NACo: Fall Virtual CIO Forum Series: Pivoting During Crisis

  • 9/16/2020 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Author: Tina Dykstra
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NACo: Fall Virtual CIO Forum Series: Pivoting During Crisis

September 16, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

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Hearing: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Full Committee hearing to consider pending nominations for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

  • 9/16/2020 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Author: Rebecca Bliss
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Hearing to Consider Pending Nominations

September 16, 2020

10:00 AM

366 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The hearing will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the nominations of:

  • Ms. Allison Clements, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2024, vice Cheryl A. LaFleur, term expired; and 
  • Mr. Mark C. Christie, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2025, vice Bernard L. McNamee, term expired. 

Members of the Committee may participate in person or online. The Committee will follow guidelines developed in consultation with the Office of the Attending Physician and the Senate Rules Committee to protect the health of members, staff, and the public. This includes maintaining six-foot social distance spacing in the hearing room. Pursuant to this guidance, Senate office buildings are not open to the public other than official business visitors and credentialed press at this time. Accordingly, in-person visitors cannot be accommodated at this hearing.

The hearing will be webcast live on the Committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing concludes. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.

Hearing: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Full Committee hearing to examine the Navigable Waters Protection Rule under the Clean Water Act.

  • 9/16/2020 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Author: Rebecca Bliss
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The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a full committee hearing entitled, “Stakeholder Reactions: The Navigable Waters Protection Rule under the Clean Water Act.”

WEDNESDAY, September 16, 2020

10:00 AM

Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building

https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=6A3E6846-755D-44C8-94CF-3D9167385E8D

ENO Webinar: Transportation Spending and Planning in the Time of COVID

  • 9/16/2020 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Author: Tina Dykstra
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ENO Webinar: Transportation Spending and Planning in the Time of COVID

September 16, 1:15 to 2:00 PM EDT

This webinar will discuss new approaches to understanding and addressing the challenges the public health crisis and economic recession bring to transportation funding and planning.

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TRB Webinar: How Women Fare in the Transit Industry

TRB Webinar: How Women Fare in the Transit Industry
September 2, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
What are transit agencies doing to attract, retain, and advance women in the industry?
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U.S. Conference of Mayors Webinar: Council on Metro Economies and the New American City: Economic Recovery

U.S. Conference of Mayors Webinar: Council on Metro Economies and the New American City: Economic Recovery

September 3, 1:00 PM EDT

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Hearing: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a full committee hearing entitled, “Successful State Stewardship: A Legislative Hearing to Examine S.614, the Grizzly Bear State Management Act.”

WEDNESDAY, September 9, 2020

10:00 AM

Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building

https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=070350AF-A050-4268-BC35-CB60FB7D94FC 

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NACo Webinar: County De-incarceration and Jail Reentry Strategies During COVID-19

NACo Webinar: County De-incarceration and Jail Reentry Strategies During COVID-19

September 11, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

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NLC Webinar: What Happens Locally If Federal Transportation Programs Expire

NLC Webinar: What Happens Locally If Federal Transportation Programs Expire

September 14, 4:00 PM EDT

On September 30th, the current federal surface transportation law, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act expires; what happens if Congress doesn't make the deadline?

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Hearing: House Natural Resources Committee

Full Committee Hearing: Legislative Hearing: Environmental Justice for All Act

Date: Thursday, October 1, 2020Time: 12:00 PMPresiding: The Honorable Raúl M. Grijalva, Chair

On Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, via Cisco WebEx, the Full Committee will hold a legislative hearing on the following bill:

  • H.R. 5986 (Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva), To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights, provide for the establishment of the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice Compliance and Enforcement, and for other purposes.“Environmental Justice for All Act”.

 

https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/remote-full-committee-legislative-hearing 

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TRB Webinar: Weathering the Storm - Climate Resilience at Airports

TRB Webinar: Weathering the Storm - Climate Resilience at Airports

Do you make decisions that affect the resilience of airport infrastructure in response to the long-term impacts of climate change? TRB is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that will discuss how to apply benefit-cost analysis tools and techniques to improve this decision making process. Presenters will identify how to recognize, enhance, and adapt procedures that affect airports and other infrastructure projects.

The webinar features research from ACRP Research Report 199: Climate Resilience and Benefit–Cost Analysis: A Handbook for Airports.

This webinar is sponsored by the Airport Cooperative Research Program. There is no fee to attend this webinar; however, sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information.

Webinar agenda and presenters:

  1. Adapt sea level rise and high temperature forecasts to risk adjusted benefit-cost and investment analysis: Frank Beradino, GRA, Inc.
  2. Method to identify the odds of a project paying off and the odds of large losses: Bill Spitz, GRA, Inc.
  3. Question and answer session: Moderated byMary Davis, Tufts University

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, you will able to:

  1. Discuss the practical use of climate forecast data for airport decision making
  2. Describe how to develop useful risk information

Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives

The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) will provide 1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) to accredited airport executives who attend this webinar. Claim CEUs by visiting www.aaae.org/ceu. For questions about AAAE continuing education units, please contact accreditation@aaae.org.

Registration is available until just before the webinar starts. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to submit your registration. Individuals who are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organization’s internal firewalls should contact the TRB Helpdesk for assistance in signing in.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum.


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This Summary Last Modified On: 9/23/2020

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US Congressional Calendar

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TFG Presents 2024 Congressional Calendar

The Ferguson Group (TFG) compiled a 2024 Congressional Calendar with session and recess dates for the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate 118th congressional session. 

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