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F R O M ACEC I T O YOU ENGINEERING NC. THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING
COMPANIES CHAIRMAN The Road Ahead Eric L. Flicker PRESIDENT David A.
Raymond VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS Mar y Ann Emely DIRECTOR, PUBLIC
RELATIONS and COMMUNICATIONS Alan D. Crockett STAFF EDITOR, DIRECTOR OF
WEB SITE INITIATIVES Andrea Keeney As you read this, the clock is winding
down on the first session of the 108th akeeney@acec.org Congress and the
time it has left to consider legislation that is of crucial inter- 202
682-4347 est to ACEC members. ACEC EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD With just a
few short weeks remaining before the Transportation Equity Act Eric L.
Flicker, Pennoni Associates, Inc., Philadelphia; for the 21st Century
TEA-21 expires on Sept. 30, it seems unlikely that Con- William Howard,
Camp Dresser & McKee, Edison, N.J.; Gar y Link , HNTB, Kansas City, Mo.;
Judith Nitsch, gress will pass a new, six-year bill in Judith Nitsch
Engineering, Inc., Boston; David A. Raymond, 2 0 0 3 a n d it will have to
pass an ACEC, Washington, D.C. extension of the current program, as ACEC
STAFF EDITORIAL TEAM happened in 1990 and 1997. A six- E d Bajer, Ann
Brandstadter, Steve Hall, Charles C. Kim, year bill and its potential $375
bil- Deirdre McKenna lion investment in the nation's trans- THE MAGAZINE
GROUP portation infrastructure remains a MANAGING EDITOR top priority for
the Council. Jessica Bizik The news looks good for a multi- ART DIRECTOR
billion-dollar aviation infrastructure Jeff Kibler bill, and major water
infrastructure PRODUCTION MANAGER legislation is also now moving in the
Judy Gibson House. ADVERTISING PUBLISHING MANAGERS Tom Corcoran I n a
major win for ACEC, the 202-721-1458 Federal Government is supporting
Kirsten Russell ACEC's opposition to reverse auc- 202-530-8076 tions. See
page 9. ADVERTISING SALES We're also working closely with the Northeast
and Mid-Atlantic: U.S. Department of Labor on needed CT, DC, DE, MA, MD,
ME, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV reforms to the Fair Labor Standards
Act and fighting efforts by some in Con- Integrated Marketing Group gress
who seek to halt the reform effort. On the agenda in Congress this fall:
King of P russia, PA 19406 expanding Qualifications-Based Selection QBS ,
fighting government competi- 215-620-8997, 610-992-1191 fax tion, and
promoting beneficial tax changes. A detailed status report on all legis-
West and Northwest: lation impacting ACEC members is available in the
Legislative Action section. AZ, CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY W.G.
Holdsworth & Associates, Inc. See page 10 . Tustin, CA 92780 Highlighting
this issue of Engineering Inc. is our meeting with U.S. Senator
714-544-2555, 714-832-6840 fax Harry Reid, the Democratic Whip. Sen. Reid
shares his views on the impor- Midwest : tance of boosting the nation's
infrastructure funding for highways, transit sys- IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI,
MN, MO, ND, NE, SD, TN, WI, Canada tems, airports, and water. See story
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look forward to seeing you at the upcoming Fall Conference Oct. 8
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