SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 19 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 18, 2023 entitled "Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in Oregon - 2021": Private industry employers reported 47,800 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in Oregon in 2021, resulting in an incidence rate of 3.8 cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 20 -- The FBI Portland Field Office issued the following news release: FBI Portland is seeking the public's help to identify the individual(s) responsible for arsons at three separate reproductive health centers. As part of a national effort to bring awareness to a series of attacks and threats targeting reproductive health service facilities across the country, the FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conv  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (TNStalk) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Regional Office issued the following Q&A on Jan. 18, 2023, by Tribal Relations Coordinator Amilee Wilson: * * * NOAA Fisheries' Alaska Region has selected Amilee Wilson as their new Tribal Relations Coordinator. Amilee previously served as the Tribal Coordinator for the NOAA Fisheries West Coast Regional Office in Lacey, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. She worked extensively on grants administration  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2023: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced expanded efforts to reduce wildfire risk across the western U.S. These investments, made possible through President Biden's landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), will directly protect at-risk communities and critical infrastructure across 11 additional landscapes in Arizona, California, Idaho, Neva  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following report (No. 22-01836-12) on Jan. 18, 2023, entitled "Inspection of Information Security at the Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary Information technology (IT) controls protect VA systems and data from unauthorized access, use, modification, or destruction. To determine compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA),   more