February 17, 2014
The House and Senate are in recess this week for Presidents’ Day. The AMWA office is closed February 17 in observance of the holiday.
The program for AMWA’s 2014 Water Policy Conference has expanded to include speakers from the Department of the Interior (DOI), EPA’s Office of Water
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) provides recommendations for improved implementation of EPA’s Unregulated
Better budgeting of disaster aid, property and crop insurance reforms and additional technical assistance to state and local governments are among the
In a visit to Fresno, Calif., on Friday, President Obama announced a $1 billion budget proposal for a "Climate Resilience Fund." The budget item would
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) last week introduced legislation to establish a new oversight program for chemical facilities that could threaten
As part of Presidential Executive Order 13636, which called for the development of a voluntary risk-based framework that sets industry standards and
In a February 7 Federal Register ( FR) notice, EPA, on behalf of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, requests public engagement on the
The House of Representatives last week approved legislation to extend the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) through 2018. The
On February 11, EPA released its final guidance outlining permitting requirements for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations that use diesel fuel