News from PCCA
PCCA Urges Congress to Fix the Permitting Process Now
America’s permitting system is broken. That's why PCCA and 500+ organizations from every U.S. state joined a U.S. Chamber of Commerce coalition letter September 3 calling on Congress to enact meaningful legislation to modernize America’s permitting process.
Expect Congress to hold hearings and introduce legislation as federal agencies examine NEPA reform regulations in accordance with President Trump’s White House policy directives on permitting reform.
PCCA Comments on Workforce Pell Grant Rulemaking
On August 27, a comment letter was submitted on behalf of PCCA to the U.S. Department of Education in response to its request for feedback concerning a forthcoming Workforce Pell Grant program rulemaking, which will be negotiated by the Accountability in Higher Education and Access through Demand-driven Workforce Pell (AHEAD) Committee.
PCCA Journal - 2025 Q3
The latest edition of the PCCA Journal is online.
Featured in this issue: BEAD Program Revamp and Budget Bill Ignite Optimism for PCCA Members and more.
The PCCA Journal is portable and optimized for reading on your phone or tablet.
IPC, PCCA Recommend 811 Language for State Laws
The Infrastructure Protection Coalition (IPC) on August 11 announced 13 recommendations for states to incorporate into their 811/one-call laws. States implementing these recommendations can significantly reduce wasted time and inefficiency and reduce damages, improve public safety, mitigate risk, and achieve meaningful cost savings.
Take Action! PCCA Opposes Ongoing PLA Mandates
On June 12, the Trump White House’s Office of Management and Budget issued a memo (M-25-29) indicating that it will continue former President Joe Biden’s controversial policy mandating costly and anti-competitive project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more, implemented by Biden’s Executive Order 14063 and a related FAR regulation.
BEAD Progress Dashboard
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration released a dashboard on July 22 that allows anyone to track how BEAD Eligible Entities are progressing through major program milestones. The updated dashboard tracks progress from submitting challenge process results to completing selection of the Internet Service Providers that will build BEAD-funded networks.
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