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Upcoming Webinar: “Killer Contracts: Don’t Sell Your Soul to the Sea Witch” ASA invites you to join us for the upcoming webinar, “Killer Contracts: Don’t Sell Your Soul to the Sea Witch”, on April 13th, 2022 at Noon Eastern. This webinar, presented by Bethany Beck of Sanderford & Carroll, will include an overview of the…

ASA Will Comment on OSHA’s Recordkeeping Regulation Relating to Construction On March 30, 2022, OSHA issued its proposed amendments to its recordkeeping regulation. The current regulation requires certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA. The most significant change is that covered establishments with 100 or more employees in certain high-hazard industries—including…

Didn’t Make it to SUBExcel? Here’s What You Missed! All of us at ASA National want to thank each and every person who joined us in Florida for SUBExcel 2022!  The week included top-notch speakers, non-stop networking, updates from leaders across the country, a ton of fun, and so much more!    SUBExcel is an…

This Week in Congress This week, the House is not in session, but the Senate held nomination votes, along with voting on the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (S. 1260) and the House-passed COMPETES Act, which both aim to boost some domestic innovation and provide billions for semiconductor manufacturing.  Finally, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act,…

ASA Calls Upon Congress Not to Suspend the Federal Gasoline Tax ASA, along with the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC), called upon congressional leadership to not suspend the federal gasoline tax in the name of “economic relief,” which is misguided and could undermine the recently enacted and bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Per their…

Critical Communications Survey: Please Respond! We’re Listening. Raise Your Voice Nothing beats one-on-one conversation to spur ideas and connections. That was reinforced at SUBExcel a couple weeks ago as we talked with a lot of our members about how to make YOUR association better. Only problem is that we spoke to a tiny fraction of…

ASA Supports Building Resilient Supply Chains Act On October 5, 2021, Reps. Malinowski (D-NJ), Kinzinger (R-IL), and Rochester (D-DE) introduced the Building Resilient Supply Chains Act, H.R. 5495 to establish the Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response Office in the Commerce Department and authorizes $41 billion for the Office to make grants and loans to…

FAR Updates: Buy American Act Requirements On March 7, 2022, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) for Buy American Act Requirements” was updated as follows: An important issue that was not finalized in the rule, but will be an important issue on the Buy American horizon is the designation of “critical” items and components. For “critical”…

ASA Honors the Life of Jesse Pickett Jr. It is with sadness that we share that Jesse Malcolm Pickett Jr, ASA President from 1986-1987, passed away on February 13th, 2022 at his home in Dallas, TX.  He lived to the beautiful age of 96 years, and his family shares that he passed peacefully and without…

This Week in Congress This week, the Senate held nomination votes and the House voted on legislation banning mandatory arbitration agreements and banning discrimination based on hair style or texture.  Mandatory arbitration agreements are common in both employment and consumer agreements, and the FAIR Act (H.R. 963) would ban their enforcement and would nullify all…