News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has filed and simultaneously settled a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that NEW YORK CITY (the “City"), and specifically the NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT (“NYPD"), violated...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Kenneth Santodomingo, aka “Juan Goel Pagan" and “Juan Joel Pagan," 22, appeared this morning before U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging one count of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Brookings, S.D., Feb. 28, 2013 –Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan hosted two roundtable meetings in South Dakota this week to further USDA tribal consultation efforts and to obtain input from stakeholders on education and extension issues. During the meetings, Merrigan said USDA is moving aggressively to promote business development in rural South Dakota and in Indian Country with a goal of creating new, sustainable jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department today reached an agreement with The Agency Staffing located in West Dundee, Ill., resolving claims that the staffing company violated the anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: The Departments of Justice and Labor today announced the availability of approximately $32 million through two grant competitions that will offer job training, education and support services to formerly incarcerated youths and women.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that CountryMark Refining and Logistics LLC (CountryMark) has agreed to pay a $167,000 civil penalty, perform environmental projects totaling more than $180,000, and spend $18 million on new pollution controls to resolve Clean Air Act (CAA) violations at its refinery, located in Mount Vernon, Ind.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder issued the following statement today on the House passage of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act: “I am pleased that Congress has voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a landmark law that has transformed the way we respond to domestic ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Philip Mayo, a former correctional officer at the Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., pleaded guilty to conspiring with other RCI officers to assault an inmate at the state prison during the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. (midnight) shift on March 8-9, 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW ) today announced $12.6 million dollars in grants awarded to 20 communities as part of a new, consolidated program designed to more effectively reduce dating violence. For the first time, grantees can implement a comprehensive approach ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: A former Michigan resident was found guilty by a federal jury today in Miami of child sex tourism charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo A. Ferrer and Special Agent in Charge ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder issued the following statement today on the U.S. government’s filing in Hollingsworth v. Perry: “In our filing today in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the government seeks to vindicate the defining constitutional ideal of equal treatment under the law. Throughout history, we have ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON--The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Reserve Board today released amendments to their enforcement actions against 13 mortgage servicers for deficient practices in mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing. The amendments require the servicers to provide $9.3 billion in payments and other assistance to borrowers.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Investigation found violations of Federal Railroad Safety Act whistleblower provisions WASHINGTON – Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has been ordered to pay $1,121,099 to three workers following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which found ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON — Carol Pier, acting deputy undersecretary for the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs, today announced that George Achibra of Ghana has won the department's 2012 Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor. U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Gene A. Cretz presented the award to Achibra at a ceremony in Accra.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of approximately $32 million through two grant competitions that will offer job training, education and support services to formerly incarcerated youths and women.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced final rules under the Affordable Care Act to protect workers and employers whose health benefits are provided through Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements. The final rules increase the department's enforcement authority to protect participants in MEWAs and call for such plans to adhere to enhanced filing requirements.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced final rules under the Affordable Care Act to protect workers and employers whose health benefits are provided through Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements. The final rules increase the department's enforcement authority to protect participants in MEWAs and call for such plans to adhere to enhanced filing requirements.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit in federal court to restore $79,761.61 to the Hico Flex Brass Co. Inc. 401(k) plan. The suit alleges that the company, as well as former vice president Mark Isaacs and president Neil Isaacs, violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by failing to distribute plan assets to participants.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 28, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 28, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
