ASAToday for July 3rd, 2025

DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Rulemaking on Prompt Payment and Retainage Monitoring On Thursday, July 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced their upcoming Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Rulemaking on Prompt Payment and Retainage Monitoring. The Department specified the need for recipients to create a mechanism to affirmatively monitor a contractor’s compliance with subcontractor prompt…

The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA) On Thursday, July 21, 2022, Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY), Senate Finance Committee Chair Wyden (D-OR), and Senator Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), comprehensive legislation that would end the federal prohibition on cannabis by removing cannabis from the federal list of controlled substances and empowering states to implement their own…