Rural broadband and the prevailing wage
June 11, 2009
On Wednesday, a House Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing with Dallas Tonsager, undersecretary for Rural Development at USDA, to discuss programs and how USDA is spending stimulus funds.
Overall, it was kind of stuff that makes you sit and think about what's for lunch or whether Orlando really has a chance to comeback in the Finals.
Anyway, there were a few thought-provoking moments, however. Funds for broadband programs in the past at USDA have not required contracts to comply with the prevailing wage law for public projects known as the Davis-Bacon Act. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires contracts comply with Davis-Bacon...
On Wednesday, a House Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing with Dallas Tonsager, undersecretary for Rural Development at USDA, to discuss programs and how USDA is spending stimulus funds.
Overall, it was kind of stuff that makes you sit and think about what's for lunch or whether Orlando really has a chance to comeback in the Finals.
Anyway, there were a few thought-provoking moments, however. Funds for broadband programs in the past at USDA have not required contracts to comply with the prevailing wage law for public projects known as the Davis-Bacon Act. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires contracts comply with Davis-Bacon...
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