To promote workplace safety and prevent health risks, the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced $10.5 million in funding is available for educational programs through its annual Susan Harwood Training Grants. Read More »

As part of an effort to enable the exploration of top world issues via modern media, the U.S. Department of State recently revealed the list of 2017-18 Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellows in collaboration with the National Geographic Society’s storytelling team. Read More »

Wagon tours and a haying demonstration will be part of a wild burro and horse adoption and educational event being hosted by Wind River Wild Horse Sanctuary on July 29 in Lander, Wyoming. Read More »

Placing the U.S. in an advantageous position, wells yielded substantially higher amounts of natural gas and oil during 2017’s second quarter relative to the same time period last year, the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported recently. Read More »

U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta recently met with a Swiss delegation to share ideas on workforce development and apprenticeships that are needed to build a skilled workforce. Read More »

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly said after he met recently with Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta he concluded the nation faces a shortage of U.S. workers available to perform temporary nonagricultural labor. Read More »

Drag boat racing at Shasta Lake could soon provide revenue, and entertainment, at East Park Reservoir in Colusa County, California, in cooperation with the federal government’s Bureau of Reclamation (USBR). Read More »

Two top staff leaders have been removed from the Manchester, New Hampshire, VA Medical Center (VAMC) following recent whistleblower-related allegations, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Read More »

Following a recent meeting between U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Department of Defense (DOD) said the two countries have made progress over the last 20 years. Read More »

Infused with $46.2 million, the Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative — aimed at making solar energy more affordable for U.S. consumers — will now begin four dozen projects, the DOE announced recently. Read More »

Demanding that legislative logjams be overcome, U.S. Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Thomas Donohue recently urged Congress to advance reforms for health care, taxes and infrastructure spending. Read More »

Likening their ongoing partnership to a pyramid, Maj. Thomas Poling applauded the recent success of bi-national exercises between Peruvian and American soldiers during a Scout-sponsored jamboree in West Virginia, including both military police and civilians. Read More »

Due to high public interest, the Bureau of Land Management's Hassayampa Field Office in Phoenix, Ariz., has extended the comment period for the Kirkland Mining Co. pozzolan mine analysis through Aug. 25. Read More »

Equipment provider AmeraMex International Inc. recently announced two large orders and an additionally lucrative global rental agreement. Read More »

Restrictions first imposed last March by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on toting large personal electronics devices through airports were recently rescinded in accordance with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly’s orders. Read More »

The American Petroleum Institute (API) and affiliated industry stakeholders recently encouraged lawmakers to pass the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017. Read More »

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao recently introduced David Horner and Steve McMillin as new federal appointees to the Washington, D.C. area’s Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) board of directors. Read More »

To combat a form of environmental contamination known as nutrient pollution, a federal coalition recently challenged states and local communities to use affordable specialized sensor systems via the Nutrient Sensor Action Challenge, a program that began in 2014. Read More »

A trio of electrical industry entities recently hosted the first Grid Innovation Expo on Capitol Hill with two U.S. representatives in an effort to urge Congress to anticipate energy needs of the future. Read More »

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue recently revealed a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) partnership to further farming education by signing a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU) with National Future Farmers of America Organization's CEO Mark Poeschl. Read More »