News from August 2016
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA:The National Park Service invites the public to attend a series of special programs commemorating the 153rd anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga on Saturday September 17 and Sunday September 18.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: Sharon Rose is one of many patient advocates that has updated their Twitter profile to reflect their goal - seeing 21st Century Cures become law.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio, FBI agents have arrested 32-year-old Jason Lynn Hathorn and 30-year-old David Lee Sartin for their alleged role in a bank robbery earlier this month, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; and, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
Release: Washington, DC, Aug. 25, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) today awarded $5 million in grants to state agencies and community-based organizations to improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and implement modernization initiatives. Organizations from seven states were selected for these competitive grants, including Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, California and Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: FBI Arrests Selah Man for Receipt of an Explosive Device.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Fernando Josue Chang-Monroy, 37, of Guatemala City, Guatemala, was sentenced today to 262 months in prison for his in role in an international drug trafficking conspiracy involving the use of United States registered aircraft purchased in the Eastern District of Virginia to transport 2,000 kilograms of cocaine in Central and South America.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Indianapolis - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Columbus Field Division is pleased to announce that the Save a Cop program has been awarded The Jake Kuredjian Memorial Award during ATF’s 20th Annual Awards Ceremony on Aug. 25, 2016. The Awards Ceremony was held at the Ariel ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Long Beach man has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge related to a long-running mortgage rescue scheme that involved nearly $3 million in illegal fees charged to distressed homeowners and about 200 fraudulent bankruptcy petitions.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Background Following the discovery of a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in December 2003, U.S. beef and beef product exports fell. Since 2003, USDA has led a multi-agency, full-court press, dedicating significant resources to restore foreign market access for U.S. beef. As a result, U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department’s Community Relations Service (CRS) today released a new training video for law enforcement which provides information, tools and techniques to help ensure that interactions with members of the transgender community are respectful, professional and safe for all involved.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department today announced the launch of an updated educational video reminding employers that Salvadorans with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) may continue working beyond the Sept. 9, 2016, expiration date of their employment authorization documents. The Justice Department also cautions employers that requesting additional work-authorization documents from these workers may violate anti-discrimination law.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Hacking Scheme Defrauded Banks of More Than $169 Million A federal jury today convicted a Vladivostok, Russia, man of 38 counts related to his scheme to hack into point-of-sale computers to steal and sell credit card numbers to the criminal underworld, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty today to remotely hacking into the online accounts of almost a dozen female victims and sending them threatening online communications, in some instances containing sexually explicit photos, in order to force the victims to send him sexually explicit photos of themselves. ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Cornerstone Bank, Overland Park, Kansas Written Agreement dated Jan. 14, 2010 Terminated Aug. 22, 2016 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: ST. LOUIS – Their drivers may have delivered the mail through snow, rain, heat and the gloom of night, but 16 mail haulers contracted by the U.S. Postal Service failed to pay full wages and benefits to more than 250 of their drivers in violation of federal law, an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division has found.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: CHERRY HILL, N.J. – One of the nation’s largest commercial transportation companies will finally pay driver dispatchers and trailer yard spotters for the long hours they worked, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: FOLEY, Minn. – Imagine paying for the right to pick vegetables, and then traveling more than 2,000 miles – from the Dominican Republic to a Minnesota farm where your employer demanded you kick back a portion of your wages and the entire cost of the airfare you paid – all in violation of federal law.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs has proposed a new rule to provide clarity regarding maximum and minimum compensation rates for claims payable under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and its extensions.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Date of Action: Aug. 11, 2016 Type of Action: Complaint Name of Defendants: Direct HR Services Inc.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – One third of all workers do not have access to retirement savings plans through their employer. That’s why in every budget since taking office, President Obama has proposed federal legislation to automatically enroll workers in an Individual Retirement Account if they don’t have access to ...
