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Fiscal reform needs accountability, less agency overlap

Government fiscal reform needs to come in the form of accountability, prioritizing by need and training if long term success is to be seen,... Read More

Farmers, environmentalists await seventh analysis of 60-year-old Mississippi levee plan

February 11, 2013 | The Washington Post | Agriculture , Transportation & Infrastructure

An engineering project introduced during the Eisenhower administration may be carried out during the Obama administration, but with no more... Read More

Green Scissors for Congress

February 06, 2013 | OtherWords | Agriculture , Energy , Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

When you’re in a hole, you stop digging. And when you’ve got a $1.3-trillion deficit and $15.7 trillion in debt, you’ve got to start... Read More

At the intersection of politics and road building

February 05, 2013 | MyrtleBeachOnline.com | Transportation & Infrastructure

Interstate 66, once envisioned as a cross-continent highway from the Potomac to the Pacific, ends in a pile of dirt just past a cloverleaf... Read More

Politics and road building intersect in Kentucky

February 04, 2013 | McClatchy Newspapers | Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON --Interstate 66, once envisioned as a cross-continent highway from the Potomac to the Pacific, ends in a pile of dirt just past a... Read More

Coalition Pushing for New National Framework for Disasters

February 01, 2013 | Insurance Journal | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

A coalition of national interests has introduced a framework intended to shape how the nation responds to natural disasters, or as one... Read More

Group Says Western Bypass Not Worth the Cost

January 24, 2013 | NewsPlex | Transportation & Infrastructure

The Route 29 Western Bypass is not worth taxpayers’ money. That was the message from a group of the road’s opponents A group gathered at... Read More

Opponents of Route 29 Western Bypass Speak Out

January 24, 2013 | NBC29 | Transportation & Infrastructure

NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather The proposed Route 29 Western Bypass has been a heated topic of debate for many... Read More

What’s coming up in Charlottesville the week of 1/21

January 22, 2013 | C-Ville.com | Transportation & Infrastructure

Each week, the news team takes a look at upcoming meetings and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle we think you should know about.... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More