The tax portion of the stimulus plan is growing, with the Obama team now working with Democratic leaders to fashion a $300 billion package of tax cuts targeting businesses as well as the middle and lower-income Americans Obama promised to help during his campaign.

Rulemaking will change under a Democratic President. Barack Obama is expected to halt some government regulations that were issued in the closing days of the Bush administration. Known as a rules freeze, incoming presidents traditionally send memos to the heads of all federal agencies directing that the bureaucracy stop work on all rules that the previous administration had been developing.

HAI has been in close communication with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) concerning inauguration day airspace restrictions (NOTAM 8/4901) to be imposed in the Washington, D.C. area for January 20, 2009.