News published on Federal Newswire in December 2011

News from December 2011


News Release: WASHINGTON – Janika Fernae Bates, a resident of Millbrook, Ala., was sentenced today in the Middle District of Alabama to 94 months in federal prison for stealing identities of student loan borrowers and providing them to a co-conspirator, who used them to file false tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Kexue Huang, a Chinese national and a former resident of Carmel, Ind., was sentenced today to 87 months in prison and three years of supervised release on charges of economic espionage to benefit components of the Chinese government and theft of trade secrets.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Two Las Vegas men were sentenced yesterday in the District of Nevada to 20 and 25 years in prison for their roles in an international cocaine distribution and money laundering conspiracy, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada announced today.


MSHA announces results of November impact inspections

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 315 citations, orders and safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 10 coal mines and six metal/nonmetal mines last month. The coal mines were issued 200 citations, 50 orders and one safeguard, while the metal/nonmetal operations were issued 62 citations and two orders.


US Department of Labor announces new adverse effect wage rates for H-2A temporary agriculture workers

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the minimum hourly wage rates that employers must pay H-2A workers in order to ensure that the wages of similarly employed U.S. workers are not adversely affected. These H-2A adverse effect wage rates are calculated for each occupation and location using the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual wages rates from its regional Farm Labor Survey of nonfamily field and livestock workers.


US Department of Labor awards more than $992,000 to assist about 180 Massachusetts workers affected by the closure of Solo Cup

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $992,586 grant to assist about 180 workers affected by the closure of Solo Cup in North Andover, Mass.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.