President Donald Trump has announced a bold, innovative plan for improving and investing in America’s infrastructure. The proposal is the culmination of a year-long effort between Cabinet agencies, including the Department of Transportation, with significant input from state, local, and private sector leaders. It is designed to change how infrastructure is built, financed and maintained...

When a Maine fire chief used his hobby drone to drop a life vest to two boys trapped by raging waters he not only saved two young lives, he demonstrated the positive potential of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).   UAS technology, or Drones, has evolved much the same as computers, which went from room-sized machines...

Deep in the heart of Kentucky’s rugged Eastern Mountain region there lives a woman who has fascinated and inspired me for two decades. She is known locally these days as “Mayor Nan” — the octogenarian chief executive of Hazard and advocate for its 5,467 residents. Nan Gorman was born in Memphis, Tenn., on St. Patrick’s...

Fifty years ago, 65 percent of the people volunteering to join the Peace Corps were men and 35 percent were women. Today, those numbers have flipped, with 66 percent of volunteers during the 2000s women and 34 percent men. This change, gradual over the five decades, represents women’s commitment to and confidence in international work...

2012 is now upon us, and we know that in this year there will be more rancor (presidential election), stress (economy) and predictably unpredictable natural disasters (no reference to the Mayan calendar intended). There are many reasons to worry, the evening news is full of them. There are reasons for optimism, but you have to...

It began as an ordinary December day. People were gathered around the radio listening to a football game or planning holiday parties, not girding for battle. But on Dec. 7, 1941, when the first Associated Press report came over the radio at 2:22 p.m. Eastern Standard Time of a “bombing in Hawaii,” the news was...

December marks the fourth anniversary of the official beginning of the Great Recession. Though the National Bureau of Economic Research deemed the recession to have ended in June 2009, to most Americans that conclusion seems not to square with reality. When might it really feel, to most Americans, that the recession has ended? Obviously, not...

For the past three decades, 401(k) tax-deferred savings accounts have assumed an increasingly significant role in retirement planning for an estimated 100 million American workers and their families. These “defined contribution” plans provide a convenient, efficient means for workers to save. Changes in the law and regulations — such as the ability to take loans...

Mitch and I extend our deepest condolences to Paula, Matt, Jr., Jade, and their family on the passing of their beloved husband and father.  A devoted family man, Matt is a dedicated public servant, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and pioneer and trailblazer for the Asian Pacific American community and all Americans.  Throughout his career, he mentored and...

Today, America’s workforce numbers 149 million people, and more Americans are working than ever before.  At the same time, the workplace is changing rapidly—it is much different from even a decade ago.  Technology has increased not only the rate but the intensity of change.  So the key to success in the 21st century will be...