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2012 ACWA Region Events

Register for These Upcoming Region Events Online Now at www.acwa.com June 3-4 | ACWA Region 5 Tour of Alameda County Water District Recharge Facilities and San Francisco PUC Historic Sunol Headquarters and Temple and Hetch Hetchy Projects. Attendees will depart on a tour to see ACWD’s recharge facility, rubber inflatable dams, quarries and fish screens […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 21, 2012
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House GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at Earmark Ban

The Hill Newspaper By Molly K. Hooper – 05/18/12 06:00 AM ET   A group of Republicans is working on a game plan aimed at lifting the House ban on earmarks early next year. While the frustrated GOP lawmakers concede that eradicating the ban is not going to happen this Congress, they have become more […]

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  • onMay 21, 2012
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Federal Legislation: Proposed Port Funding Bills

Port security grant funding Representative Richardson (D-CA) introduced a bill (H.R. 5803) to amend title 46, United States Code, regarding port security grant funding for mandated security personnel, and for other purposes. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:hr5803:   Ports as small business incubators Representative Hahn (D-CA) introduced a bill (H.R. 5813) to amend the Small Business Act to provide […]

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PORT OF OAKLAND WELCOMES NEWLY-APPOINTED COMMISSIONER

Earl S. Hamlin brings over 30 years of finance and business development experience  Oakland, Calif.—May 18, 2012 – The Port of Oakland welcomes its newest Port Commissioner, Earl S. Hamlin, who was nominated by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan on April 6, 2012 and unanimously confirmed by the Oakland City Council on Tuesday, May 15. Commissioner […]

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