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Infrastructure
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Government and Public Policy
Time to BUILD
With a single tweet, President Trump ended months of speculation as to whether or not Congress would provide another round of COVID relief before the election. As he announced on…
China Law Insight
新基建系列（一）——5G基站的安全落地
By King & Wood
2020年3月，中共中央政治局常务委员会召开会议，提出要加快5G网络、数据中心等新型基础设施建设（以下简称“新基建”）进度。新基建不仅关系着社会基础设施升级以及相关领域的投融资，由新基建衍生出来的诸多创新与应用更将为新消费、新制造、新服务提供更广阔的平台。
Capital Thinking
US Executive Branch Update – July 15, 2020
This report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases. POTUS’ Schedule* *The US President (POTUS) and Vice President’s (VPOTUS)…
Capital Thinking
Public Policy Daily Briefing – July 2, 2020
By David Stewart, David Schnittger, Ludmilla Kasulke
An extension of the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) authored by a Democratic member of the US Senate is on its way to President Donald Trump’s desk to be…
Capital Thinking
Public Policy Daily Briefing – June 30, 2020
By David Stewart, David Schnittger, Ludmilla Kasulke
Congress is facing renewed pressure to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in “stimulus” money to states, territories, counties and municipalities and to allow such entities the option of using…
Capital Thinking
Public Policy Daily Briefing – June 29, 2020
By David Stewart, David Schnittger, Ludmilla Kasulke
The COVID-19 pandemic has reclaimed headlines in America as new cases spike in states that some national health authorities say reopened their economies too swiftly. The US House of Representatives…
Capital Thinking
Public Policy Daily Briefing – June 24, 2020
By David Stewart, David Schnittger, Ludmilla Kasulke
The Trump Administration appears divided on the question of what President Donald Trump’s priorities will be for the next significant federal COVID-19 response package. The Washington Post reports the president…
Capital Thinking
Public Policy Daily Briefing – June 23, 2020
By David Stewart, David Schnittger, Ludmilla Kasulke, Squire Patton Boggs
Five weeks after passing the US$3 trillion HEROES Act, House Democrats are moving to pass a companion measure, the Moving Forward Act, that would add another US$1.5 trillion by funding…
Aviation & Airport
Executive Order Presents a Trade-Off Between Infrastructure Investment and Environmental Regulation
On June 4, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order, “EO On Accelerating the Nation’s Economic Recovery from the Covid-19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities” (“EO”) for…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Are Aging Dams Ticking Time Bombs?
In general, time heals all wounds and degrades all things. If these general principles apply to the nation’s dams, and they probably do, the recent Michigan dam failures could be…