News published on Federal Newswire in March 2016

News from March 2016


Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the March 15-16 FOMC meeting

News Release: The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants for the March 15-16 meeting.


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker released the following statement on President Obama’s nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States.


OSHA cites Ohio excavating company in Hillsboro trench collapse  that caused 26-year-old worker’s death

News Release: HILLSBORO, Ohio – For a 26-year-old Ohio construction worker, his new job turned out to be his last. Just a month after starting work for Stauffer Site Services LLC, a nearly 10-foot deep trench collapsed and buried him as he worked installing a sewer line. The man died two days later due to the injuries he suffered.


Wisconsin grain handling facility exposes workers to engulfment dangers

News Release: COLUMBUS, Wis. – Two to three seconds, that is how quickly flowing grain can trap a worker in a grain storage bin. Sixty seconds later, hundreds of pounds of grain can submerge and smother them. When it happens, more than half the time workers die by suffocation.


With nearly 8 percent of Nebraska workers hurt on the job,  OSHA focuses education, enforcement effort on meat processing industry

News Release: OMAHA, Neb. – Nebraska workers in the meat processing industry are more likely to be injured on the job, than many others employed in the Husker state. The higher-than-average rate has led the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to launch a new Local Emphasis Program ...


With nearly 8 percent of Nebraska workers hurt on the job,  OSHA focuses education, enforcement effort on meat processing industry

News Release: OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska workers in the meat processing industry are more likely to be injured on the job, than many others employed in the Husker state. The higher-than-average rate has led the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to launch a new Local Emphasis Program ...


Safety, health hazards at Florida Walmart Supercenter  violate corporate-wide safety agreement

News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. – Walmart continues to endanger the safety and health of its employees despite a 2013 corporate-wide settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to improve safety and health conditions at all of its store locations.


Safety, health hazards at Florida Walmart Supercenter violate corporate-wide safety agreement

News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. – Walmart continues to endanger the safety and health of its employees despite a 2013 corporate-wide settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to improve safety and health conditions at all of its store locations.


US Labor Department announces $81 million in available funds  to support migrant, seasonal farmworkers

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $81 million in available funding through the National Farmworker Jobs Program to provide additional employment, training and housing assistance to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a seven page proposed rule on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.