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ABC welcomed a recent federal court decision that permanently blocks several unlawful provisions of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Updates to the Davis-Bacon Act and Related Acts Regulations.

On July 7, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration announced the award of $162 million to five organizations to administer a Pay-for-Performance Incentive Payments Program aimed at expanding registered apprenticeship programs.

The Trump administration recently released its 2026 Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. ABC has prepared a summary of the actions of interest to ABC members by agency.

On July 14, the Oklahoma Small Business Development Center will host a webinar on youth employment rules and regulations with an expert from the U.S. Department of Labor on rules and regulations for youth employment.

Since Inauguration Day, when President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders related to immigration, consequential changes to the nation’s immigration landscape have continued to emerge from the White House.

Consequential changes to the nation’s immigration landscape have continued to emerge. ABC has resources with the latest immigration actions.

On June 18, the General Services Administration published significant new procedures for procurements subject to the project labor agreement mandate on large-scale federal construction projects valued at over $35 million through a new Acquisition Letter and PLA Playbook. The documents explain that moving forward, the agency is utilizing a ‘paired-proposal’ procedure where contractors are still required to submit a bid that includes a PLA, but can optionally also submit a non-PLA bid.

On June 16, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced an update to its Voluntary Protection Programs Policies and Procedures Manual. This program, established in 1982, was created to “recognize and promote effective worksite-based safety and health management systems” via evaluating applicants against performance-based criteria of a properly managed safety and health system.

More than 400 national construction and business leaders who perform work in every state met in Washington, D.C., June 8-10, for ABC’s Legislative Conference 2026.

Meta Platforms Inc. and Associated Builders and Contractors recently announced a partnership to educate and provide construction-ready career pathways for thousands of data center construction technicians.