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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 Citizen Lobbyists: ACEC's Most Eric L. Flicker
PRESIDENT Effective Government Advocates 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 Rarely does the unified voice of ACEC member firms exhibit more
influence akeeney@acec.org and impact than when members respond to one of
the Council's Action Alerts 202 682-4347 on pending Capitol Hill
legislation. ACEC EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD In the past few months alone,
ACEC's citizen lobbyists have helped to battle Eric L. Flicker, Pennoni
Associates, Inc., Philadelphia; anti-outsourcing threats in F.Y. 2004
appropriations bills, defeat efforts to pre- William Howard, Camp Dresser
& McKee, Edison, N.J.; Gar y Link , HNTB, Kansas City, Mo.; Judith Nitsch,
vent the Department of Labor from Judith Nitsch Engineering, Inc., Boston;
David A. Raymond, moving ahead with Fair Labor Stan- ACEC, Washington,
D.C. dards Act reforms and pass House leg- ACEC STAFF EDITORIAL TEAM
islation designed to create a national E d Bajer, Ann Brandstadter, Steve
Hall, Charles C. Kim, s e t of standards for employee- Deirdre McKenna
provided health insurance. THE MAGAZINE GROUP You may have noticed
recently that MANAGING EDITOR ACEC Action Alerts are becoming Jessica
Bizik more and more frequent. The reason ART DIRECTOR is that the number
of threats in Con- Jeff Kibler gress to engineering firms, coupled
PRODUCTION MANAGER w i t h opportunities to benefit our Judy Gibson
industry, also is on the rise. ADVERTISING PUBLISHING MANAGERS Tom
Corcoran When you receive one of these 202-721-1458 alerts, it means that
Congress is about Kirsten Russell to take up legislation that will have
202-530-8076 very tangible effects on your firm ADVERTISING SALES on
matters ranging from infrastruc- Northeast and Mid-Atlantic: ture funding
to government regula- CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA,
VT, WV tions. At these times, it is extremely important that ACEC members
follow up Integrated Marketing Group with letters and phone calls to their
House and Senate representatives. This col- King of P russia, PA 19406
lective voice speaks volumes to elected officials. When our members
advocate an 215-620-8997, 610-992-1191 fax issue or a position, this
powerful perspective coming straight from the legisla- West and Northwest:
tor's home state or district carries tremendous weight. AZ, CA, ID, MT, NV,
OR, UT, WA, WY W.G. Holdsworth & Associates, Inc. Stay tuned for more
Action Alerts in the coming months. In the meantime, Tustin, CA 92780
enjoy this issue of Engineering Inc., which features an important
conversation 714-544-2555, 714-832-6840 fax with Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers
of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, whose Midwest : views also directly
influence business opportunities for ACEC members see IA, IL, IN, KS, KY,
MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD, TN, WI, Canada page 12 . Also in this issue: an
in-depth analysis of the potential impacts of Integrated Marketing Group
Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 unionization on the engineering worksite see page
28 and a frank discussion 440-247-5962 about the future of water
infrastructure see page 22 . 440-247-2013 fax Southwest and Southeast: AL,
AR, CO, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NM, OK, SC, TX Mohanna & Associates, Inc Plano,
TX 75023 800-800-0341 voice 972-596-8777, 972-985-8069 fax Eric L. Flicker
David A. Raymond Engineering Inc., Volume 14, Number 6 ISSN 1539-2694 , is
published bi-monthly ACEC Chairman ACEC President by the American Council
of Engineering Companies ACEC , 1015 15th Street NW, 8th Floor,
Washington, DC 20005-2605. Periodicals postage paid at Washington, D.C.,
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