September 6, 2024

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Volpe Center has announced a September through October 2024 webinar series on implementation of transportation infrastructure projects under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Since 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration has announced nearly $454 billion in BIL funding, which includes over 56,000 specific projects and awards across over 4,500 communities in all 50 states, Washington, DC, the territories, and for Tribal Nations. While the economic benefits of BIL will be realized over the coming years and decades, the benefits of job creation in the construction industry are starting to emerge.

This DOT webinar series will include three panels of transportation thought leaders focused on, “Making Good on the Potential of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.” Details regarding these upcoming webinars are as follows—

Panel 1: “Project Delivery Lessons Learned from Emergency Response Following an Infrastructure Catastrophe”

• Date/Time: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm ET

Panel 2: “Best Practices to Get Big Infrastructure Projects off the Ground”

• Date/Time: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm ET

Panel 3: “Project Acceleration for the Public Good”

• Date/Time: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm ET

To register for one, or all of these webinars, please click here. For more information on this three-part webinar series, as well as the list of speakers for these panels, please view DOT’s Volpe Center webpage by clicking here.

For more information, please contact Brian Howard, USET SPF Senior Policy Analyst, at bhoward@usetinc.org.

Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up to receive updates from the USET Tribal Infrastructure Development Program directly in your inbox. 

Established in 1969, the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET) is a non-profit, inter-Tribal organization serving thirty-three (33) federally recognized Tribal Nations from the Northeastern Woodlands to the Everglades and across the Gulf of Mexico. USET is dedicated to enhancing the development of Tribal Nations, improving the capabilities of Tribal governments, and improving the quality of life for Indian people through a variety of technical and supportive programmatic services.

Established in 2014, the USET Sovereignty Protection Fund (USET SPF) is a non-profit, inter-Tribal organization advocating on behalf of thirty-three (33) federally recognized Tribal Nations from the Northeastern Woodlands to the Everglades and across the Gulf of Mexico. USET SPF is dedicated to promoting, protecting, and advancing the inherent sovereign rights and authorities of Tribal Nations and in assisting its membership in dealing effectively with public policy issues.