On March 1, 2011, ASCE Met Section members and others in the New York City engineering community were treated to a discussion of government involvement and advocacy, its importance to the civil engineering profession and the activities that the National organization has been pursuing on our member's behalf. Mr. Pallasch, who is the Managing Director for ASCE National's Government Relations and Infrastructure Initiatives, and leads ASCE's lobbying efforts, spoke for over an hour and answered questions on a wide range of topics that included:
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Government Affairs Committee 
In 2008, at the behest of New York District 2 Congressional Representative Steve Israel, the ASCE Metropolitan Section embarked on developing and producing an infrastructure report card for the counties of Nassau and Suffolk on Long Island.
On February 2, 2011, ASCE President-Elect Andrew Herrmann, P.E. was invited to speak at a hearing of the U.S. House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, which was convened by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. You can visit ASCE's website for 
Andrew Herrmann, P.E., F.ASCE returned to Washington D.C. on October 29, 2008 to provide testimony on behalf of ASCE to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure regarding the need for infrastructure funding that would be included in a new economic recovery and job creation package. 
