News published on Federal Newswire in December 2016

News from December 2016


News Release: Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Soo C. Song of the Western District of Pennsylvania and Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Pittsburgh Division Robert Johnson issued the following statement ...


News Release: A federal judge yesterday issued a $5.5 million civil penalty against Zen Magnets LLC, a Colorado company, which illegally sold powerful small magnets that already had been recalled by another company, the Justice Department announced. Because of the company’s inability to pay the penalty, most of it was suspended.


News Release: Two Maryland gang members were sentenced today to life in prison for conspiring to participate in racketeering activities and committing murders on behalf of the racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...


News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Slawson Exploration Company Inc. resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations stemming from the company’s oil and gas production activities in North Dakota, including on the Fort Berthold Indian ...


Federal Reserve announces College Fed Challenge winners

News Release: Rutgers University won the 13th annual national College Fed Challenge on Thursday, a competition that encourages students to learn about the U.S. economy, monetary policymaking, and the role of the Federal Reserve System. The team, from New Brunswick, N.J., represented the New York Federal Reserve District and included Karn Dalal, Ali Haider Ismail, Andrew Lee, Shivram Viswanathan, and Ashton W. Welles. Jeffrey Rubin was the team's faculty adviser.


Louisiana Cajun food retailers pay $571K in back wages, damages, penalties for willful, systemic violations following US Labor Department investigations

News Release: SCOTT, La. – Investigators have found more than $571,000 in back wages, liquidated damages and penalties resulting from labor violations at area Cajun food retailers just six months after the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division found violations at another local specialty meat processor.


US Department of Labor announces final rule updating nondiscrimination, equal opportunity regulations of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

News Release: WASHINGTON – To ensure that the U.S. workforce development system serves all people equally, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Civil Rights Center issued a final rule today updating the existing nondiscrimination and equal opportunity regulations of the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.