马克·H·麦卡勒姆(Mark H. McCallum)
马克·H·麦卡勒姆(Mark H. McCallum)

All the words spoken by Mark H. McCallum about surety bonds could fill a library.

His views cover the treatment of surety in federal contract forms, bonding assistance for small contractors and state-level bills that permitted unregulated individual surety markets. Few people outside the world of surety bonds and construction feel the same intense affection for those subjects.

在六年中,麦卡勒姆(McCallum)曾担任全国担保债券生产者协会(NASBP)的首席执行官,以及在他担任该协会总法律顾问的四年前,麦卡勒姆(McCallum)已证明是一位毫不掩饰的倡导者和战略家。他与担保公司和美国保真度协会紧密合作。

新利18备用Enr的前25名新闻记者偶像2015年11月,国会批准了NASBP,担保公司和建筑业联盟,他们花了数年的时间:联邦保证金资产规则的改革,该规则应终止各个保证金中最普遍的欺诈类型,即不存在的资产。

这项改革采用了不同的众议院和参议院法案的形式,最终被藏在国会批准的2016年国防授权内。它要求非公司担保人保证安全资产并将其置于联邦政府的照顾和监护权中。它还提高了小型企业管理局支持合法债券的能力。

对于已经习惯于以假资产为支持的付款和绩效保证金的个人担保骗子艺术家,游戏已经结束。对于麦卡勒姆(McCallum),多年的工作,包括立法机构关于该问题的证词,最终取得了成果。

麦卡勒姆说:“我们有信心我们辛辛苦苦的五年来遏制对联邦建筑合同的个人保证的回报。”麦卡勒姆说。

The officers of NASBP are appreciative. Howard Cowan, president of the Cowan-Hill Bond Agency, Lubbock, Texas, praises McCallum’s “hard work,” “professionalism” and help in raising NASBP’s overall effectiveness.

Brian Perlberg, senior counsel for contracts of the Associated General Contractors, says, “Mark’s the kind of person who makes a statement or insightful comment nobody thought of that brings an insightful, fresh perspective.”

关于the reform passed by Congress, a colleague adds, “It never would have happened without Mark.”


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