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一般服务管理局资深人士安东尼·E·科斯塔(Anthony E. Costa)被聘为该机构公共建筑服务的代理专员。自2005年以来一直领导PBS的David Winstead于12月27日取代了20年的GSA员工Costa。华盛顿特区的汤普金斯建筑商高级副总裁乔治·克雷斯(George Kreis)谈到科斯塔时说:“他一直很公平,并且非常擅长削减繁文tape节。”
President-elect Barack Obama’s picks to lead the departments of transportation and labor took many construction industry officials by surprise.奥巴马于12月19日宣布,他选择了14年的共和党国会议员雷·拉霍德(Ray Lahood)(伊利诺伊州)担任交通秘书和众议员希尔达·索利斯(Hilda Solis)(D-Calif。)作为劳动秘书。照片:AP/Wideworld Solis和Lahood并不是每个人的简称。行业官员被拉霍德的提名措手不及。尽管他确实在运输和基础设施委员会任职,但他并不是可能候选人的谣言清单,也不是运输事务的领先立法者
President-Elect Obama’s selection for the top post at the Labor Dept., Rep. Hilda Solis, a U.S. congresswoman from California, is a cause for celebration by unions.奥巴马在宣布这一消息时说,加利福尼亚民主党是一名可再生能源倡导者,他在国会的绿色就业培训法案中至关重要,将在制定政策中发挥关键作用,以实现其既定目标,以创建约2.5百万个工作。劳工倡导者将索利斯描述为具有坚定的劳动投票记录的强大联盟支持者。“我们很欣喜若狂,”国际劳工总裁特里·奥沙利文(Terry O’Sullivan
当选总统巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)领导选择Dept. of Transportation, 14-year Republican congressman Ray LaHood (Ill.), took construction industry officials by surprise. LaHood's name didn't appear on rumor-mill lists of possible candidates to lead the Dept. of Transportation. Obama formally announced LaHood as his pick to be DOT Secretary on Dec. 19. Ray LaHood He hasn't been a leading legislator on transportation matters, though he served on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for his first six years in the House. Nevertheless, Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), the Transportation committee's current chairman, says he believes LaHood will be "an excellent—superb infact—secretary of
President-elect Barack Obama has selected a veteran team of regulators and administrators to fill his administration’s top energy and environmental posts.环境和行业团体预计,该团队于12月15日宣布,比布什政府更专注于气候变化和可再生能源。他们认为,指定人员将同情为环境保护局水基础设施援助等计划增加资金,但总体预算压力可能会违反。照片:AP / Wide World老兵。丽莎·杰克逊(Lisa Jackson)成为EPA提名人。对于能源部长,奥巴马攻击了史蒂文·楚(Steven Chu),他获得了1997年诺贝尔物理学奖
The U.S. Interior Dept. issued final regulations on Dec. 11 that clarify when consultations with other agencies are required under the Endangered Species Act. Interior says the change was needed to prevent lawmakers from using the law as a back door way to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. The new rules were narrower than an August proposal, which was widely criticized by environmental groups. The final version permits agencies to forgo consultation only in limited circumstances, Interior says. Sen. James Inhofe (Okla.), the top environment committee Republican, calls the revision “a step in the right direction.” But the National Audubon Society is
President-elect Barack Obama on Dec. 13 named New York City Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Shaun Donovan as his pick for Housing and Urban Development Secretary.多诺万(Donovan)是克林顿政府(Clinton Administration)的HUD副副部长,后来又是保诚抵押贷款公司董事总经理。HUD建设计划包括社区发展块拨款。