ASAToday for November 21st, 2024

House Completes FY22 Appropriation Bills The House has completed full committee action on all 12 FY22 appropriations bills.  The next phase will begin with plans to consider a seven-bill maxibus. The bills…

Senate Debates the FY22 NDAA The Senate Armed Services Committee considered their FY22 defense authorization this week, with several contentious topics to be discussed.  Those include a potential, major reworking of the…

This Week in Congress This week, members of Congress returned to Washington, D.C. to focus on both a bipartisan infrastructure package and a larger, partisan reconciliation spending bill.  Congress begins a likely…

Tradesmen International Continues Their Support of ASA We at ASA would like to give a special shout-out to Tradesmen International for their continued support of the American Subcontractors Association as they have…

ASA Prepares Comments to DOD’s Proposed Rule on Subcontractor’s Past Performance Information ASA and AGC are preparing comments in response to the Department of Defense’s proposal to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition…

Price Escalation Resources From ConsensusDocs Our friends at ConsensusDocs have new resources available regarding price escalation that are available to ASA members! ConsensusDocs has created a price escalation resource center that includes a brief…

The Deficit The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) increased its deficit forecast for the current fiscal year to $3 trillion, the second year in a row hitting that mark after the pandemic relief…

House Transportation Bill On Thursday, June 24, 2021, the House voted 221-201 and passed a bill (HR 3684) that would authorize more than $720 billion in surface transportation and water project spending,…

ASA Family Honors the Life of Brianna Wright We are heartbroken to announce that Brianna Wright passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, July 3rd. Brianna served as Executive Director for the American…