{"id":6378,"date":"2010-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/2010\/10\/29\/buy-america-breach-costs-texas-light-rail-6\/"},"modified":"2010-10-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T00:00:00","slug":"buy-america-breach-costs-texas-light-rail-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/buy-america-breach-costs-texas-light-rail-6\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Buy America’ breach costs Texas light rail","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
The Federal Transit Administration has placed a hold on $900 million in federal grants destined to Houston\u2019s light-rail transit system \u2013 Houston Metro — for alleged violation of \u201cBuy America\u201d procurement regulations, reports the Bureau of National Affairs in its BNA Transportation Watch.<\/p>\n
BNA quoted the transit systems\u2019 officials as saying they would rebid procurement contracts that previously had been signed with a rail car manufacturer headquartered in Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Federal Transit Administration has placed a hold on $900 million in federal grants destined to Houston\u2019s light-rail transit system \u2013 Houston Metro — for alleged violation of \u201cBuy America\u201d procurement regulations, reports the Bureau of National Affairs in its BNA Transportation Watch. BNA quoted the transit systems\u2019 officials as saying they would rebid procurement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,45,9,18],"tags":[581,582,583,584,585],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n