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Apr 11

Infrastructure & Civil Works priorities

Recently the Society of American Military Engineers, hosted a virtual DoD Agency briefing featuring the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

Mar 24

Col. (ret) Fletcher “Bud” Griffis, RIP

The Dawson team is saddened this week at the news that our friend and colleague Col. (ret) Fletcher “Bud” Griffis has passed away. A...

Mar 4

“If you want good press, you have to do good things”

Dawson & Associates takes pride in providing a powerful voice for its clients in the Federal environmental regulatory process. Enabling...

Mar 1

Removing dams on the Snake River: The Corps of Engineers and National Policy Decisions

Some Members of Congress, including Rep. Mike Simpson (ID), have begun pressuring the Biden Administration to include removal of multiple...

Feb 21

Water policy & environmental justice in the Biden Administration

In the coming months, the Biden Administration will likely seek to build on its campaign pledge to address environmental justice...

Feb 14

Corps of Engineers port initiative brings huge opportunity to the Corn Belt

Underutilized, undercapitalized inland ports and terminals may see significant economic opportunities due to part of the new U.S. Army...

Feb 7

Understanding the impact of Federal regulation on offshore wind farms

Before joining us in 2007, our colleague Rear Admiral (ret) Sam De Bow was director of Marine & Aviation Operations at the National...

Jan 24

President Biden’s border wall order: Understanding what comes next

On January 20, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order ending the emergency declaration for the Southwest border wall and...

Jan 20

The Biden Administration & Federal permitting: "Requirements and procedures do not change overnight"

Think the Biden Administration will bring rapid changes to Federal environmental permitting? Maybe not, explain our colleagues Rick...

Jan 18

Understanding the “New Normal” in contract management training

Last September, the Department of Defense announced a “Back-to-Basics” (BtB) initiative”, the most substantial reform of the defense...

Jan 6

Dawson colleague to teach GW University course on air quality management

The incoming Biden Administration will likely be a catalyst for significant Federal environmental and energy policy changes. Staying...

Dec 8, 2020

EPA at 50: One professional’s view on improving the world

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency. I started at EPA in 1971 and spent the next...

Nov 28, 2020

New Army museum shines bright

On November 11, 2020, the National Museum of the United States Army opened at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The museum is “the first...

Nov 10, 2020

Maj. Gen. (ret) Bo Temple, RIP

Our Dawson colleague Bo Temple, whose 37 years of service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers included serving as Deputy Commanding...

Oct 30, 2020

Challenges to innovation in Federal contracting

For decades, the federal contracting system has been criticized for being unduly expensive and complicated, especially for those outside...

Oct 15, 2020

Win Porter, RIP

We're sad to pass along that James "Win" Porter, who ably served Dawson & Associates and our clients from 2002 to 2005, passed away...

Oct 13, 2020

50 years of the EPA

Fifty years ago, on December 2, 1970, Richard Nixon signed Executive Order 3, sweeping together 40+ Executive Branch agencies and...

Sep 30, 2020

Predicting Amy Coney Barrett

On Saturday, President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. A reporter with E&E News emailed our colleague Larry...

Sep 10, 2020

Congratulations, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon

On September 10, 2020, in a ceremony broadcast from Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, Army Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon became the...

Sep 7, 2020

Founder Bob Dawson inducted into National Academy of Construction

One of the most prestigious awards in the engineering and construction industries is to be selected for membership in the National...

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