News from February 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and House Ways and Means Committee member, Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) today introduced the Health Savings Act of 2016, legislation to simplify and expand Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), health care accounts that provide Americans opportunities to save for medical costs through tax-deductible contributions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Ray Don Groskreutz, 39, of North Pole, Alaska was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Jan. 29, 2016, for one count of trafficking methamphetamine and heroin, and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. His prison sentence will be followed by four years of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that 12.7 million Americans selected health insurance plans through state and federal marketplaces during the latest open enrollment period...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 DOC Office of Public Affairs Contact: 202-482-4883 TORNILLO, Texas – Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today joined Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to inaugurate the Tornillo-Guadalupe ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 DoS Office of Press Relations Contact: 202-647-2492 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State published rules in the Federal Register on February 4, 2016 eliminating the nonimmigrant visa exemption for certain ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: USDA Offers Renewal Options for Producers with Expiring Contracts WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that $150 million in funding is available for agricultural producers through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), USDA's largest conservation program, ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: New Standards to Help Prevent an Estimated 50,000 Illnesses Annually WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2016 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced the finalization of new federal standards to reduce Salmonella and Campylobacter in ground chicken and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: A federal court has ordered Chel-C Ventures Inc., which operated Donut Connection stores in Milford, Georgetown, and Harbeson, Delaware, to file its federal payroll tax returns on time and pay federal payroll taxes as they become due, the Justice Department announced. Although Chel-C Ventures has said ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: A former Cumberland, Virginia, resident was arraigned in federal court in Roanoke, Virginia, on Feb. 3, on a seven-count indictment charging him with tax evasion, corruptly endeavoring to impede and impair the due administration of the internal revenue laws and failure to file tax returns, Acting Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: Scheme Victimized More Than 1,000 Individuals Throughout the United States Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York, announced that Kenneth Levin, the owner of a ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Minneapolis returned an indictment on Feb. 1, which was unsealed today, charging a chiropractor with one count of tax evasion and one count of passing a fictitious obligation, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger of the District of Minnesota announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: Bank Admits to Helping U.S. Taxpayer-Clients Hide Billions of Dollars in Offshore Accounts Bankers Daniela Casadei and Fabio Frazzetto, Fugitives Since 2011, Surrender and Plead Guilty to Felony Tax Charges Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the inauguration of the Tornillo-Guadalupe Port of Entry and International Bridge in Tornillo, Texas. The port of entry will replace the Fabens-Caseta Port of Entry completed in 1938 and will connect Tornillo, Texas and Guadalupe, Mexico.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today joined Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to inaugurate the Tornillo-Guadalupe Port of Entry and International Bridge in Tornillo, Texas. The port of entry will replace the Fabens-Caseta Port of Entry completed in 1938 and will connect Tornillo, Texas and Guadalupe, Mexico.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has launched an education and enforcement initiative on the West Coast and in surrounding areas aimed at ensuring workers at fast food establishments are being paid the proper minimum wage and overtime.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: SEATTLE – After years of denial, obstructions and legal battles, a group of Washington State blueberry growers admitted that they systematically violated the rights of their agricultural workers, including failing to pay the minimum wage and overtime pay, in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 growing seasons.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor is working to address the employment needs of young people with the announcement of up to $20 million in funding to support demonstration projects for youth in high-crime, high-poverty communities.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2016
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Feb 4, 2016
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
