OSHA is to receive a ten-percent budget increase to $563 million, according to the funding proposal for the agency released by the Obama administration.
The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association, Inc. (VPPPA) has received confirmation from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Acting Assistant Secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Jordan Barab, that OSHA is not suspending the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), according to a press release issued by VPPPA.
A shortage of clean, potable water is a risk to future security, growth and independence. Greater awareness of these challenges is spawning new technologies, more efficient water use, greater resourcefulness and new policies encouraging water usage sustainability.
This article begins a series exploring four critical
ideas essential to achieving the zero-harm goal. We
begin by looking at why zero-harm organizations focus
their efforts on exposure instead of injuries.
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), in a recent press release, praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent unanimous decision that, in effect, ruled that the federal aggravated identity theft statute may not be used against many undocumented workers who used false social security numbers to get jobs. The case was Flores-Figueroa v. United States.
EPA scientists will celebrate Sustainability Month, part of the Year of Science 2009, by connecting with the public through blogs, podcasts and demonstrations of the importance of sustainability in our communities. The Year of Science 2009 was created by the Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) to engage the public in science by showing why science matters in their communities and everyday lives, according to an agency press release.
Citing the fact that more than 90 percent of fireground firefighter deaths occur in one- and two-family homes, leading fire service organizations warned against state-by-state legislative efforts, orchestrated by homebuilders, which are designed to prohibit communities from requiring residential fire sprinklers in new home construction. Fire service groups are reiterating their strong support for sprinklers in the wake of several legislative attempts across the country, according to a recent National Fire Protection Association.
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