News from February 2016
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today attempted to override the president’s veto of H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act. H.R. 3762 was the first bill that repealed Obamacare to reach the president’s desk. The action follows up on last month’s vote and is part of the ongoing effort to pave the way to institute real, patient-centered reforms.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Statement of. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Roundtable on “Building Upon Success: Priorities for the. Water Resources Development Act of 2016". Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling together this roundtable on the priorities for a new water resources development act. Today, we have...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Contact: Office of Communications. Phone: 202-693-1999. TRENTON - The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently certified New Jersey's State Plan for protecting the safety and health of state and local government workers. The New Jersey Public Employees Occupational...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., introduced S.Res. 349 , a resolution acknowledging the Farm Credit System’s 100th anniversary and its continued service to meet the credit and financial needs of rural communities.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs held an oversight hearing to further examine possible solutions to the Puerto Rican debt crisis and avenues for the Commonwealth to achieve improved fiscal management and long-term sustainability.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominees for the Paper and Packaging Board (Board). The 12-member board will hold elections to fill four seats for members whose terms will expire on Dec. 31, 2016. Each member will serve a 3-year term.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today reviewed eight energy infrastructure bills. Each of the bills under consideration builds upon the committee’s ongoing work to strengthen and modernize our energy infrastructure.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo.-The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council Oil and Gas sub-group will meet Thursday, Feb. 11, at the La Plata County Fairgrounds in Durango at 10 a.m. and at the Mancos High School Gym in Mancos at 6 p.m. This is the second meeting where the sub-group will discuss issues related to oil and gas leasing and development of federal minerals in western La Plata and eastern Montezuma counties.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration invites interested parties to attend a day-long roundtable discussion on the agency's draft updated Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. The meeting is set for Thursday, March 10, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the U.S. Department of Labor's Frances Perkins Building in Washington, D.C.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: New Resource to Aid Land Managers in Adapting to Climate Change WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2016 — The U.S. Forest Service today released a new report, Effects of Drought on Forests and Rangelands in the United States: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis , that provides a national assessment of peer-reviewed scientific ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today the appointment of U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia to the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC), effective Feb. 1, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Virginia Hardwood Flooring Company to Pay $13 Million, Largest Lacey Act Penalty Ever Virginia-based hardwood flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators Inc. was sentenced today in federal court in Norfolk, Virginia, and will pay more than $13 million in criminal fines, community service and forfeited assets ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: A North Carolina man has been charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and related offenses, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: A former certified public accountant in Georgia pleaded guilty today to one count of filing a false tax return, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John A. Horn of the Northern District of Georgia announced. According to court ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Robert C. Nalley, a former judge in Charles County, Maryland, pleaded guilty to one count of the deprivation of rights under color of law for ordering a deputy sheriff to activate a stun-cuff worn by a pro se criminal defendant during a pre-trial court proceeding.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: An Orange County, California, man pleaded guilty today for his role in operating fraudulent debt relief firms that offered to settle credit card debts but instead took victims’ payments as undisclosed up-front fees, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Centerra Services International Inc., formerly known as Wackenhut Services LLC, has agreed to pay $7.4 million to resolve allegations that Wackenhut violated the False Claims Act by double billing and inflating labor costs in connection with a contract for firefighting and fire protection services in Iraq, the Department of Justice announced today. Centerra is a security services company headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the launch of an independent and comprehensive review of the San Francisco Police Department. This review will be conducted by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) through its Collaborative Reform Initiative.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The increased likelihood that workers in high-hazard manufacturing industries – such as food, furniture, fabricated metal, nonmetallic mineral, machinery and computer products – will be injured on the job is leading federal safety and health inspectors in three Midwestern states to increase its focus on industry outreach and inspections to reduce injury and illness rates.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: CANTON, Ohio ‒ A 39-year-old worker suffered multiple broken bones after he fell more than 40 feet while conducting maintenance on a crane at TimkenSteel’s Faircrest Plant. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the company failed to provide the worker adequate fall protection. The Aug. 7, 2015, injury was the second life-threatening injury at a TimkenSteel plant since May 2015.
