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U.S. Department of Transportation Establishes Partnership with the City of Austin to Finance Mobility and Infrastructure Projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today established a strategic partnership to facilitate innovative delivery and financing of infrastructure improvements in Austin, Texas.
Transportation
OSRA 2022 Data Dashboard
BTS is exploring avenues to provide statistics on chassis street dwell times and out of service by location without compromising the confidentiality of respondents to the data collection.
Transportation
USDOT’s Federal Railroad Administration Announces New Safety Initiative with a Focus on Hazardous Materials FRA
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Administrator Amit Bose today announced a national initiative for focused inspections on routes that carry high-hazard flammable trains (HHFTs) and other trains carrying large volumes of hazmat commodities.
Labor
Federal court forbids Putnam County home care business from intimidating workers, obstructing US Department of Labor wage investigation
A federal court has ordered a Brewster home care provider to stop retaliating against employees in an effort to obstruct a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into the employers’ pay practices.
Labor
US Department of Labor finds Mississippi medical center illegally deducted hours worked, failed to pay required overtime; recovers $201K in back wages
US Department of Labor finds Mississippi medical center illegally deducted hours worked, failed to pay required overtime; recovers $201K in back wages
Labor
US Department of Labor recovers $330K in back wages for 20 workers denied overtime pay by North Carolina contractor
US Department of Labor recovers $330K in back wages for 20 workers denied overtime pay by North Carolina contractor
Labor
US Department of Labor to host one-day online educational seminar for agriculture industry employers, workers, other stakeholders
US Department of Labor to host one-day online educational seminar for agriculture industry employers, workers, other stakeholders
Labor
US Department of Labor effort to improve compliance, awareness in Southeast agricultural industry, protect vulnerable farmworkers continues
With a nearly $1 million annual increase in back wages recovered in the Southeast for agricultural industry workers in calendar year 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is continuing its multi-year initiative to educate industry employers about compliance, and workers about their legal protections under federal law.
Labor
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services announce new efforts to combat exploitative child labor
Since 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor has seen a 69 percent increase in children being employed illegally by companies. In the last fiscal year, the department found 835 companies it investigated had employed more than 3,800 children in violation of labor laws.
Labor
US Department of Labor announces final rule to modify how it sets adverse effect wage rates in the H-2A program
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced it will publish a final rule to amend how the Adverse Effect Wage Rates for the H-2A program are set to improve the rates’ consistency and accuracy based on the work actually performed by these workers and to better prevent H-2A workers’ employment negatively affecting the wages of U.S. workers in similar positions.
Labor
Federal court sentences medical clinics’ co-founder to time served of 14 months in prison, orders $258K in restitution after Department of Labor fraud investigation
A federal court in Kentucky has sentenced the co-founder of several phony medical clinics in Louisville and Atlanta, who pleaded guilty to one felony count, after the U.S. Department of Labor found the operators collected $258,000 from 15 self-funded healthcare benefit programs for services they never provided.
Labor
US Department of Labor announces $48M in funding available to support pre-release job training, services for incarcerated people
With meaningful employment secured, formerly incarcerated people can fully integrate into their communities more successfully and avoid relapse.
Labor
US Department of Labor announces final rule to modify how it sets adverse effect wage rates in the H-2A program
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced it will publish a final rule to amend how the Adverse Effect Wage Rates for the H-2A program are set to improve the rates’ consistency and accuracy based on the work actually performed by these workers and to better prevent H-2A workers’ employment negatively affecting the wages of U.S. workers in similar positions.
Labor
US Department of Labor, McCarthy Building Companies sign alliance to target workplace hazards at St. Louis' BJC Campus renewal project
US Department of Labor, McCarthy Building Companies sign alliance to target workplace hazards at St. Louis' BJC Campus renewal project
Labor
US Department of Labor finds El Paso metal-plating company continues to willfully expose employees working with corrosive acids to eye injuries
A federal workplace safety investigation of an El Paso jewelry metal-plating finisher found the company again exposing workers to serious hazards, including willfully failing to protect people working with dangerous acids and other chemicals from potentially permanent eye injuries.
Interior
Creature Feature: Spotted Owls
There are three subspecies of spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) that live in the western United States – the northern spotted owl, the California spotted owl and the Mexican spotted owl.
Interior
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps map critical mineral resources in Utah
The U.S. Geological Survey will provide more than $6.6 million to map critical mineral resources in Utah, in partnership with the Utah Geological Survey.
Interior
Flights Above Puerto Rico to Map Geology
A low-flying airplane will soon be visible to residents of Puerto Rico beginning in February and lasting potentially through May 2022.
Interior
Dr. Tamarah Pfeiffer selected as president of Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Tamarah Pfeiffer, Ph.D., a member of the Navajo Nation, has been appointed as the president of Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI).
Interior
Tonya Willis: Charleston District’s Small Business Programs ‘Door to the Corps’
For small businesses looking to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, the easiest way is to listen to the excitement and passion coming from the voice of Tonya Willis, the office of small business programs chief.
Interior
Construction project will impact Waitsboro Recreation Area
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is set to replace the existing water distribution system, service lines, and supply lines at Waitsboro Recreation Area in Somerset, Kentucky.
Interior
USACE resumes releases to St. Lucie Estuary
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District resumed releases at the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam (S-308) and the St. Lucie Lock and Dam at (S-80) this morning following a temporary closure at the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam on Monday, Feb. 27
Interior
A Milestone Celebration: Charleston Harbor Becomes Deepest Port on the East Coast
Charleston Harbor is now the deepest port on the East Coast at 52 feet, a milestone definitely worth celebrating.
Interior
Retired Army Brigadier General Gordon-Bray highlights “Love of Liberty” documentary and the story of Black Patriots during Charleston District’s Black History Month presentation
One never knows how decisive one decision you make; one action you take, can make a transformational impact on the world.
Interior
ERDC-CHL researchers assess hazardous vessel wakes near Tybee Island
Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District and the city of Tybee Island to measure vessel wakes near the island’s north shore in hopes of better understanding which ships and operating conditions are associated with generating large wakes.