News from March 2016
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Proposals sought for water quality, outreach and conservation finance WASHINGTON, March 7, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of up to $20 million in competitive grants through the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. The program aims to spark the development and adoption of cutting-edge conservation technologies and approaches for farmers, ranchers and other landowners.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. March 7, 2016 – As schools around the county take part in School Breakfast Week celebrations this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) commemorates the 50th anniversary of its School Breakfast Program by shining a light on the positive impacts of school breakfast. Over the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Supreme Court today denied Apple’s petition for certiorari in United States v. Apple Inc., making final lower court decisions that Apple orchestrated a price-fixing conspiracy with five major e-book publishers and substantially raised e-book prices.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: The business manager and secretary-treasurer of Local 201 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union AFL-CIO (Iron Workers) based in Washington, D.C., was charged with taking kickbacks from public works employees at the Blue Plains Wastewater ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Philip Joseph Rivkin, aka Felipe Poitan Arriaga, was sentenced today in Houston, Texas, to 121 months in prison, three years of supervised release and to pay more than $87 million in restitution and was ordered to forfeit $51 million for generating and selling fraudulent biodiesel credits in the federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: A Land O’ Lakes, Florida, businessman was sentenced by a judge in federal court in Tampa today to 174 months in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: ArmorSource, LLC has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations in connection with a contract to provide combat helmets to the U.S. Army, the Department of Justice announced today. ArmorSource, a Delaware Limited Liability Company headquartered in Hebron, Ohio, designs, develops and manufactures ballistic helmets for military and law enforcement personnel worldwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Worked With Others to Seek Over $1.5 Million in Fraudulent Refunds A federal district court judge accepted a Virginia man’s plea of guilty today for his involvement in a far-reaching stolen identity refund fraud scheme in which he conspired with others to seek over $1.5 million in income tax refunds ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: A federal jury in Phoenix returned a verdict today finding that the towns of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, and their joint water company systematically discriminated against individuals who are not members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) in the provision ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Today in Lima, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews delivered keynote remarks to the American Chamber of Commerce in Peru. Speaking before a crowd of more than 120 attendees which included Minister of Trade and Tourism Magali Silva, Vice Minister of Trade Edgar Vasquez, and Vice Minister of Health Pedro Grillo, he highlighted how the U.S. business community can provide world-class products and services to help meet Peru’s healthcare needs.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: SCOTT, La. – While Billy’s Boudin & Cracklins food preparers were mixing rice, meat and seasoning to make the company’s popular Cajun sausage, their employer was cooking the books. Instead of paying workers the wages they legally earned, investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that the owners were using those unpaid wages to lower their costs and increase profits.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Lear Corp., doing business as Renosol Seating LLC, and three of its managers for suspending and terminating employees who reported workplace hazards in violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 7, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Mar 7, 2016
The US State Department published a one page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 7, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 7, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 7, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 7, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
