News published on Federal Newswire in July 2016

News from July 2016



News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with Mexican Ambassador to the United States Carlos Sada to discuss opportunities for expanded cooperation between DHS and the Mexican Government on a range of homeland security-related issues.


Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Proclaims August 7-13 "National Farmers Market Week"

News Release: WASHINGTON, July 11, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today signed a proclamation declaring Aug. 7-13, 2016, as "National Farmers Market Week." This year marks the 17th annual National Farmers Market Week to honor and celebrate the important role that farmers markets play in local economies.


News Release: A Newport Beach, California, man pleaded guilty today for his role as a salesman at 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.


News Release: More than 1,500 Victims of Fraud The Department of Justice announced that an Orange County, California, man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California, for his role as the sales manager of a multi-million dollar fraudulent mortgage modification scheme. Charles Wayne Farris, 55, of ...


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks to open the U.S. Pavilion at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow in England. At the week-long biannual trade show, U.S. aerospace manufacturers, along with industry partners from across the world, will demonstrate new civilian and military aircraft to potential customers and investors.


News Release: Guest blog post by Annie Lamont, Managing Partner at Oak HC/FT When I was initially asked to join a panel focused on women’s entrepreneurial leadership at the seventh Global Entrepreneurial Summit last month, I thought long and hard about what it has meant to be a woman in business for over thirty years. ...


US Labor Department recovers $147K in back wages  for 21 Ohio trade workers employed under federal contract

News Release: CINCINNATI, Ohio – Pipefitters and bricklayers constructing the Viking Village Shared Facility Pool in Sharonville under a federal contract will recover a total of $147,000 in back wages and benefits following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.


U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division to offer free compliance seminar in Boston on August 3, 2016

News Release: BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will offer a comprehensive compliance seminar for employers, representatives of community rehabilitation programs, family members and guardians of workers with disabilities and other stakeholders on rules governing the payment of workers ...


Nation’s leading pallet company agrees to pay fired worker $105K, resolving US Labor Department lawsuit

News Release: BIGLERVILLE, Pa. – For more than two months, a worker at a Pennsylvania pallet company repeatedly told her employer about health concerns related to mold exposure at a Biglerville plant. Despite confirming that the mold existed, IFCO Services N.A. Inc. did not remove the fungus and instead fired the woman less than three weeks after she complained again about her health concerns.


US Labor Department releases proposal to improve, modernize Form 5500 Annual Return/Report filed by employee benefit plans

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration , the Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation are seeking public comments on proposed revisions to modernize and improve the Form 5500 Annual Return/Report filed by private-sector employee ...


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.