FTA Five Year Plan To Study Transit Bus Automation

  • 4 May 2018
  • Author: Mike Miller
  • Number of views: 408
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Automated vehicle technologies range from driver assistance applications to fully automated systems that do not require a human driver.  The report outlines FTA’s five year plan to explore the application of automation levels to bus operations, including:

  • automated shuttle services;
  • advanced driver assistance systems
  • maintenance, yard, and parking operations; 
  • mobility-on-demand service; and
  • automated bus rapid transit applications.

EPA Announces Targeted AirShed Grants

Nine projects receive $3-4 million each

  • 2 May 2018
  • Author: Mike Miller
  • Number of views: 459
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Today the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the award of nine Targeted Airshed Grants to projects in Alaska, California, and Utah.

White House and Treasury Announce Fundamental Change to Tax Rulemaking

  • 13 April 2018
  • Author: Aindriu Colgan
  • Number of views: 490
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After months of trading punches Director Mick Mulvaney of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin released a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that creates a new framework for writing, reviewing, and implementing tax regulations.  In short, the MOA requires OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to review major tax regulations—just as it does major rulemakings from any other executive branch agency.  This is a fundamental change from a 1983 agreement, under which Treasury had hitherto operated, that exempted most tax regulations from review.

W&M Reports Suite of IRS Reform Bills

  • 13 April 2018
  • Author: Aindriu Colgan
  • Number of views: 422
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On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee marked up and unanimously reported 12 bills to reform the IRS. The bipartisan packaged was sponsored by Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) and Ranking Member John Lewis (D-GA) and is designed to modernize the IRS and improve customer service. The package requires the IRS to send Congress by September 30, 2020 a comprehensive written plan for reorganizing the agency, including priorities laid out by lawmakers.

IRS Rules Prepaid Property Taxes May Still Be Deductible on 2017 Returns

  • 11 April 2018
  • Author: Aindriu Colgan
  • Number of views: 368
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The IRS ruled that taxpayers who prepaid their 2018 property taxes may still be able to deduct the entire amount from their 2017 federal taxes without regard to the $10,000 limit imposed by the Tax Cut and Jobs Act.
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Join the Allergy and Asthma Network’s Virtual Advocacy Day!

The AAN will hold its virtual Allergy and Asthma Day Capitol Hill to connect with Congress and advocate on behalf of the millions of Americans living with asthma, allergies, COVID-19, and related conditions.

You are invited to join the Allergy & Asthma Network’s virtual Allergy and Asthma Day Capitol Hill (AADCH) on Wednesday, May 4th from 9:00a.m—5:00p.m. ET. Participants will connect with Congress to discuss issues impacting Americans living with asthma, allergies, COVID-19, and related conditions.

Participants are encouraged to engage virtually throughout the day by emailing and calling your members of Congress and posting on social media. Be sure to tag the Allergy and Asthma Network and use the hashtag #AADCH2022!

The event includes a Capitol Hill Lunch Briefing livestream with speakers Tonya A. Winders, President and CEO, Allergy & Asthma Network; U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Congressional Asthma and Allergy Caucus Co-Chair and co-sponsor of the bipartisan "Elijah E. Cummings Family Asthma Act"; U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna D-CA) – Invited; Mark Corbett, MD, President, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) on the “The State of Asthma & Allergy Care in the United States”; Dr. James Kiley, PhD, Director of the Division of Lung Disease, National Health, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH); and Alejandra Nuñez, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

View the full schedule and register here.

WHO:     Hosted by the Allergy & Asthma Network

WHAT:   Allergy and Asthma Day Capitol Hill

WHEN:   Wednesday, May 4th from 9:00a.m.—5:00p.m. ET

WHERE: Virtual, on Zoom. Register here.

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