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On March 13th, the House Committee on Education and Labor held a hearing entitled, “The Cost of College: Student Centered Reforms to Bring to Higher Education Within Reach.” ...
On Tuesday, July 31st, President Trump signed into law H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. The bipartisan legislation reauthorizes the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, which is the main federal investment that funds CTE programs across the U.S....
Hamm Consulting Group Talks Effective Federal Advocacy, 2016 Presidential Race, and Equity in Innovation and technology at the 2016 BDPA Regional Innovation Summit ...
April 23, 2015. Washington, DC On April 22, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology voted 19-16 long party lines to pass an amended version of the American COMPETES Act of 2015 (H.R. 1806) after a day-long markup of the bill. The legislation to reauthorize the...
On Monday, February 2, President Barack Obama released his FY 2016 budget proposal. It is important to note that the President’s budget is a symbolic document intended to guide Congress and accentuate the President’s legislative priorities. The budget proposes to end sequestration, fully withdrawing it...
July 17, 2014. Washington, DC - Because of my work as Washington government relations professional for entities that continually have in interest in securing federal funding through grants and contracts so tracking the spending trends of the federal government is essential. So why is this important? If...
Washington D.C, 23.05.2014 - On May 21, 2014, I participated on a stakeholder conference call hosted by the U.S. Department of Education to provide an overview and details of the new First in the World (FITW) Grant competition. The notice for the grant solicitation was published...
May 21, 2014, Washington, DC. The House and Senate leadership have announced the release of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), bi-partisan, bi-cameral legislation to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), which was due for reauthorization eleven years ago. While the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor...
04.23.2014 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will join U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx to conduct a tour highlighting joint agency investments in...
4.16.14 - Washington D.C. The Department of Labor released the grant application for the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training program today. The program, originally outlined in the stimulus, has distributed $1.5 billion in grants to over 800 community colleges over the last three...