News from November 2022
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Texas Interstate Express LLC, USDOT No. 3818527, and PAC Express LLC, USDOT No. 3918055, related motor carriers located in the Houston area, to be an “imminent hazard” to public safety and ordered the motor carriers to immediately cease all interstate and intrastate operations.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) hosted the inaugural meeting of the Women of Trucking Advisory Board (WOTAB), where members discussed the results of a new FMCSA report on driver safety.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) adopted a final rule today requiring commercial hot-air balloon pilots to hold medical certificates when flying paying passengers.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Besides being the newest air traffic control building in the United States, the tower at Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) has another distinction: women engineers led its design, procurement, and construction
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Reflecting the U.S. Department of Transportation’s comprehensive approach to reducing serious injuries and deaths on our nation’s roads, officials from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today joined emergency responders representing transportation, public works, law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, towing and recovery, and other rescue and emergency first responders to lead a Crash Responder Safety Week event at USDOT Headquarters.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $5.2 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief funds for use by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service as a down payment to offset costs of repair work needed as the result of Hurricane Fiona heavy rain damage in Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration calls on everyone to check NOW for open recalls after another Takata fatality.
By Tamara Browning | Nov 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy is offering $350 million in funding for projects that demonstrate an emerging energy-storage technology capable of providing hours of power.
By State Newswire Report | Nov 18, 2022
Russia's decision to move an American basketball star from a prison in Moscow to a remote penal colony drew swift condemnation from U.S. State Department officials.
By State Newswire Report | Nov 18, 2022
A U.S. Department of State spokesperson affirmed the United States' support of an agreement between warring factions in Ethiopia to permanently cease hostilities that was signed earlier this month.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2022
Release: WASHINGTONThe Transportation Security Administration (TSA) appointed 25 voting members to serve on the Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee (STSAC), which met Thursday, Nov. 17. Among the committees 25 appointees, 13 are new members and 12 were reappointed.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2022
News Release: CINCINNATI - The first Chinese government intelligence officer ever to be extradited to the United States to stand trial was sentenced today in federal court in Cincinnati.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2022
News Release: NASA’s Artemis program is inspiring the world as it seeks to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and conduct a historic first crewed mission to Mars.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS - A Livingston man today admitted to illegally possessing a firearm while using drugs after law enforcement seized firearms, ammunition and drug paraphernalia that tested positive for methamphetamine in his residence, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A jury in the District of Columbia found former D.C. Metro Transit Police Officer Andra Vance, 48, guilty today of a civil rights violation for his unlawful beating of an unarmed transit rider with a metal baton without legal justification on Feb. 16, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a one page rule on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2022
Food Safety Outreach Competitive Grants Program grant opened on Nov. 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against a Minneapolis woman for orchestrating an accounts receivable factoring fraud scheme and a PPP loan fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
