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Federal Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday July 02, 2023 ( 3 items )  

Department of Labor Again Cites Dollar Tree for Failing to Safeguard Rhode Island Workers, This Time at Coventry Store
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 22 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Nationwide discount retailer cited for repeat violations, faces $294K in new penalties * * * For the third time in three months, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited one of the nation's largest discount retail chains, Dollar Tree Inc. for allowing hazardous conditions at one of its Rhode Isla  more

R.I. U.S. Attorney: Federal Agreement Requires Nationwide Service Improvements at CVS MinuteClinics for Patients Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: MinuteClinic, LLC ("MinuteClinic"), a retail health care provider operating inside CVS pharmacy locations nationwide, has entered into a settlement agreement with the United States, requiring it to change its policies and procedures to provide effective communication to individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing at all of its over 11,00  more

U.S. Naval War College's Halsey Alfa Group Celebrates 2 Decades of Wargaming, Research
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, July 1 -- The Naval War College issued the following news on June 30, 2023: The Halsey Alfa Group, an advanced research program at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC), is celebrating its 20th anniversary of collaborative student-faculty research, analysis and wargaming. The program began in 2003 when Professor Jim Fitzsimonds and Dr. Craig Koerner, professors in NWC's Strategic and Operational Research department, recognized the need to examine scenarios in which a near pee  more