Posts Under "Public Policy" Category

  • admin
  • October 17th, 2018
  • No Comments

Monthly Public Policy Report, Sept 2018

AWFS is a client of LobbyIt. Each month, LobbyIt prepares the following report on public policy updates and activity for AWFS and its member companies. AWFS Monthly Report Greetings! As anyone who watches the news knows, the latter half of September was dominated by the Supreme Court confirmation process. After smooth sailing and what seemed […]

  • admin
  • October 11th, 2018
  • No Comments

CARB Community Air Protection Blueprint – Update Oct 2018

As shared by AWFS Board Consultant, Past President, and Regulatory Representative Wade Gregory: The Community Air Pollution Blueprint has been approved and is moving forward, as you can see from the press release below. Here is a link to Appendix F of the final Blueprint, which remains unchanged in its wording on the ATCM and […]

  • admin
  • October 9th, 2018
  • No Comments

AWFS Conducting Tariff and Trade Survey – We Want to Hear from You!

Oct 9, 2018 Is your company impacted by recent tariff and trade policies? AWFS is conducting a brief six-question survey to determine whether our members companies are impacted by recent trade and tariff policy changes. Your participation in this survey will help us determine the direction needed for our public policy efforts and how we can help […]

  • admin
  • September 11th, 2018
  • No Comments

Monthly Public Policy Report, Aug 2018

AWFS is a client of LobbyIt. Each month, LobbyIt prepares the following report on public policy updates and activity for AWFS and its member companies. AWFS Monthly Report Greetings! In the month of August, our team continued to monitor trade developments and took meetings to determine Congressional plans for future CTE legislation as it relates […]

  • admin
  • August 10th, 2018
  • No Comments

Monthly Public Policy Report, Jul 2018

AWFS is a client of LobbyIt. Each month, LobbyIt prepares the following report on public policy updates and activity for AWFS and its member companies. AWFS Monthly Report Greetings! In the month of July, we worked with the AWFS team to identify the new priorities for our advocacy, now that the Perkins Bill has passed. […]

  • admin
  • August 1st, 2018
  • No Comments

Perkins CTE Legislation Reauthorization Passes

After months (technically years) of waiting, anticipation, and efforts by AWFS and countless other industries and associations and organizations, the Perkins V reauthorization has passed in the Senate, House, and by Executive Order. AWFS joins with NAM, ACTE, and others in expressing appreciation to those representatives who helped moved this legislation forward, and is satisfied […]

  • admin
  • July 26th, 2018
  • No Comments

CPA COMMENTS ON CARB COMMUNITY AIR PROTECTION BLUEPRINT

https://www.compositepanel.org/news-events/news-events.html/2399/ CPA submitted comments this week on California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) draft Community Air Protection Blueprint, which provides a proposed policy and regulatory framework for a new program to “reduce air pollution and improve public health in communities that experience disproportionate burdens from exposure to air pollutants.”  In Appendix F of the Blueprint, CARB […]

  • admin
  • July 18th, 2018
  • No Comments

Monthly Public Policy Report, Jun 2018

AWFS is a client of LobbyIt. Each month, LobbyIt prepares the following report on public policy updates and activity for AWFS and its member companies. AWFS Monthly Report Greetings! In the month of June, we monitored developments regarding the Perkins Reauthorization bill in the Senate and sought to build additional relationships that will be beneficial […]

  • admin
  • June 18th, 2018
  • No Comments

Monthly Public Policy Report, May 2018

AWFS is a client of LobbyIt. Each month, LobbyIt prepares the following report on public policy updates and activity for AWFS and its member companies. AWFS Monthly Report Greetings!  During the month of May, we monitored market developments and tracked what the Hill is doing regarding the Perkins. Advocacy Highlights In May we saw several […]

  • admin
  • June 8th, 2018
  • No Comments

SCM to champion the cause of U.S. companies in the State of Georgia’s Woodworking Community

SCM, a world-leading producer of woodworking machinery with a double-digit annual growth in the U.S. market, welcomed Congressman Rob Woodall to in discussing public funding opportunities for Career Technical Education programs. SCM, a world-leading producer of woodworking machinery, welcomed at its Duluth, GA branch Congressman Rob Woodall, the U.S. Representative for Georgia’s seventh congressional district. […]

membership directory
and source guide Now online
Association of Woodworking & Furnishing Suppliers