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Senate passes PTC extension, confirms Feinberg as FRA administrator

October 29, 2015 The U.S. Senate yesterday passed a short-term surface transportation funding extension that includes a long-term extension of the positive train control (PTC) implementation deadline. The Senate’s action followed the House’s approval of the bill on Tuesday, and Pr [...]

Tags FRA, FRA Administrator Sarah Feinberg, positive train control, PTC, Sarah Feinberg, senate

FRA's Feinberg clears Senate committee

October 29, 2015 President Obama’s choice to lead the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has been approved by the Senate committee that handles transportation issues. Obama’s nomination of Sarah Feinberg, who has been leading the FRA since January, for a full-time term atop th [...]

Tags FRA, Sarah Feinberg, Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee

Right-to-work proposal introduced in Ohio

October 23, 2015 COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Cincinnati, Ohio lawmaker introduced his plan to bring a right-to-work law to Ohio despite opposition from fellow Republicans. The proposal from Rep. Tom Brinkman (R-Mount Lookout) would prohibit mandatory union membership at workplaces. The change would gi [...]

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National negotiations update

October 21, 2015 Members of rail labor’s Coordinated Bargaining Group (CBG), composed of representatives from the SMART Transportation Division, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, the American Train Dispatchers Association, the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers/SEIU [...]

No Railroad Retirement benefit increase in 2016

October 21, 2015 Railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, will not increase in January 2016 as there was no increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the third quarter of last year to the corresponding period of the current year. Also, because there is no cost-of-li [...]

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FMCSA, FRA begin work on sleep apnea rulemaking

October 21, 2015 WASHINGTON – If left untreated, sleep apnea poses serious risks to anyone who sits behind the wheel of a commercial motor vehicle or climbs into the cab of a locomotive. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) rece [...]

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Ohio Senate introduces two-person crew bill

October 15, 2015 Ohio State Senators Joe Schiavoni (D – Dist. 33) and Kenny Yuko (D – Dist. 25) have introduced Senate Bill 229 – a bill calling for two-person crews on locomotives – in the state. The bill has bi-partisan support and has been co-sponsored by nine state [...]

Saving ruins of railroad era in Cleveland

October 15, 2015 CLEVELAND – Buried under the rust, the decades of peeling paint jobs, the thousands of miles, the dirt and the gunk is a golden era. It was a time when today’s industrial wastelands employed most of America, and the railroad was the country’s lifeline. [...]

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Palmetto GBA: when a doctor’s notes are not readable

October 15, 2015 We all know the joke: if you have poor penmanship, you should become a doctor. Unfortunately, poor penmanship on patient notes and records can lead to claim denials, because if Medicare can’t read what the doctor wrote, we can’t know if the services were reasonable and neces [...]

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FMCSA awards grants for veterans as bus drivers

October 9, 2015 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced nearly $2.3 million in grants, double the amount provided in 2014, to 13 technical and community colleges across the country to help train veterans and the [...]

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