Highway, port and freight rail projects are caught up in a Government Accountability Office report questioning how the Department of Transportation justifies infrastructure investments.
GAO recommends FMCSA improve its website so that it is more useful for truck drivers seeking remedies for alleged coercion by employers.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s report on precision scheduled railroading serves as a broad overview of how the freight rail industry has changed over the past decade.
AskWaves looks at GAO’s warning that the U.S. needs to step up capabilities and oversight in the Arctic region as emerging shipping routes gain steam.
Federal regulators are moving ahead with proposed improvements to a national database used to file complaints in the trucking industry.
Efforts to require side and front impact guards continue in Congress.
Cybersecurity skills are among the gaps identified in GAO review of DOT’s workforce.
U.S. shipbuilding also hit as demand dropped amid excess vessel capacity.
Watchdog report lists “priority issues” requiring agency attention.
“We are seeing drawback for commodities/products where we did not see it before,” said Michael Cerny, chief legal officer for duty drawback specialist Charter Brokerage.
Report to address market competition and sealift capacity.
Review prompted by lax processing of driver convictions.
The Government Accountability Office found that Treasury, State and Commerce agencies, which administer U.S. economic sanctions, lack the ability to definitively measure their effectiveness.
