In a recent speech at the Center for American Progress, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano addressed the need for Congress to pass immigration legislation that will improve public safety by providing a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, according to a press release from the Law Enforcement Engagement Initiative (LEEI).
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will hold a national research workshop, Making Green Jobs Safe: Integrating worker health and safety into sustainability, on Dec. 14 – 16, 2009, in Washington, D.C., according to a recent NIOSH press announcement. The purpose of the workshop is to stimulate and begin planning national research to help make worker health and safety an integral component of the new green economy.
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released a new public opinion survey today that finds that 71 percent of Americans favor an increased investment in disease prevention and that disease prevention is one of the most popular components of health reform, according to a recent TFAH press release. Forty-four percent of Americans strongly favor investing more in prevention.
NFPA 1600, Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs has been designated for adoption under the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Accreditation and Certification Program (PS-Prep), according to a press release from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of DHS has extended the comment period on standards selected for the Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Program (PS-Prep) to January 15, 2010.
Human resource professionals say the recession is causing many employees to delay retirement and reduce or suspend 401(k) contributions, according to a poll by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
“If you’ve flown with a commercial airline, you know the drill,” states the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a recently published report. “Turn off all pagers, electronic games, MP3 and CD players, laptops and the like once the cabin door is closed, until the plane gets above 10,000 feet. No using cell phones at any time while the plane is in the air. But do you know the real reasons why you have to follow these rules?”
U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, criticized the federal government's preparation and response to the H1N1 virus, saying vaccine production and distribution cannot continue to fall short of the public's need.
Chemical Safety Board Chairman John Bresland released a new video safety message asking jurisdictions across the country to adopt the ASME Pressure Vessel Code to reduce the number of accidents involving catastrophic pressure vessel failures in process industries.
Despite progress in some areas, smoking rates among U.S. adults remained stalled in 2008, halting the nation’s progress in ending the tobacco epidemic, according to a CDC study.