U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water/FY 2022-2023 National Program Guidance: Association of Clean Water Administrators Comments
The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) submitted October 15th comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Office of Water (“OW”) document titled: FY 2022-2023 National Program Guidance (“Guidance”) The comments were transmitted to Benita Best-Wong, EPA…
Drinking Water/Arkansas Natural Resource Commission: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Grant
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced it had awarded the Arkansas Natural Resource Commission (“ANRC”) a grant for $637,000. EPA describes the grant as being targeted toward improving: . . . drinking water and provide assistance to underserved, small and disadvantaged…
Company Defeats Alleged Whistleblower Bringing Claim Under Obscure Whistleblowing Law
Companies generally know that certain whistleblowing activities are protected. But this protection is not absolute, and not everything that employees think is whistleblowing actually meets the legal definition necessary for protection. Deciding what is protected activity and what is not can be a…
Arkansas Water Operator Licensing/COVID-19: Arkansas Department of Health Announces Training Hours Waiver
Mr. Jeff Stone, P.E., of the Arkansas Department of Health (“DOH”), announced in an article in the Fall 2020 edition of the publication Arkansas Drinking Water Update that: . . . Due to the effects of the pandemic upon the availability of water operator training, the requirement of obtaining…
FBI Warns of Imminent Cybercrime Threat to U.S. Hospitals and Health Care Providers
October 29, 2020
by Anton L. Janik, Jr.
In a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory issued Wednesday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Health and Human Services warned of an imminent ransomware threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers. More than 400 hospitals…