News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Two Deputies Also Sentenced for Obstructing Justice by Covering up a Fellow Officer’s Use of Force The Justice Department announced today that Elizabeth Croley, 37, a former captain at the Decatur County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for willfully withholding evidence ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: The German shipping companies Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG and Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS “Extum,” who owned and operated the cargo ship M/V BBC Magellan, pleaded guilty today to failure to maintain an accurate oil record book, in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, released the following statement regarding the Ferguson, Missouri, City Council vote to approve the proposed consent decree with the Department of Justice: “Tonight, the city of Ferguson, ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced significant amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These changes, coupled with ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that the Department’s International Trade Administration has updated its Free Trade Agreement Tariff Tool (FTA Tariff Tool) to include the latest information on tariffs on U.S. products exported to Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) partner markets. When enforced, the TPP will eliminate more than 18,000 foreign import taxes that various countries place on Made-In-America exports.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WESTBURY, NY — To make ice products at Arctic Glacier U.S.A. Inc.’s Hicksville plant, the company uses large amounts of anhydrous ammonia in the plant’s refrigeration system. When working with large amounts of hazardous chemicals such as ammonia, an employer must have a comprehensive and effective program in place for their safe management and the protection of its workers.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: EDGERTON, Wis. ‒ Some may argue the belief that the number “13” brings misfortune is just superstition, but there is no doubt that fall safety violations by a Wisconsin roofing contractor found in 13 inspections in 10 years are a tragedy waiting to happen. Falls are a leading cause of death in the construction industry, accounting for nearly 40 percent of fatalities in 2014.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: AVON, Ohio ‒ Each time a worker mounts a scaffold they risk a dangerous fall, the leading causing of death in the construction industry. One in four who died working in the construction industry in 2014 died in a fall.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: SUPERIOR, Wis. — An 18-year-old man lost his life just three months after starting work for Lunda Construction Company. The carpenter’s apprentice was mixing concrete for the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge resurfacing project when a rough-terrain forklift struck and killed him. The bridge spans St. Louis Bay between Superior and Duluth, Minnesota. Since 2012, three workers have died while working on Lunda highway construction projects.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the opening of a $338 million grant competition for national organizations to provide critical job training and related services to low-income, older American workers through the Senior Community Service Employment Program. Approximately $338 ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the opening of a $338 million grant competition for national organizations to provide critical job training and related services to low-income, older American workers through the Senior Community Service Employment Program. Approximately $338 ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council , will meet on March 16, 2016, at the U.S. Department of Labor’s headquarters at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room S-2508, Washington, D.C. 20210. The meeting will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. eastern.
By State News Post | Mar 15, 2016
The US State Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 15, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 15, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 15, 2016
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 15, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Mar 15, 2016
The US State Department published a one page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Mar 15, 2016
The US State Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 15, 2016
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
