ASAToday for November 21st, 2024

Get the Most Out of Your ASA Membership! Join ASA on July 19th, 2023 at Noon Eastern to learn more about how to get the most out of your ASA membership!  Whether…

This Week in Congress This week, the House and Senate worked on budget issues before they begin their two-week 4th of July recess. Speaker McCarthy will continue to quell his conservative members…

The Slower Pace of the Senate This year, the Senate has operated at a snail’s pace due partisanship, absences, and other distractions have thwarted substantial floor action.  The chamber’s business has so…

Subcontractor Legal Defense Fund Task Force ASA has submitted yet another supporting brief for the Subcontractor Legal Defense Fund in New Mexico. The issue has to do with calculation of interest on…

Update on the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act The House Armed Services Committee considered the FY24 NDAA (H.R. 2670) with Chair Rogers’ initial draft calling for $842.3 billion for the Defense Department,…

Contract Documents Task Force ASA has recently approved an updated round of contracts from the ConsensusDocs design-bid-build series. These are a series of ConsensusDocs most used prime and subcontract agreements and are…

The Bonding Perspective on H.R.1740 Last week, ASA advocated on behalf of H.R.1740, which would address payment and performance bonds regarding Water Infrastructure Financing Authority Act (WIFIA) financed public-private partnerships.  After those…

EPA’s Offers their Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Quotas Under a regulation finalized on Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023 will require the use of 2.82 billion gallons of biomass-based diesel, generally…

This Week in Congress This week, the House considered a tax-cut package that’s set to make its way through the Ways and Means Committee, along with considering postponed bills from last week…