How Big Data Can Help Finance Big Infrastructure Plans

April 8, 2021/in Biden infrastructure, big data, infrastructure data, infrastructure sensors, National News /by wpmaddoxins

It’s no secret that the roads, bridges, water and sewer systems that have shaped how our communities developed over the last century are, in too many cases, operating on borrowed time. Infrastructure is — after all — the collective of …

FEMA Knows About Trying to Build Back Better Infrastructure

March 29, 2021/in Biden infrastructure, disaster mitigation, disaster recovery, Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), federal flood home buyouts, FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), National News /by wpmaddoxins

Lawmakers in Washington are gearing up for the Biden administration’s first major legislative challenge: a set of measures on long-term economic priorities, including infrastructure and jobs, expected to cost roughly $3 trillion. Key to President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better …