By Bob Pepalis | Oct 25, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has switched gears from inspections to assisting in recovery efforts in the regions in Florida hardest hit by Hurricane Ian last month.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 24, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken administered the oath of allegiance to 24 people from 17 different countries during a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization Ceremony Oct. 19 in Philadelphia.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 24, 2022
ExxonMobil Corporation was required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor to reinstate two workers and pay them more than $800,000 in back pay, interest and compensatory damages.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 24, 2022
A noted professor, data expert and leader in data science is now the associate director of Research and Methodology and chief scientist for the U.S. Census Bureau.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 22, 2022
U.S. Sec. of State Antony Blinken spoke on State Department efforts to address the spread of misinformation and technology's role in foreign policy during a meeting with journalists after a recent visit to Stanford University.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 21, 2022
House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Rep. Michael McCaul renewed requests to Secretary of State Antony Blinken for the preservation of all documents related to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 21, 2022
An additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for the fiscal year 2023 will be available to employers, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in collaboration with the Department of Labor (DOL), has announced.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 21, 2022
An auto-parts maker in Alabama is under a federal court order to stop illegally employing workers as young as 13 years old to perform hazardous duties.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 20, 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the Bureau of International Expositions’ Enquiry Mission to further discussion on the U.S. bid to host the 2027 World’s Fair Expo.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 20, 2022
A $3.5 million grant was awarded to SSTI to coordinate and lead a Community of Practice that builds the capacity of U.S. Economic Development Administration grants for technology-based economic development.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 20, 2022
Rep. Tom Tiffany, (R-Wis.) said that U.S. foreign policy must uphold Taiwan as a free country that is independent of China and its outdated “One China Policy,” saying the United States can no longer allow Beijing to grow rich off of our fence-sitting.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 20, 2022
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center will issue its winter outlook 11 a.m. Oct. 20 via a teleconference.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 20, 2022
Two workers for a Jackson, Mississippi, ground delivery contractor who were not paid for work they performed from their residences off-the-clock have been awarded $44,280 in back wages and liquidated damages by the U.S. Department of Labor.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 19, 2022
Michael Shellenberger, an author who writes about politics and the environment, called for an end to purchasing solar panels from China because some of them are produced through forced labor.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 19, 2022
A lawsuit has been filed against an Alexandria, Va., cybersecurity provider and federal contractor for allegedly firing an employee with a disability.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 19, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the 23rd drawdown of U.S. arms and equipment to be sent to Ukraine since August 2021.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 19, 2022
A $5.4 million grant was awarded to the National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation by the U.S. Economic Development Administration's Networks program to launch and run an Economic Development District Community of Practice.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 18, 2022
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said the Biden administration is naive to think China is willing to work together with the U.S. toward shared goals, as stated in the administration's recently released National Security Strategy.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 18, 2022
The Economic Development Administration increased its number of Economic Development Districts (EDD) to more than 390.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule that updates the H-2A application and temporary labor certification procedures while improving the protection of agricultural workers.
