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Federal Tipoffs Involving Florida Newsletter for Wednesday June 02, 2021 ( 5 items )  

Labor Dept.: Fort Myers Behavioral Healthcare Center Agrees to Revamp Its Workplace Violence Prevention Program After OSHA Investigation of Five Incidents
FORT MYERS, Florida, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reached a settlement with a Fort Myers behavioral healthcare and residential treatment facility to prevent future employee injuries after a series of violent incidents in the spring and fall of 2020. SalusCare Inc. has accepted an OSHA finding that it exposed behavior health technicians to attacks on five occasions in 2020  more

Lebanese Armed Forces, U.S. Naval Forces Complete Resolute Union 21
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, June 2 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: By 1st Class Daniel Hinton Mass Communication Specialist The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) participated in exercise Resolute Union (RU) 21, a bilateral explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and maritime security operations exercise in Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea, May 17-28. RU 21 is the capstone in a series of bilateral exercises between the L  more

NASS - Great Lakes Regional Field Office: Michigan Wholesale Floriculture Sales Worth More Than $500 Million
EAST LANSING, Michigan, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Michigan remains in third place in national ranking in value of wholesale sales of floriculture products in 2020, behind California and Florida, according to Marlo Johnson, Regional Director of USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Reports from Michigan's 549 commercial growers (with $10K or more in gross sales)  more

OSHA: Fort Myers Behavioral Healthcare Center Agrees to Revamp Its Workplace Violence Prevention Program
FORT MYERS, Florida, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reached a settlement with a Fort Myers behavioral healthcare and residential treatment facility to prevent future employee injuries after a series of violent incidents in the spring and fall of 2020. SalusCare Inc. has accepted an OSHA finding that it exposed behavior health   more

President Biden Issues Statement on Texas Senate Bill on Right to Vote
WASHINGTON, May 29 -- President Biden issued the following statement on a Texas Senate bill (S.B. 7): * * * Texas legislators put forth a bill that joins Georgia and Florida in advancing a state law that attacks the sacred right to vote. It's part of an assault on democracy that we've seen far too often this year--and often disproportionately targeting Black and Brown Americans. It's wrong and un-American. In the 21st century, we should be making it easier, not harder, for every eligible vote  more