News from May 2014
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: Up to $12.3 Million in Grants and $57.8 Million in Loan Guarantees Available In Rural Energy for America Program WASHINGTON, May 5, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is seeking applications from rural small businesses and agricultural producers for funding to make energy efficiency improvements or to install renewable energy systems.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: A second superseding indictment was unsealed today adding 19 counts including racketeering conspiracy and attempted murder against three defendants for their alleged participation in the violent Nuestra Familia gang, Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the filing of a lawsuit against the state of Hawaii and the state of Hawaii Department of Transportation Airports Division (HDOT-Airports) alleging that the defendants discriminated against former employee Sherry Valmoja by subjecting her to sexual harassment in ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: The United States has asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami to stop Lazaro Jesus Toyos, Shirley Ester Almazan, Dilma Toyos Garcia and Daniel Almazan, and their companies L. Toyos Tax Service Inc., Toyos Garcia Tax Service Inc., Toyos Tax Service Inc. and Total Income Tax Services from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: A campaign worker pleaded guilty today for paying voters to vote in the November 2012 school board election in Donna, Texas, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today that they had reached an agreement with Penske Truck Leasing Co. resolving claims that Penske violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: A federal court in Chicago permanently barred Barbara L. Garrett from preparing tax returns for others or working for any business that prepares tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The court’s injunction, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, ...
![WHD News Release: US Department of Labor investigation finds Hibachi Buffet Inc. of Minneapolis owes more than $117,000 in unpaid wages to 18 workers [05/05/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/87/77/11410067/webp_adobestock_251268502.webp)
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2014
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS — Workers at the Hibachi Buffet Inc. will be paid a total of $117,152 in back wages following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The investigation revealed violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions. Kitchen workers typically worked 60 hours per week for a fixed monthly salary, often earning far less than the legally required minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
![OSHA News Release: US Department of Labor's OSHA follow-up inspection finds company failed to correct violations at previously cited Rasi Laboratories Inc. in Somerset, NJ [05/05/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/f3/cb/11410064/webp_adobestock_226444001.webp)
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2014
News Release: SOMERSET, N.J. — After a follow-up inspection that began in October 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Rasi Laboratories Inc. for failing to correct previously cited serious violations. The violations included failing to protect workers from dangerous ...
![MSHA News Release: MSHA issues mine fatality data for the first quarter of 2014 [05/05/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/fc/b0/11410091/webp_adobestock_294508985.webp)
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2014
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today released a summary of U.S. mining deaths that occurred during the first quarter of 2014. From Jan. 1 to March 31, eight miners died in accidents in the U.S. mining industry. Three were killed in coal mining accidents and five in metal and nonmetal mining accidents. The previous quarter was marked by 15 deaths and an increase in the metal and nonmetal sector.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 5, 2014
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2014
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2014
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 5, 2014
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 5, 2014
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2014
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 5, 2014
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2014
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | May 5, 2014
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
