FMCSA defends ELDs against legal challenge
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s rule mandating electronic logging devices (ELDs) and establishing new performance...
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Jun 22, 2016
Passenger seat belt use mandated in property-carrying CMVs
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule to require that passengers in property-carrying commercial motor...
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Jun 7, 2016
Motor carrier industry opposes proposed safety fitness rule
Associations representing property and passenger carriers almost uniformly objected to major aspects of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
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May 25, 2016
House panel advances HOS fix, SFD rule ban
The U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee on May 24 approved legislation to fund transportation programs for the...
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May 25, 2016
OMB reviewing final drug clearinghouse rule
The Department of Transportation on May 20 sent a draft final rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that would...
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May 20, 2016
Senate passes HOS fix, speed limiter mandate
The U.S. Senate on May 19 passed legislation (H.R. 2577) to fund the Department of Transportation and its agencies, including the Federal...
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May 19, 2016
Listening sessions scheduled on possible sleep apnea regs
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Federal Railroad Administration have scheduled three public meetings in May to gather...
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Apr 28, 2016
FMCSA to hold meeting on broker, forwarder financial responsibility
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has scheduled a May 20 roundtable discussion at its headquarter in Washington, D.C.,...
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Apr 27, 2016
Passenger carriers may face new inspection program
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has taken the first steps toward a rule that would require states to establish a program...
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Apr 27, 2016
Senate panel moves to protect HOS restart
The Senate Appropriations Committee on April 22 approved its version of the fiscal Year 2017 funding bill (S. 2844) for the Department of...
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Apr 22, 2016
FMCSA proposes 'Beyond Compliance' program
Following a mandate from Congress and several public listening sessions, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed a...
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Apr 20, 2016
Nominations sought for HHG working group
Fulfilling a requirement of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), FMCSA announced plans to establish the Household...
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Apr 20, 2016
OSHA issues rule protecting food handling whistleblowers
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a final rule establishing procedures for handling complaints under the Food...
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Apr 18, 2016
FDA issues new rules for food transportation
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that establishes new requirements aimed at ensuring that the...
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Apr 5, 2016
FMCSA refuses to extend comments on CDL training
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has rejected several requests for more time to comment on the notice of proposed...
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Mar 31, 2016
