Items Tagged with 'federal'

On July 22, SWACCA board member Geoff Furtaw, majority owner of Ceilings, Inc. in Wayne, Pennsylvania, testified before Federal Trade Commission commissioner Alvaro Bedoya to offer a contractor perspective on the anti-competitive impact that employee misclassification has on honest employers in the construction industry at a forum organized by the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters.

Associated Builders and Contractors issued a statement on April 23 opposing the Federal Trade Commission’s final rule to ban non-compete clauses. The FTC voted 3-2 to issue the final rule on April 23.

The Department of Energy announced a final rule entitled “Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings.”

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to issue a new rule prohibiting the use of non-compete agreements for most U.S. workers. It is estimated that approximately 30 million workers are currently bound by such agreements, which prevent them from changing employers in their industry.

ICAA’s newest infographic is a fact sheet with detailed information about the Federal 45L Tax Credit and includes live links to supporting resources.

The Interfaith Center at the Presidio won a Save America’s Treasures grant for $750,000 from the National Park Service. The award, doubled with required matching funds, helps jumpstart the 1931 Presidio Chapel’s $14 million expansion and renovation, designed by architect Page & Turnbull, which will add a conference center and a gallery.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the opening of the 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection that will be due Dec. 5.

The Small Business Administration published a final rule implementing section 870 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020 regarding the requirements that apply to a federal contractor seeking to obtain subcontracting credit on certain types of federal contracts.

Aug. 8’s announcement makes some improvements but critically misses an opportunity to improve the wage determination process and further burdens overregulated construction contractors building and upgrading the nation’s infrastructure.

On Dec. 20, the U.S. Senate released the text of its 4,000+ page fiscal year 2023 omnibus funding bill to avoid a potential federal government shutdown on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.