Fallen interstate sign shows importance of asset management

Melissa Savage
Melissa Savage|March 15, 2012

A few weeks ago, in Northern Virginia, a 30 foot highway sign fell onto I-66 and landed on a passing pickup truck.  Fortunately, no one was hurt, but it drew media attention and caused motorists in the area to wonder about the safety of other signs and the transportation network [...]

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Crumbling U.S. infrastructure not just about roads, but economic survival

Melissa Savage
Melissa Savage|September 20, 2011

In 2009, SAFETEA-LU—the legislation that outlines federal transportation funding for the states—expired. Since then, members of Congress have been kicking the can down the road, passing funding extensions instead of passing legislation.  The major impact of this failure to act is that the U.S. continues to slip further and further [...]

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Statistics every day, in every state

Paula Henderson
Paula Henderson|October 19, 2010

Today SAS joins thousands of others across the globe to celebrate the first World Statistics Day, proclaimed by the United Nations as a way to “help strengthen the awareness and trust of the public in official statistics.” More than 85 government agencies in nearly 70 different countries around the world [...]

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