News from April 2016
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: *This statement has been updated. WASHINGTON, April 8, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement in response to a new report done jointly by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) regarding positive outcomes ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today issued its 2016 spring update. The update highlights the Antitrust Division’s civil and criminal enforcement actions, international cooperation efforts, and competition guidance and advocacy over the last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Canadian Pacific’s Proposed Voting Trust Structure Risks Irreversibly Harming Competition The Department of Justice filed a reply today in opposition to Canadian Pacific Railway Limited’s (“CPRL”) petition for a declaratory order regarding use of a voting trust pending the Surface Transportation Board’s (“STB”) review of a potential merger between Canadian Pacific Railway Company (“CP”) and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (“NS”).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: A member of an international child exploitation conspiracy was sentenced to 21 years in prison today for his participation in two websites that were operated for the purpose of coercing and enticing minors as young as eight years old to engage in sexually explicit conduct on web camera. Assistant Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: The Norwegian shipping company DSD Shipping (DSD) was sentenced to pay a total corporate penalty of $2.5 million as a result of its convictions in Mobile, Alabama, for obstructing justice, violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), tampering with witnesses and conspiring to commit these ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Return Preparer in De Kalb, Mississippi, Allegedly Overstated Refunds through Fictitious or Exaggerated Business and Farm Losses and Tax Credits Christopher Chamberlin, a tax return preparer in De Kalb, Mississippi, has prepared income tax returns for customers that fraudulently overstate the customers’ ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Wells Fargo Bank Admits That It Certified that Loans Were Eligible for FHA Mortgage Insurance When They Were Not, and That It Did Not Disclose Thousands of Faulty Mortgage Loans to HUD The Department of Justice announced today that the United States has settled civil mortgage fraud claims against Wells ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: By U.S.Secetary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce President Carlo A. Scissura Today, Brooklyn-made products are exported to countries all over the world, from Canada and Brazil to Saudi Arabia and Japan. But before that was possible, America’s fourth largest city had to reinvent its manufacturing industry.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker today announced the appointment of 11 new members to the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (ACSCC) that was re-chartered in November 2015. Initially established on Nov. 21, 2011, the ACSCC now totals 45 senior-level private sector representatives ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Louisiana food manufacturing company for 25 serious and one other violation for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals, electrical dangers and fall hazards.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. – A blocked emergency exit and improperly stored stock put the employees of the Guess? Factory Store at the Tanger Outlet Mall at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket at risk of burns, lacerations and being struck by falling objects, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration will sponsor “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” webcasts on June 9 and 10. The webcasts are part of the agency’s national fiduciary education campaign to increase awareness and understanding of basic responsibilities associated with operating private sector retirement plans.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Fresno, California – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Explore General Inc. and its officers for allegedly failing to forward more than $70,000 in employee contributions and to collect more than $100,000 in employer contributions owed to the company’s 401(k) plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: New York – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration will hold a free workshop on September 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT to help employers, the employee benefit community and others better comply with federal pension law. The workshop will be held at 33 Whitehall Street, 11th floor, in Manhattan.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 8, 2016
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 8, 2016
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 8, 2016
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 8, 2016
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
