ESA monitors 22 issue areas that potentially impact electronic security and life safety companies. From the use of biometrics to workforce development, we try to monitor every bill that touches on any of these issues. As the 2022 legislative sessions...
Here are highlights of legislative activity that could impact the electronic security and life safety industry. Federal Legislative Summary – November 2021 The most notable legislation to move in November was obviously the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act”, H.R....
Over the last several years, ESA collaborated with a connected technology working group composed of limited energy companies and trade associations. One of the issues we monitored over the last year was a proposed ordinance in the City of Houston,...
Here are highlights of legislative activity that could impact the electronic security and life safety industry. Federal Legislative Summary – October 2021 Congress finally passed bi-partisan infrastructure bill, the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” (H.R. 3684) last week and...
ESA submitted a letter to Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI) and Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R-OK) of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) last week after we learned some amendments in the House-passed version (H.R. 4350) of the National Defense Authorization...
Here are highlights of legislative activity that could impact the electronic security and life safety industry. Federal Legislative Summary – September 2021 Congress continues to wrangle over infrastructure, reconciliation, debt ceiling and how to deal with the economy facing...
The latest jobs report was released last week, and the news was “disappointing” to media outlets across the board. While the official numbers indicate 194,000 jobs were added, this fell well short of the 500,000 that Dow Jones (and the...
The August 9, 2021 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) press release articulated what many reading this blog already know through experience. The number of job openings increased to a record 10.1 million as of the end of June, which is...
Here are highlights of legislative activity that could impact the electronic security and life safety industry. Federal Legislative Summary – August 2021 August is typically a month that Congress takes a break from its “sausage making” and members spend...
Dear City of Houston Council Members, On behalf of the Electronic Security Association (ESA), I wish to express our opposition with certain proposed revisions to the City of Houston Administrative Code Provisions for the National Electrical Code. Specifically, we oppose...