News from January 2016
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2016
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) registry will be unavailable from 10 p.m. to midnight, EST on Saturday, January 16 due to scheduled maintenance.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: The idea of replacing fossil-based fuel with a renewable source of sustainable energy is enough to get any environmentalist excited. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have advanced a process to produce a crude liquid called "bio-oil" from agricultural waste. The team is headed by Agricultural...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: Two reports are now available about the August, 2015 fatal bear attack in Yellowstone National Park.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: Our nation’s electric grid is the backbone of our economy, a key factor in future economic growth, and a critical component of our energy security. Modernizing and revitalizing our electric grid to make it is easier to bring online renewable source of energy is top priority for President Obama.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of more than $8.8 million in competitive funding to support Hispanic-Serving Institutions' (HSIs) agricultural science education programs. These grants will enhance the ability of these colleges and universities to support underserved students and develop a skilled American workforce.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: A former health care clinic consultant and Medicare biller pleaded guilty today in connection with a $63 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme involving a defunct Miami-area health care provider. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Received Money from Individuals Overseas to Be Used for “Operational Purposes” in the United States A federal grand jury returned an indictment late yesterday charging Mohamed Elshinawy, 30, of Edgewood, Maryland, with conspiring to provide and with providing material support to the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: Second Individual to Agree to Plead Guilty in Ongoing Investigation The owner and President of a Massachusetts-based heir location services provider has agreed to plead guilty to allocating customers with another heir location services firm, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that former Mamou, Louisiana, Police Chief Robert McGee, 44, was sentenced to one year and a day in prison for depriving an inmate at the Mamou jail of his federally protected rights by using a taser on the compliant inmate. McGee’s conviction was the result of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: Shipping Company to Pay Over $1 Million Criminal Fine for Marine Oil Pollution Crime Ciner Gemi Acente Isletni Sanayi Ve Ticaret S.A., a ship management company in Turkey, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court in Baltimore, Maryland, for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: A grand jury in Sacramento, California, returned an indictment today charging Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, of Sacramento, with one count of making a false statement involving international terrorism, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner of the Eastern District of California announced.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla. – A federal judge in Tulsa overturned a jury verdict and ruled that El Tequila LLC and owner Carlos Aguirre willfully violated the minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. El Tequila and Aguirre must pay $2.1 million in back wages and liquidated damages to over 300 vulnerable workers.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Genpak LLC Inspection site: 7621 Bill Joseph Parkway, Hope Hull, Alabama Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on Jan. 13 for two repeated , six serious and one other-than-serious safety violation.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: LINCOLN, Neb. ‒ A newly hired, 39-year-old worker who fell through a roof in October 2015 and later died, could have been saved if his employer provided required fall protection, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 14, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 14, 2016
The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 14, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 14, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 14, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 14, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
