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The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") has issued Notice 2025-42 to implement the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA") mandate to phase out the clean electricity production tax credit (§ 45Y) and investment tax credit (§ 48E)...more
Across the United States, empty office buildings have become a common sight. According to Moody’s Analytics, office vacancies are at their highest since the 1990s. The COVID hangover has left us with an abundance of vacant or...more
Look Ahead to the Week of June 3: Fiscal Year 2025 - Spending Bills in Focus The House and Senate are in session this week, although both chambers will adjourn on Wednesday as many Members of Congress will travel to...more
On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)which reauthorizes surface transportation funds and allocates $550 billion for new federal spending over the...more
After passage in both houses of Congress, the highly-anticipated $1.2 trillion infrastructure legislation package, more commonly referred to as the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” (“Act”), has headed to President...more
This is the first in a series of articles summarizing key topics discussed at Ward and Smith's 2021 Construction Conversations Webinar. Members of Ward and Smith's Government Relations and Labor and Employment teams...more
Introduction - With the almost certain passage of an infrastructure bill, we are on the verge of a once-in-a-generation funding and policy shift that will have massive ramifications across numerous and diverse industries....more
Today the Administration released its FY19 budget proposal. As you likely know, the budget proposal signifies the starting point for the annual appropriations cycle which will play out in Congress over the course of the...more
It appears we may have dodged the government shutdown bullet, at least for the next couple of weeks. However, if you are involved in federal contract work, do you know what you need to do in the event of a shutdown?...more