Policy Portfolio

Transportation

We have worked on every surface transportation authorization enacted by Congress since 1990.

Most recently, we helped secure significant client input in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the ‘Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’.

We have experience with:

  • Major highway projects ($100 billion +)

  • Passenger & Freight Rail

  • Airport Infrastructure

  • Seaport Infrastructure

  • Street Improvement Projects

  • Land Acquisition, Federal Lease Agreements, NEPA

Trade

Our team has decades of experience navigating domestic and international trade issues, goods movement infrastructure, and shipping.

We understand the complex dynamics that drive the economy and create jobs and specific avenues the federal government uses to provide support for international and domestic commerce.

We have experience with:

  • Western Hemisphere Trade

  • Port Infrastructure Investments

  • Supply Chain Bottle Necks

  • Labor & Workforce Issues

  • Intermodal Infrastructure Funding

Federal Appropriations

It can be challenging to discern when federal spending accounts are suitable for your projects and needs.

Our decades of experience navigating the annual appropriations process will help point you in the right direction for your most vital programs.

Each year, we support our clients’ requests for:

  • Direct Funding

  • Report Language

  • Program Authorization & Funding

  • Multi-Year Reimbursements

  • Legislative Language Clarifications

Housing

Public and Affordable Housing is a core practice area for our team, having represented a major Moving to Work (MTW) PHA for over a decade.

Let us help you provide exceptional housing options for your residents and maximize your opportunities to help those in need.

A sample of our vast experience on this issue includes:

  • Moving to Work (MTW)

  • Continuum of Care

  • Choice Neighborhoods

  • Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)

  • Homelessness

Wildfire

Wildfires on public lands and the Wildland Urban Interface threaten lives and public property on an annual basis.

We have experience navigating over 100 individual programs for wildfire mitigation, suppression, and recovery spread across multiple agencies and jurisdictions.

These programs, if well utilized, can help:

  • Fund Fuel Management and Reduction Projects

  • Hire and Train New Firefighters

  • Address & Mitigate the After-Effects of Wildfire

  • Expand Asset Inventories

  • Utilize Emerging Detection and Communication Technologies

Public Lands

The federal government owns roughly 640 million acres, about 28% of the 2.27 billion acres of land in the United States.

It can be challenging to untangle the complex web of jurisdictions, management responsibilities, easements, cooperative agreements, and more.

Thankfully, we have experience with:

  • Federal Land Transfers

  • Long-Term Lease Agreements

  • Public Use Easements

  • Monument Designations

  • Natural Resource & Environmental Protection

Water Resources

Clean Water and Flood Protection are two of the most vital services provided by municipalities.

As a consequence, we place a high value on our work related to flood protection and mitigation infrastructure investments, clean water projects, drinking water projects, and waterway navigation.

In the past decade, we have achieved success in all of these areas:

  • Major Funding for Flood Control Channels

  • 100-Year Flood Map Determinations

  • Drinking Water Pipe Replacements

  • Wetland Cleanup

  • Wastewater & Storm Water Project Funding

Let’s work together.

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