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November 7, 2009
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FEMA Reaching Out on Third-Party Social Media
The Federal Emergency Management Agency began looking at electronic
Web-based models of communication in March 2008 as a way to more
effectively inform the public of its mission, according to a FEMA
public information officer. The agency saw a gap growing between mass communications and more interactive social media. Publication date August 11, 2009
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OSHA Launching NEP On Form 300 Logs in August
OSHA will launch an injury and illness recordkeeping national
emphasis program in August focusing on high-risk industries with low
injury rates, an economist in OSHA's Office of
Statistical Analysis, told the National Advisory Committee on
Occupational Safety Health. The NEP will examine
not only a company's records but also safety policies that discourage
reporting. Publication date July 28, 2009
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OSHA Officials Reveal Agency Priorities to Safety Engineers
Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials June 29
discussed the agency's priorities at the annual meeting of the
American Society of Safety Engineers in San Antonio. OSHA must address
ergonomics in the workplace and its own rulemaking procedures,
according to Jordan Barab, acting assistant secretary of Labor for
occupational safety and health. Publication date July 14, 2009
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