What is Innovation? No one really seems to know. Few can agree on a comprehensive definition because it means different things in different contexts. But […]
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Our policy blog contains shorter news, overview, or analysis of issues giving the general public, policymakers, and industry leaders an update or review of a new issue or refresher of a longstanding one. They cover a number of public policy challenges, focusing on pro-innovation solutions that can be implemented in a nonpartisan way through law, regulation, or simply best practices. These include an issue background, explanation of the challenge, and proposed solutions or recommendations. Aii white papers are longer than policy briefs, but not more complicated. To ensure you are up to speed and ready for these reports, try reading our policy blogs and briefs. Want a deeper dive on a single topic? Visit our Issues pages for background, challenges, solutions, and all our analysis on the subject.
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What is Infrastructure?
Defining Infrastructure To engage in comprehensive and intelligent discussion regarding our nation’s infrastructure policy, we first need to be thoughtful about what qualifies as “infrastructure.” […]
Read MoreAtlanta Power Outage And The Need For More Resilient Infrastructure
While power is back on at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport, the question remains: what happened to make the busiest airport in the world lose power […]
Read MorePhmsa Study: Wider Adoption Of Technology, Stronger Enforcement Critical To Improving Pipeline Safety
Last June, Congress passed and the President signed the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2016 (PIPES Act). Among the bill’s […]
Read MoreGrid Security – Between Hype and Heads in the Sand
Aii Founder and Chairman, Brigham McCown, was privileged to speak to the students and faculty at the Schar School of Policy and Government and Scalia […]
Read MoreAchieving A Sustainable Highway Infrastructure
By Samuel G. Bonasso, PE FASCE* As we look up at the sky and dream of tomorrow’s new sustainable infrastructure ideas, we must also remember […]
Read MoreU.S. House Of Representatives Set To Pass First Comprehensive Federal Autonomous Vehicle Legislation
On Wednesday, September 6, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Energy & Commerce Committee’s SELF DRIVE Act (H.R. 3388) – the first […]
Read MoreTrump Signs Infrastructure Executive Order
This afternoon, President Trump signed an Executive Order to speed up permit approvals for roads, bridges, waterways, and other major infrastructure projects by improving coordination […]
Read MoreDigging Deeper: Volume 1
How Economic Indicators And Population Demographics Impact Incident Rates “Digging Deeper” is the Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure’s (Aii) new blog series focused on using […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Electric Grid: A Primer
On July 12, we published “Building a Smarter Electric Grid: How Investing in Smarter Electricity Infrastructure Will Energize America,” a white-paper focused on the opportunities […]
Read MoreIt’s time American’s started paying for the transportation system as a utility
By Samuel G. Bonasso, PE* The sheer size of the U.S. requires a sophisticated interstate highway system to facilitate commerce, tourism, and more, essentially making […]
Read MoreDIRT Blog Update
Last summer, we published “Improving Upon Our Dig Laws: How State Legislatures Can Help Us Dig Safer,” where we performed an extensive review of the […]
Read MoreHouse Water Infrastructure Bill Includes Critical Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Fix
By Staff On May 25, the U.S. House of Representatives’ (House) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I Committee) passed The Water Resources Development Act of 2016. […]
Read MoreElectromagnetic Pulse Attacks: Are We Ready?
A recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) report indicates that the United States electric grid is still vulnerable to electromagnetic pulse attacks, despite recommendations made almost […]
Read MoreFederal Impediments to P3 Market Growth
By Shane Skelton, Executive Director The U.S. Public Private Partnership (P3) market is beginning to gain steam. As we pointed out in our Policy Brief, […]
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