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America Becoming Too Fat, Dumb to Protect Itself?
According to an independent report released today, despite the U.S. armed forces achieving their most successful recruiting year in decades in FY09, roughly three-quarters of current potential recruits are ineligible for service. As reported by The Washington Post, the report, published by D.C.-based nonprofit Mission: Readiness, the most common reasons for individuals being disqualified from service [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )President Signs FY10 Defense Authorization; Criticizes Government Overspending, Contracting Fraud
In a ceremony held Wednesday in the East Room of the White House, President Obama signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, which contains $680 billion in military funding but caps or terminates programs deemed by the administration to be troubled or unnecessary in an effort to limit wasteful spending. The president [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Industry Forecast Predicts Increased Construction Activity in 2010
Buoyed by gains in housing and public works projects, the value of overall construction starts could increase by as much as 11 percent in 2010, according to McGraw-Hill Construction’s 2010 Construction Outlook, released last week. Last fall, the report, an annual prediction of construction activity for the following calendar year, predicted a 25 percent decline [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Executive Order Sets New Environmental Goals for Government
A presidential exeuctive order signed by President Obama on Oct. 5 sets aggressive new environmental and energy goals for all federal agencies. The order expands the environmental requirements of E.O. 13423 and includes reduction goals for fuel usage, greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption and waste production.
“As the largest consumer of energy in the U.S. economy, the federal government [...]
SAME Featured in ENR
The Society of American Military Engineers was featured prominently in a special section focusing on associations in a recent issue of the industry-leading periodical Engineering News-Record. Check out SAME’s full-page advertisement and descriptions in the thumbnails below!
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