Energy Department Requests Feedback for Hydroelectric Facilities

Comments will be used to strategize the $630 million investment. The Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Request for Information last week, asking for public feedback on how…

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DOE Reports Clean Energy Employment Increase

The sector increased by 4% versus 2.8% overall growth. On Tuesday, the Department of Energy (DOE) released the 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER). The report tracks…

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DOT Launches $1 Billion Racial Equity Pilot Program

Hopes to address intentional infrastructural segregation. Last week, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the launch of the Reconnecting Communities program, a $1 billion pilot program intended to reverse…

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Insufficient Workers Hamper Infrastructure Industry

Funds get allocated but projects hard to get started.  Contractors are reporting a lack of workers which is hindering the start of infrastructure projects even as funding for…

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President Commits $200B to Global Infrastructure Plan

Plan would counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative.  President Biden is meeting with the G7 nations in Germany. He announced the launch of a partnership for global infrastructure,…

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Secretary Haaland Announces $9 Million for Sagebrush Preservation

Will support 40 projects spanning 175 million acres Secretary Deb Haaland announced this month that the Department of the Interior will be making a $9 million investment in…

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Federal Firefighters Receive Pay Raise

Administration also provides mental wellness and health support. President Biden’s administration announced last week that they will be giving federal wildland firefighters temporary pay raises and mental wellness…

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DOT Opens Competitive Bridge Investment Program

$2.4 billion is available for the 2022 fiscal year. Last week, the Department of Transportation announced that they have opened the application process for the Bridge Investment Program. Allocated…

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DOT Signs Self-Governance Program with Cherokee Nation

Decision-making agreement first of its kind. On Tuesday in Oklahoma, U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg represented the department at the signing of the first-ever Tribal Transportation Self-Governance…

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Congress Focuses on Rising Road Fatalities

House holds hearing and Senate sends DOT secretary a letter. The House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit conducted a hearing on Wednesday about ways to address America’s worsening…

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