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Regulatory

Scam Alert: Spear Phishing Targets Businesses

Julianna Rauf July 28, 2022

$154.2 Billion Awarded in Contracting to Small Businesses

Julianna Rauf July 28, 2022

Strong and Steady Growth: A Deep Dive into the Q2 Labor Market

Julianna Rauf July 28, 2022

OSHA Measures Aim to Reduce Trench-Related Fatalities

Julianna Rauf July 21, 2022

2022 Safe and Sound Week

Julianna Rauf July 21, 2022

DOC

Blinken and Raimondo Co-Host Supply Chain Forum

Julianna Rauf July 21, 2022

Small Businesses’ Role in Helping to Rebuild America

Julianna Rauf July 21, 2022

FMCSA

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Boosts Investment in CDL Programs

Julianna Rauf July 21, 2022

White House

Biden Administration Outlines Strategy to Manage BA.5

Katherine Slye-Hernandez, PhD July 14, 2022

DOT

Biden-Harris Administration Takes Step Forward to Combat Climate Change

Katherine Slye-Hernandez, PhD July 14, 2022

U.S. Department of Labor Awards $121M in Apprenticeship Building America Grants to Expand, Diversify, Modernize Registered Apprenticeship Programs

Katherine Slye-Hernandez, PhD July 14, 2022

US DOL Announces First Group of Apprenticeship Ambassadors

Katherine Slye-Hernandez, PhD July 13, 2022

When Ambassador Katherine Tai met with Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business, and Economic Development, Mary Ng last week, she reiterated that the unfair playing field in softwood lumber is an important priority for the United States.

Ambassador Katherine Tai Says Softwood Lumber Agreement US Priority

Katherine Slye-Hernandez, PhD July 13, 2022

Today, ABMA Committee members and members of the Retail Lumber Dealers Association of Maine (RLDAM) met with Senator Susan Collins and her staff to advocate for a US-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA). The most recent SLA expired in 2015. The lack of an agreement is contributing to the country’s rising and unpredictable lumber prices via high US tariffs, which in turn are contributing to affordable housing issues and fewer Canadian exports.

ABMA Meets with Senator Susan Collins Re: Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement

Katherine Slye-Hernandez, PhD July 11, 2022

U.S. Small Business Administration Loans

Katherine Slye-Hernandez, PhD July 7, 2022

US Executive Agency Newsletter Information

Sign-up for Executive Agency Newsletters

Katherine Slye-Hernandez, PhD July 7, 2022

OSHA National Emphasis Program on Outdoor and Indoor Heat Hazards

Katherine Slye-Hernandez, PhD July 7, 2022

If you are looking to hire new talent, make sure you are going about it the right way. You don't want to end up on the wrong end of a discrimination suit, so make sure you and your hiring staff know what you can and cannot ask and what types of protections there are for employees and potential employees so you do not run afoul of the laws.

U.S. EEOC FAQs for Businesses

Katherine Slye-Hernandez, PhD July 7, 2022

DOL Workforce Development Solutions

Katherine Slye-Hernandez, PhD July 7, 2022

US DOL Announced $140M in Available Funding to States to Create Jobs, Provide Employment Training, Services in Critical Industries

Katherine Slye-Hernandez, PhD July 7, 2022

DOT

Biden Administration Announces Reconnecting Communities Funding Program

Julianna Rauf June 30, 2022

DOL Revising Standards for Occupational Exposure to Lead

Julianna Rauf June 30, 2022

IRS Increases Mileage Rate for Remainder of 2022

Julianna Rauf June 30, 2022

Why the Global Inflation Problem Is Bigger Than US Politics

Julianna Rauf June 30, 2022

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