
The partial federal government shutdown is nearing its fourth week, with no signs of ending. Both parties remain dug in: Republicans want to pass a “clean” stopgap continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open while Congress finishes the fiscal year 2026...
Webinar 10/23: Cultural Asset Mapping – Opportunities for the CRM Industry
CRM professionals are adept in using creative methods to balance development and preservation for their clients in innovative ways. Cultural Asset Mapping is an emerging practice that identifies and visualizes a community’s cultural assets—historic and...
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...