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NewsJanuary 25, 2001

Military Contractors Will Receive Automatic Fuel Surcharge

Fuel surcharges will be automatic for motor carriers doing business with the Military Traffic Management Command

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NewsJanuary 25, 2001

Hart: Why the HOS Proposal Won't Go Away

After eight months of feeling like he had a target on his chest, Clyde Hart, until last Saturday acting head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, is confident when he says the hours of service proposal won't go away

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NewsJanuary 25, 2001

Senators Applaud Mineta – And Hand Over Tough Issues

Of all the tools of governance, the one that has the most impact on the quality of peoples' lives is transportation. That, said Norman Y. Mineta, is why he accepted President Bush’s invitation to serve as Secretary of Transportation

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NewsJanuary 24, 2001

Mineta Confirmed As Transportation Secretary

The U.S. Senate has confirmed, by a vote of 100-0, President Bush’s selection of Norman Mineta to head the U.S. Department Of Transportation

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NewsJanuary 24, 2001

DOT Schedules Meetings to Review New Drug/Alcohol Test Rules

The U.S. Department of Transportation will hold two one-day public meetings in February to review revised drug and alcohol testing procedures

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NewsJanuary 23, 2001

RIP: Trucking Company Undercharges

The book can finally be closed on the trucking company "undercharge epidemic.

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NewsJanuary 23, 2001

Bush Temporarily Delays Clean Diesel Rule

Within hours after taking office, President George W. Bush managed to raise the ire of environmentalists with an executive order that temporarily stalls some new regulations, including new diesel emissions rule

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NewsJanuary 23, 2001

Petri Likely to Chair Highway Subcommittee

It appears likely that Rep. Thomas Petri (R-Wis.) will keep his leadership chair on the House subcommittee that governs highway policy

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NewsJanuary 22, 2001

OSHA Revises Recordkeeping Rules

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued revised recordkeeping rules it says will simplify and improve the system employers us

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NewsJanuary 22, 2001

Inspector General: Safety Program Still Needs Improvements

The Department of Transportation’s truck safety program is getting better but still has a way to go, says the DOT Inspector General in a critique to be released today. The agency that runs the program, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, needs to speed up its rulemaking machinery

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