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Nuclear weapons laboratories have taken few measures to reduce their vulnerability to truck bombs and protect shipments of nuclear material from takeover by terrorists, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives stated in a letter to the Department of Energy.

President Bush’s proposed fiscal 2003 budget includes a hefty 8% increase for trucking safety, much of it aimed at preparing the nation’s southern border for the free entry of Mexican trucks into the United States.

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is planning to divide its efforts to craft a new set of hours-of-service rules for commercial vehicle drivers into parts, FMCSA Administrator Joseph Clapp last week told Transport Topics.

Officials from the United States and Canada are preparing for a meeting at the end of February to resolve issues relating to the bottlenecks created by increased security along the world’s longest undefended border.

WASHINGTON — President Bush’s budget plan for fiscal 2003 proposes to spend $8.8 billion for transportation security, or roughly 15% of the Transportation Department’s total $59.3 billion budget package.

Banking on the fact that people possess unique characteristics, biometric technology providers are moving toward developing applications to wrap the trucking industry in a security blanket.

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After holding steady for two consecutive weeks, the average price of diesel fuel jumped 0.9 cent per gallon to $1.153, a Department of Energy report released Monday said.

U.S. wholesale inventories fell 0.6% in December, bringing stockpiles of U.S. goods to $288.2 billion -- the lowest point since January 2000 -- a government report released Friday showed.