Guidelines for Use of Hair Samples Could Improve Mandatory Driver Drug Screenings Arlington, Va. – Yesterday, in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear called for the federal government…
FROM: ICA Director James Ashley TO: REGULATED COMMUNITY & STAKEHOLDERS Dear Stakeholder, “Regulation Rollback” is a strategic step in our state’s ongoing work to make Arizona the best state in the nation for businesses and consumers alike. We’ve made great…
Last week marked a milestone at the Arizona Capitol known as crossover week, as it was the last week bills could be heard in their “house of origin” committee[s]. Except for appropriations bills, any bill that was not heard in its house of origin is effectively dead. (Well nothing is truly dead until the legislature adjourns, but any bill not heard before last week has little chance of becoming law.)
Dear Members: FMCSA issued a notice announcing the suspension of the Unified Registration System (URS). During this suspension, entities needing to file will follow the same procedures and forms used to submit information to FMCSA as they do today. The…
PHOENIX — The Office of Grants and Federal Resources at the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) has launched an information page for interested organizations and citizens concerning the recent settlements with German automaker Volkswagen AG (VW). The website, https://vwsettlement.az.gov/, will serve…
The federal Internal Revenue Service has issued a couple of reminders pertaining to the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017. Filing W-2s. Under federal legislation enacted late last year as part of the PATH Act, which extended many…
Long-Awaited Rule Will Help Industry Keep Drug and Alcohol Users Off the Road Arlington, Va. – Today, American Trucking Associations (ATA) welcomed an announcement by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that the agency has created a national clearinghouse for…
Friday, December 2, 2016 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a final rule that establishes a national drug and alcohol clearinghouse for commercial truck and bus drivers. The clearinghouse database…
Today, Dec. 1, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published a proposed rule intended to ease the process by which physicians employed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs can become certified medical examiners and perform driver physicals. Currently, to…
On Dec.1, after two delays and a court challenge, OSHA’s employee rights provisions within the new electronic reporting final rule go into effect. The section now being enforced (§1904.35) requires that employers: (1) inform each employee of how he or…