The incoming Biden Administration will likely be a catalyst for significant Federal environmental and energy policy changes. Staying...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency. I started at EPA in 1971 and spent the next...

On November 11, 2020, the National Museum of the United States Army opened at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The museum is “the first...

Our Dawson colleague Bo Temple, whose 37 years of service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers included serving as Deputy Commanding...

For decades, the federal contracting system has been criticized for being unduly expensive and complicated, especially for those outside...

We're sad to pass along that James "Win" Porter, who ably served Dawson & Associates and our clients from 2002 to 2005, passed away...

Fifty years ago, on December 2, 1970, Richard Nixon signed Executive Order 3, sweeping together 40+ Executive Branch agencies and...

On Saturday, President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. A reporter with E&E News emailed our colleague Larry...

On September 10, 2020, in a ceremony broadcast from Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, Army Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon became the...

One of the most prestigious awards in the engineering and construction industries is to be selected for membership in the National...

Our colleague Larry Liebesman, who spent 11 years as a Department of Justice environmental litigator, has been blogging about federal...

Hurricane response and recovery require seamless and dedicated preparedness of many federal, state and local government agencies. The...

On July 6, the U.S. Supreme Court made the Army Corps of Engineers’ Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP 12) under Section 404 of the Clean Water...

PBS stations around the country have begun airing a program on rising sea levels and the threats posed to low-lying nations and regions. ...

On the Army’s 245th birthday this year a friend asked me why I selected the Army as my career. I had not been asked that question before...

The federal National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) wil expire on September 30, 2020 and while policymakers continue struggling with the...

On April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a 6- 3 ruling in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, handing down yet another confusing...

There is significant concern among private economists and government officials that that the U.S. economy will need more help than the...

Our founder Bob Dawson and our longtime Senior Advisor former Cong. Martin Lancaster (NC) have an article in The Hill this morning on...

Recent news reports and statements from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggest that there will be another stimulus bill later this spring or...