Airport directors honor Rep. Richard Neal with leadership award
In accepting the ACI-NA 2010 Commissioners Congressional Leadership Award, Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA) said he will continue to fight the battle for a permanent waiver of the Alternative Minimum Tax, which was eliminated for two years under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
“I have fought the battle on AMT for more than a decade; [...]
What Happened in Vegas
Last week, roughly 60 airport media relations and public affairs professionals attended the 2010 ACI-NA Media Relations & Crisis Communications Seminar in Las Vegas, to discuss the challenges and opportunities in investing in social media outlets, and to share best practices in media relations and crisis communications.
Attendees spent most of Thursday discussing the merits and [...]
Focus of Climate Change Debate Shifting on the Hill
By Annie Russo
As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begins implementing its rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions, the United States Senate is taking notice. Last year, the EPA deemed global warming as a risk to public health and welfare and used it to justify regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. It has been estimated [...]
Two Sisters, 54 Haitian Orphans and PIT
By Jeff Martinelli
Public Affairs Manager
Pittsburgh International Airport
Allegheny County Airport Authority
On Thursday, Jan., 14, less than 48 hours after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, news hit in Pittsburgh that two sisters, Ali McMutrie and Jamie McMutrie Heckman, were desperately seeking help for the children they were taking care of from the BRESMA orphanage in Port-au-Prince. The [...]
Stimulus Watch: Allegheny County Airport Authority
The State of Pennsylvania was honored to receive the first economic recovery funds from the American Recovery and Rehabilitation Act (ARRA). On March 12, 2009, DOT Secretary Ray LaHood announced that Pittsburgh International Airport would receive $10 million as part of the recovery package and $2 million would go to the Allegheny County Airport. Actual [...]
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