Recent News
Admin May 06, 2025
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of the remaining $401.5 million in FY25 LIHEAP funding. These funds represent the final 10% obligated for the FY 2025 budget. NEFI was informed that that the administration brought in a contractor for a limited...
Admin May 06, 2025
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a new Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
Admin May 01, 2025
The U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated a national security investigation into imports of medium- and heavy-duty trucks and related parts that could ultimately lead to new tariffs or other import restrictions. Launched on April 22 by Commerce Secretary Lutnick, the...
Admin May 01, 2025
The Federal Highway Administration has repealed a final rule that required state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to...
Admin May 01, 2025
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has scheduled its Operation Safe Driver Week for July 13-19. During Operation Safe Driver Week, law enforcement personnel in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. will be on the lookout for commercial motor vehicle drivers and passenger vehic...
Admin May 01, 2025
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has issued a letter to all recipients of federal transportation...
Admin May 01, 2025
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has sent a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul outlining the steps...
Admin April 22, 2025
The Trump Administration appears poised to recommend the complete elimination of the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in its upcoming Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal, according to a recently ...
Admin April 22, 2025
President Trump has issued another Executive Order (EO) on regulatory reform. This on...
Admin April 22, 2025
In the past week, both Maryland and Massachusetts have announced delays in state implementation of the California Advanced Clean Trucks rule, which requires truck and engine manufacturers to sell an increasing percentage of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) and near-ZEVs through 2035. These are two of...
Admin April 22, 2025
The Chief of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Medical Programs Division has confirmed that the agency is working with states to implement the electronic integration of Medical Examiner's Certificates into the CDL Information System. To date, nine states (Alabama, Delaware,...
Admin April 16, 2025
President Trump has issued another Executive Order (EO) seeking to protect American energy production from overreach b...
Admin April 16, 2025
NEFI submitted formal comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this week in response to Notice 2025-10, which outlines the U.S Treasury Department's approach to implementing...
Admin April 16, 2025
UPDATE: President Trump suspended all "reciprocal" tariff rates above 10% for 90 days effective 12:01AM Eastern on April 10, 2025. All countries, except for China, Canada and Mexico, will be subject to a base rate of 10%. Note that Canada and Mexico remain unaffected by these recipr...
Admin April 10, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has eliminated all staff responsible for administering the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) as part of a broader restructuring that has cut approximately 20,000 jobs—25% of the department's wor...