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Accelerating Infrastructure Innovations |
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-14-011
Date: March 2014
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In order to improve the efficiency of its communications efforts, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will cease publication of the Focus newsletter after the April 2014 issue. Realizing that long-time readers of Focus have relied on the publication for the latest on highway innovation topics, FHWA will begin forwarding subscribers the agency's Innovator newsletter.