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National Mediation Board is closed
(Source: National Mediation Board press release, October 1, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Please be advised that the National Mediation Board is closed indefinitely due to a lack of funding. We will send another notification when the agency reopens. Click here for a copy...
Government shutdown won’t halt Amtrak trains
(Source: USA Today, September 30, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak issued a brief statement on Monday, indicating that the national passenger railroad will continue its normal operation of national intercity and high-speed passenger trains in the event of a short-term...
Shutdown: Congress prepares to furlough one-third of U.S. DOT staff
(Source: DC.Streetsblog.org, September 30, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Looks like we’re heading for a real, honest-to-goodness government shutdown tomorrow due to a childish Congressional food fight over budgets and health care. Already this year, thousands of government...
By the dawn’s early light, a city full of aimless tourists and workers
(Source: Washington Post, October 1, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington, a company town unlike any other in America, ground to a standstill early Tuesday. And with the factory about to be shuttered, here’s what the dawn brought : More than 700,000 federal workers...
Teamsters: House GOP’s political games endanger economy, jobs
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 30, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union blasted extremist House Republicans today for endangering the U.S. economy and threatening the livelihood of millions of public and private sector...
Government shutdown begins; Senate expected to reject latest House proposal
(Source: Washington Post, October 1, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government began to shut down for the first time in 17 years early Tuesday, after a Congress bitterly divided over President Obama’s signature health-care initiative failed to reach agreement to...
Federal government to sue North Carolina over new voter law
(Source: Associated Press, September 30, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department will sue the state of North Carolina for alleged racial discrimination over tough new voting rules, the latest effort by the Obama administration to fight back against a Supreme...
Regulator said to look the other way on unsafe Mexican trucks
(Source: Bloomberg News, September 27, 2013) NEW YORK — Regulators determined to let Mexican trucks on U.S. roads under a trade deal have downplayed safety shortcomings with companies in a border-crossing pilot program, according to safety, trucking and labor groups....
Amtrak to begin track work in Michigan this week
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 27, 2013) Track upgrades designed to improve Amtrak's Wolverine and Blue Water service will begin next week between Jackson and Battle Creek, Mich. Full story: Progressive Railroading
ARINC to develop Positive Train Control hosted network service prototype
(Source: ARINC press release, September 27, 2013) ANNAPOLIS, Md. — ARINC Incorporated today announced that it is developing a Positive Train Control (PTC) Hosted Network service prototype for the exchange of PTC messages between the four largest U.S. Class 1 freight...
