News published on Federal Newswire in December 2014

By Commerce News Now | Dec 11, 2014

News Release: Good morning again, everyone. Thank you Jim McNerney, Ursula Burns, and members of the President’s Export Council for joining us today. I want to thank you all, and I applaud your ongoing work to advance our shared agenda to increase exports for American businesses and strengthen the American economy. As I said earlier, this group is an essential piece of the Administration’s vision of commercial diplomacy.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 11, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman announced the schedule of events for the 25th session of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), which will take place from December 16-18, in Chicago. Secretary Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative ...

By Commerce News Now | Dec 11, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today joined President Obama to hear recommendations from the President’s Export Council (PEC) on policies that will increase U.S. economic growth through international commerce. The PEC also presented a report on its recent commercial diplomacy fact-finding mission to Poland and Turkey that Secretary Pritzker co-led with PEC Vice Chair and Xerox CEO Ursula Burns earlier this fall.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 11, 2014

News Release: BAYTOWN, Texas — Employees who perform maintenance work on a metal cutting machine must be trained to safely de-energize the machinery and conduct periodic audits of those procedures, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. An OSHA inspection on June 10, 2014, of the JSW Steel (USA) Inc. Baytown facility found the company violated 12 safety requirements. Proposed penalties total $126,000.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 11, 2014

News Release: GREELEY, Colo. — A 54-year-old worker was fatally injured when his hair and arm caught in an unguarded conveyor system. His employer, JBS USA LLC, failed to protect workers from moving machine parts by properly guarding or de-energizing the equipment, an inspection in June 2014 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found. The agency cited the meat packing plant for one repeated and one serious violation.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 11, 2014

News Release: BELVIDERE, Ill. — A 21-year-old machine operator was fatally crushed at Ventra Belvidere LLC while reaching into a machine to align parts made for Chrysler vehicles. Following an investigation into the incident on June 10, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the Belvidere facility for one willful and four serious safety violations for exposing workers to dangerous machinery and other hazards.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 11, 2014

News Release: SEATTLE — Computer Sciences Corp. improperly laid off two employees for raising nuclear safety concerns about the Hanford nuclear facility, in violation of federal whistleblower laws. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered the company to pay $186,000 in wages to the two employees.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 11, 2014

News Release: ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Vallencourt Construction Co. Inc. knowingly endangered employees at a residential construction site by allowing them to work in an unprotected excavation on Las Calinas Boulevard in St. Augustine. Following a June 2014 inspection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Vallencourt for two willful and five serious safety violations. Proposed penalties total $169,000.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 11, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that $100 million in grants are available to expand registered apprenticeship programs in high-skilled, high-growth industries like healthcare, biotechnology, information technology and advanced manufacturing. Registered Apprenticeships have long ...

By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State News Post | Dec 11, 2014

The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Gazette | Dec 11, 2014

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 11, 2014

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Gazette | Dec 11, 2014

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 11, 2014

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.