News published on Federal Newswire in February 2015

News from February 2015


News Release: The Department of Justice reached an agreement today to resolve a lawsuit it brought against Sairam Enterprises Inc. LLC, which owns a hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The proposed consent decree, which must be approved by the court, resolves a 2014 lawsuit that the department filed against Sairam Enterprises over allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it denied a room at a Days Inn to a person with a service animal and his family.


News Release: A former police officer employed by the City of Salem, Virginia, and assigned to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for soliciting and receiving sexual favors from a cooperating defendant in exchange for agreeing to recommend a favorable ...


News Release: The Justice Department announced today that under its settlements with five of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers, 952 service members and their co-borrowers are eligible to receive over $123 million for non-judicial foreclosures that violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). The five ...


WHD News Release: Honolulu subcontractor pays more than $305K in back wages, damages to 65 workers after US Labor Department investigation [02/09/2015]

News Release: HONOLULU — M.H. Electric has paid $290,588 in back wages to 65 workers after the U.S. Department of Labor determined that the Honolulu-based subcontractor violated federal wage and hour laws at 10 federally funded construction projects awarded in Hawaii between 2012 and 2014 by the Hawaii Air National ...


OSHA News Release: Reynolds Nationwide exposes workers to dangerous fumes in food transport tankers at London, Ohio, facility [02/09/2015]

News Release: LONDON, Ohio — Employees at Reynolds Nationwide risked potentially lethal suffocation caused by dangerous fumes as the company did not test the atmosphere and properly ventilate the air in food transport tankers before allowing workers to enter. After receiving an employee complaint, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an investigation on Aug. 6, 2014, at the London tank-cleaning facility.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.