News from January 2016
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 4, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 (En Español) As I have said repeatedly, our borders are not open to illegal migration; if you come here illegally, we will send you back consistent with our laws and values.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement in response to a new study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation regarding the effects of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The study found that after the new standards were implemented, the nutritional ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Kent State University (KSU) has agreed to pay $145,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit alleging that the university had maintained a policy of not allowing students with psychological disabilities to keep emotional support animals in university-operated student ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), today filed a civil complaint in federal court in Detroit, Michigan, against Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Volkswagen Group of America Inc., Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations LLC, Porsche AG and Porsche Cars ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2016
News Release: The 11th and 12th Defendants Charged in Ongoing Investigation Two Georgia real estate investors pleaded guilty today for their roles in bid-rigging and mail fraud conspiracies at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia. Paul Chen and Ira Eisenberg each admitted that they agreed not to bid ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2016
News Release: The former owner and operator of three medical clinics located in Los Angeles was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his role in a scheme that submitted more than $4.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2016
News Release: Conspired With Other Canadian Citizens to File False Tax Returns Using Fraudulent Forms 1099-OID A Ontario, Canada, man was sentenced to 135 months in prison today following his conviction for one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit theft of government funds, one count of making ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2016
News Release: A federal court has ordered a Baltimore-area importer of marble and granite to pay its payroll taxes as they become due, the Justice Department announced today. Judge Ellen L. Hollander of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland entered a permanent injunction requiring Alexander Stone Inc. d/b/a MMG Marble & Granite and its owners, Soultana Efthimiadis and Kyriakos Efthimiadis, to pay their federal payroll tax liabilities as they became due and owing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2016
News Release: Earlier today the Attorney General sent the attached memorandum to U.S. Attorneys thanking them for their impressive work on ending the scourge of violence against women. The memorandum also outlines enforcement steps that have been taken and encourages them to continue building partnerships with state, local and tribal law enforcement and community groups to stop domestic violence.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 4, 2016
News Release: MALVERN, Pa. — For telemarketing workers of a Malvern publishing company, deciding when to take water, bathroom and rest breaks was a matter of dollars and cents. The workers had their pay docked for virtually all time not spent making sales calls, sometimes bringing their wages below the federal minimum wage.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 4, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 4, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 4, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 4, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 4, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 4, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 4, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 4, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 4, 2016
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 4, 2016
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
