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Biden Gives Strong Defense of Infrastructure Investment

ENR Construction

In a lead-in to infrastructure proposal's March 31 rollout, Biden cites needs in highways, water, schools and more.

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New England’s Regional Defense Industry Collaboration

Business Facilities

million grant from the department of defense, will coordinate the growth of defense-related business across the six-state region. Read: New England’s Regional Defense Industry Collaboration at BusinessFacilities.com. The new organization, funded with a $1.5-million

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Careers in Non Destructive Testing

The Constructor

Infrastructure construction and maintenance Defense and Military Aircraft and Aerospace. Where do people in the Non-Destructive Testing industry work?

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Redundancy is the first line of defense during power grid cyberattacks

CK Power

In fact, former secretary of defense Leon Panetta was widely criticized for a 2012 speech that forecasted the fallout of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure — from derailed trains to paralyzed financial institutions, water contamination to electrical blackouts. There are countless more examples. But… what if they don’t?

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Construction Cost Estimating – Single Source of Truth

Job Order Contracting

GAO-22-104481 – DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE DOD Should Better Manage Risks Posed by Deferred Facility Maintenance. GAO/GGD-00-172R Study on Facility Design Reviews – Federal Facilities Council’s Report on the Role of Facility Design Reviews in Facilities Construction.

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Defense Authorization Act rejects BRAC for 2017

BD+C

billion Defense Authorization Act. The legislation rejects the possibility of a base realignment and closure round (BRAC) in 2017, something both the Obama Administration and the Defense Department support. The House of Representatives has passed the $584.2 Legislation Codes and Standards'

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FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector

Job Order Contracting

6 It important that commercial SaaS providers, and the associated infrastructure used to deploy SaaS products, meet appropriated compliance requirements for specified levels of security as developed by NIST. Our products are hosted on Microsoft AZURE, and Amazon AWS in the United States, both hosting infrastructures are FEDRAMP compliant.