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Duquesne University has filed a petition asking the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn a decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that requires the University to bargain with an adjunct faculty group. Calling the decision...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") has announced the HUD-Held Vacant Loan Sale ("HVLS 2018-1"). On April 11th, 2018, HUD will offer multiple residential mortgage pools consisting of approximately 650 notes and loan balance...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized the Personal Genome Service Genetic Health Risk (GHR) Report for BRCA1/BRCA2 (Selected Variants). It is the first direct-to-consumer (DTC) test to report on three specific BRCA1/BRCA2 breast...

In order to maximize investment in, and benefits of, future deep space exploration platforms and technologies, NASA and its International Space Station partners have collaborated to draft standards that address seven priority areas in which...

The National Press Club will be holding a press conference at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 6 to discuss a new development in the case of jailed Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto. Gutiérrez, whose reporting in his home...

Americans rely on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make sure our food supply is the safest in the world. The FDA is responsible for helping oversee about 80 percent of the nation's food supply. Making sure that we continue to modernize our...

The United Steelworkers (USW) today condemned a decision by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to delay by 60 days enforcement of its new standard for occupational exposure to beryllium. The...

The Parkinson's Foundation and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) will convene more than 300 advocates from across the United States, along with leading experts in Parkinson's research, public policy and advocacy, on March...

Lakeland Industries, Inc. , a leading global manufacturer of protective clothing for industry, healthcare and to first responders on the federal, state and local levels, today announced that its management is scheduled to participate in the 30th...

The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that 30 workers from over a dozen independent merchant oil refineries in 11 states are taking their fight to save their jobs to Washington, D.C., next week. They will discuss the urgent need for Renewable Fuel...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care professionals and patients not to use drug products produced by Cantrell Drug Company of Little Rock, Arkansas, including opioid products and other drugs intended for sterile injection,...

United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement following a session the President hosted at the White House with steel and aluminum industry executives. During the session, the President indicated that...

Statement from Jim McGreevy, Beer Institute President and CEO, on President Trump's announcement to impose a 10% across-the-board tariff on imported aluminum: "Aluminum is critical to the well-being of America's beer industry as more than half of...

Today, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Administrator Linda McMahon announced that this year's National Small Business Week will be held from April 29 ? May 5, 2018.   McMahon will start the week in...

Today, a coalition of community, non-profit, fraternal, and civic organizations, including Committee of 100, representing Asian Americans and Chinese Americans released an open letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray urging him to meet to discuss...

Two astronauts living and working aboard the International Space Station will talk live with students in Arizona and California on Friday, March 2. The separate Earth-to-space calls will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website....

Americans rely on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ensure that food labels contain updated nutritional information to help them make more informed food choices that lead to better health for themselves and their families. I've made nutrition...

In the first major labor showdown of the Trump Administration, Labor Arbitrator Laurence Evans today ruled that the U.S. Department of Commerce illegally terminated its collective bargaining agreement with the National Weather Service Employees...

You're in the middle of your day and you receive a call. A collection agency is asking you to pay for a service or product they claim you acquired long ago. They're insistent on you paying immediately, in some cases, they threaten with arrests or...

The U.S. Small Business Administration will present the final two hour-long webinars of its six-part free Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone webinar series on March 7 and March 14. The webinar series began on Feb. 7 and all webinars will...

The Coalition for Paper Options and its members, the Coalition of Mutual Fund Investors, Consumer Action, the National Consumers League, and the National Grange, today sent a joint letter to key members of the House and Senate Appropriations...

A new study of federal government IT officials shows agencies are taking significant steps to address the risk of cyberattacks from the growing use of smartphones, tablets, sensors, wearable and other endpoint devices accessing their networks....

GTL announced today that its patented Inmate Telephone System (ITS) and Inspire® tablets have the capability to handle inmate medical and appointment requests through an interactive voice response (IVR) Sick Call feature. GTL was the first company to...

As Amazon considers Denver for its new headquarters, the online behemoth's food distribution network faces legal scrutiny for violations of federal labor law that protect workers' rights. Region 27 of the National Labor...

A new bill pending in the Illinois General Assembly would eliminate the mechanism Peoples Gas has used to bankroll a pipe-replacement program widely decried for its rampantly escalating cost estimates and chronic waste and mismanagement. The...

With the tax season opening up less than a month ago, the Free File Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of industry-leading tax software companies partnered with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), today reminded taxpayers that free tax solutions are...

The current influenza season has been especially difficult, causing widespread illness that has affected all fifty states and resulted in a record number of hospitalizations. While healthcare professionals continue to combat this year's flu ? which...

The U.S. Small Business Administration's Interagency Task Force (IATF) on Veterans Small Business Development and the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs (ACVBA) will hold public meetings March 7 and 8, respectively, at SBA headquarters...

The Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) celebrated diversity in business and African-American contributions to the growing U.S. economy today. The 2018 African American Heritage Month...

One of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's highest priorities is our role in ensuring the safety of the foods that Americans consume. We base our regulatory decisions on robust science so consumers can feel confident about the foods they eat. The...

The U.S. government today released its Draft Report with results from the largest study ever conducted on bisphenol A (BPA). The results of the study, which is the key part of a multi-year in-depth research program, strongly support the safety of...

Edison Electric Institute (EEI) President Tom Kuhn released the following statement on President Trump's decision today to extend for 60 days the 100-percent federal cost share originally authorized in September in the wake of Hurricane Maria....

Veteran NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel will be available Thursday, March 1, for final interviews before their launch to the International Space Station. The interviews will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website....

Linda McMahon, the 25th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), will discuss the state of America's small businesses at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Thursday, May 17, 2018....

Three small business owners from Louisiana, Maine and Alaska respectively have been appointed to serve on the U.S. Small Business Administration's Regional Regulatory Fairness Boards by SBA Administrator Linda McMahon....

The National Council on Disability (NCD) ? an independent federal agency that makes policy recommendations to the President, Congress and other federal agencies ? welcomes its newest Member, Andrés J. Gallegos, who was appointed to NCD by Senate...

Three residents of the International Space Station are scheduled to complete their mission on the complex on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Coverage of their departure and landing back on Earth will air on NASA Television and the agency's website....

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that more than $1 billion in low-interest disaster loans has been approved for 28,106 Puerto Rico residents and businesses recovering in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and María which struck in...

Students at Para Los Niños in Los Angeles will speak with a NASA astronaut living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 12:55 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 22. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA...

As a producer of both raised access flooring systems and hot and cold aisle containment solutions, Tate often finds itself faced with questions about fire protection compliance and the role of NFPA 75, Fire Protection of Information Technology...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will host two workshops at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis Northstar Downtown, Minneapolis, Minn., March 27-28, for directors of national community banks and federal savings associations supervised by the...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the voluntary destruction and recall of a large volume of kratom-containing dietary supplements manufactured and distributed nationwide under the brand names Botany Bay, Enhance Your Life and...

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) today issued an invitation for bids to award 30 expired restaurant licenses in the fifth license auction since Act 39 became effective in August 2016. This auction includes one license in each of the...

Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) issued the following statement today from its executive director, Carl Blake, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) findings and recent reports of...

The Office of the National Ombudsman at the U.S. Small Business Administration recently released its annual report to the 115th Congress, rating federal agencies' responsiveness to the regulatory enforcement issues small businesses faced during...

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today it will launch an 18-state road tour connecting entrepreneurs with next generation Research & Development ideas to the largest source of early stage funding led by the SBA's Small Business...

Media are invited to NASA's rocket factory, the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, at 7 a.m. CST on Thursday, Feb. 22, to view recently completed test hardware for America's new deep-space rocket, the Space Launch System....

On December 29, 2017, VITU was approved by the State of Illinois Secretary of State (SOS) and Department of Revenue (DOR) to electronically process tax, title and registration transactions for automotive dealerships. Vitu is the leading innovator and...

In an affront to the farming pioneers that launched the organic movement, today a $50 billion industry, the USDA recently announced that the "certification of hydroponic, aquaponic, and aeroponic operations is allowed under the USDA organic...

The leader of nation's largest veterans organization issued the following statement regarding Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin: "On behalf of the two million members of The American Legion, we express our support for the job the...