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December 10, 2015

On December 10, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act into law, replacing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The new education law is significant because NSPE has long advocated key provisions of the Educating Tomorrow’s Engineers Act, which are incorporated into the Every Student Succeeds Act. In particular, the bill includes a funding provision allowing states to refine their science assessments by integrating engineering design skills and practices for the first time.

December 7, 2015

On December 5, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act into law. The conference report was approved overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives by a vote of 359-65 and an equally impressive tally of 83-16 in the Senate. A comprehensive five year/$305 billion surface transportation authorization, this law is the culmination of a decade of 36 short-term extensions. NSPE has long urged Congress to pass a long-term infrastructure bill.

December 2, 2015

On December 1, NSPE and the California Society of Professional Engineers (CSPE) submitted a letter to the California Department of Motor Vehicles (CDMV), which has been charged with creating the first state-level regulations for fully autonomous vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has yet to issue regulations for fully autonomous vehicles. Therefore, these regulations, which were due nearly a year ago from the CDMV, will be the first in the nation.

December 1, 2015

In response to a request from the ABET Board of Directors for input into their current environmental scanning and strategic planning process, NSPE provided written input on November 24 on key policy and planning issues facing engineering education accreditation.

November 12, 2015

On November 12, NSPE-PAC Chairman Jeff Elliott, P.E., F.NSPE sent an e-mail to all NSPE members emphasizing the value and importance of NSPE-PAC, the ONLY PAC dedicated solely to promoting the professional engineer.

The Gold King Mine disaster and an Ohio bill that requires engineers to make ethics part of their mandatory continuing education underscore the PE’s role in protecting the public health, safety, and welfare. Listen now.

November 11, 2015

On November 9, NSPE President Tim Austin, P.E., F.NSPE, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and the Department of the Interior’s Secretary Sally Jewell urging them to strengthen federal engineering standards by mandating the role of the licensed professional engineer in federal engineering projects.

November 9, 2015

On November 4, NSPE successfully secured full support from the American Association of Engineering Societies to endorse NSPE’s recommended changes to the World Federation of Engineering Organizations’ proposed Model Code of Practice. At its core, this is a thoughtful document on an important issue: how to address the increasing challenges posed by climate change to infrastructure resiliency.

October 28, 2015

On October 22, the Department of the Interior released the findings of its independent investigation of the Gold King Mine blowout on August 5. The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) led the technical evaluation and coordinated with the Army Corps of Engineers and US Geological Survey for peer review of the work performed by the bureau. The evaluation team included six engineers, four of them licensed professional engineers.

October 27, 2015

On October 27, NSPE participated in an informal congressional roundtable hosted by Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) to discuss how to best address our drinking water infrastructure. Professional engineers play a critical role in building, maintaining, and fixing the components of our nation’s drinking water infrastructure.

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