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Admin October 09, 2025
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC) has updated the "What Employers Need to Know About DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing" guidelines, also known as the ...
Admin October 09, 2025
The Department of Energy has announced it has terminated 321 financial awards supporting 223 &qu...
Admin October 09, 2025
The U.S. Department of Transportation has withheld funding for two infrastructure projects in New York City to review the legality of the contracting practices involved. The Administration put a hold on roughly $18 billion to fund a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between New York Ci...
Admin October 09, 2025
Amid the current government shutdown, the House plans to remain out of session while the Senate prepares for another round of votes on a stopgap funding measure known as a continuing resolution (CR). As this issue was going to print, the votes were scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Monday evening. ...
Admin October 09, 2025
The federal government entered a shutdown on Wednesday, October 1, after Congress failed to pass the twelve fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills or enact a stopgap funding measure—known as a Continuing Resolution or "CR." While most federal operations stop or are paused, certain e...
Admin October 09, 2025
The White House Council on Environmental Quality has issued revised guidelines for federal agencies to use in e...
Admin September 30, 2025
President Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. will impose a 25% tariff on heavy-duty trucks manufactured outside the United States beginning October 1. In a Truth...
Admin September 30, 2025
Last week, the Boards of both the Massachusetts Energy Marketers Association (MEMA) and the Organization of Energy Service Professionals (OESP, formerly the National Association of Oil & Energy Service Professionals) voted to adopt the Boston Resolution as written. T...
Admin September 30, 2025
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued an interim final rule that restricts how states issue commercial driver’s licenses and co...
Admin September 30, 2025
The Department of Transportation Inspector General has opened an audit of th...
Admin September 30, 2025
The Senate returned to Washington on Monday, while the House is not scheduled to reconvene until October 7. All eyes are on the looming government shutdown. Current funding ends at midnight tonight, and unless leadership of both parties and the president can come to a deal, the governmen...
Admin September 25, 2025
On Monday, September 15, NEFI's Executive Board held a special meeting to consider the "Pr...
Admin September 25, 2025
The Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency have each issued their Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. The Agenda is a government-wide compilation of upcoming and ongoing regulatory activity, including a brief description of each rulemaking and a timetable for action. The Agenda als...
Admin September 25, 2025
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed a pilot program to give...
Admin September 25, 2025
The U.S. Department of Transportation has published a notice seeking information on h...