Gary May received a 21-month sentence on Jan. 17 after pleading guilty last year to conspiring to impede MSHA enforcement efforts at the mine, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced.
A vineyard employee's death could have been prevented had the tractor's kill switch not been removed.
The DOE inspector general said in a report that funds from $700 million smart-grid technology program have been mismanaged.
One that the report indicates works for principals is a Dutch system that certifies companies following independent audits of safety and environmental programs and performance.
Seth Harris, a former law professor, has been serving as deputy secretary since May 2009.
Medical schools interested in competing for a $10 million grant program must submit brief proposals by Feb. 15.
The largest of three operated by the energy company, it has more than 1 million square feet of laboratory and office space.
The American Cancer Society recently announced from 2000 to 2009, overall death rates fell by 24 percent in men and 16 percent in women -- saving about 1.2 million people.
At a conference this week, scientists agreed the seafood coming out of the Gulf Coast is "as safe to consume now as it was before the spill."
Electronic health records for general group health typically don't include data fields for a patient's occupational risks or work capacity, notes the college's president, Dr. Karl Auerbach.
An interim final rule explains how separate grant programs, and some new ones Congress specified, will be awarded through a consolidated application process.
Dr. Carissa Etienne will start a five-year term on Feb. 1. She has served as the Commonwealth of Dominica's chief medical officer and assistant director of the Pan American Health Organization.
In a Jan. 22 departing post on the Labor Department's Work in Progress blog, the department secretary writes that she is proud of having saved workers' lives during her tenure and ready for the next chapter in her life.
The Jan. 28, 90-minute presentation will cover ways for compounding pharmacies to prevent employee illnesses and product contamination.
It’s easy to find out whether you’re one of the 38,000 people who haven’t claimed pension benefits owed to them: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation offers an online search directory.
The agency already has 6,000 cyber professionals involved in operating, defending, exploiting, and attacking, according to the unit's chief.
During the past three years, NHTSA's defect and compliance investigations and compliance testing have resulted in more than 430 recalls involving 22 million vehicles and products.