The Department of Labor recently announced the findings of a multi-year study of the impact of the Unemployment Insurance program in stabilizing the economy during a deep recession. The study was commissioned by the department and undertaken by IMPAQ International LLC and the Urban Institute.
A Chinese carrier has ordered the AHM system on a total of 117 planes that are in service or on order.
Updating its 2009-2011 agenda, the agency is now out with a Final Vehicle Safety Rulemaking and Research Priority Plan 2010-2013.
In a speech last week, the OSHA administrator said none of the problems identified in audits of state plans "is catastrophic or threatens continued plan approval," except in one or two cases where the budgetary commitment to the program is in jeopardy.
Under the agreement, the Department of Defense will release airspace off the East Coast above 24,000 feet. The added capacity is expected to ease delays during one of the busiest travel periods of the year, saving time and money for passengers and airlines while reducing fuel burn.
At the meeting in Washington, D.C., the presidentially appointed members will continue discussing the causes of the April 2010 spill and how to prevent such incidents in the future.
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society released the newest volume in the series on Nov. 16.
For several reasons, fires are a significant threat during the winter and the holiday season.
Responding to the HHS inspector general's report, the leader of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' administrator, Dr. Donald Berwick, outlined numerous steps being taken to reduce hospital errors.
For example, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is changing "deficient" to "alert" when a motor carrier's score in one or more BASIC categories is above the agency's threshold for intervention.
A final rule from the agency requires affected wireless carriers to provide more specific automatic location information for emergency calls to Public Safety Answering Points in areas where they have not done so before.
The Nov. 30 event in Washington, D.C., is a discussion with public and industry officials to ensure drilling operations are environmentally safe. EPA, meanwhile, is making progress on its study of fracturing's impact on drinking water and public health.
Senior fire executives who are selected will be awarded fellowships to attend Harvard's annual Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government. The three-week program is conducted on the Harvard campus in Cambridge, Mass.
Nominations are due by Jan. 14. These annual awards recognize significant contributors to the betterment of the workers' compensation system.
“Regardless of the gender or age of the patient, or of diabetes, we were able to isolate in all of them a pool of functional cardiac stem cells that we can potentially use to rescue the decompensated human heart,” said Dr. Domenico D’Amario, author of the study and a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Harvard in Boston.
Experts have raised concerns that caffeine can mask some of the sensory cues individuals might normally rely on to determine their level of intoxication.
"These citations and sizable fines reflect the Postal Service's failure to ensure that the proper safety practices were being used by employees working with live electrical parts, leaving them vulnerable to multiple hazards," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Dr. David Michaels.