News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Return Preparer Allegedly Claimed Fraudulent Credits and Deductions A federal court has ordered West Palm Beach-area tax return preparer Paul Jean not to prepare federal tax returns for anyone except himself, the Justice Department announced today. The order was entered after Jean failed to respond to the United States’ civil complaint.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan returned an indictment against Nobuhiko Niwa, a former automotive parts executive, for his alleged participation in a conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids and allocate the market for ceramic substrates sold in the United States and elsewhere, and used in catalytic converters supplied to automobile manufacturers in the United States and elsewhere, announced the Justice Department today.
By Fed Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the Office of Financial Policy and Research (OFS) has been designated a division of the Board and renamed as the Division of Financial Stability (FS). The change reflects the growth in responsibilities and staffing associated with the Board's commitment to identifying and analyzing risks to financial stability and to developing and evaluating macroprudential policy responses to those risks.
By Commerce News Now | May 11, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) meeting. Established over three decades ago, NSTAC brings together industry leaders to advise the President on issues related to telecommunications, national security, emergency preparedness, and cybersecurity.
By Labor Gazette | May 11, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will offer a comprehensive compliance seminar for federal contractors, unions and workers to provide information on the rules governing prevailing wage requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act , McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act , Executive Order 13495 wage rules for non-displacement of qualified workers and Executive Order 13658 establishing a minimum wage for contractors.
By Labor Gazette | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule to modernize injury data collection to better inform workers, employers, the public and OSHA about workplace hazards. With this new rule, OSHA is applying the insights of behavioral economics ...
By Labor Gazette | May 11, 2016
News Release: WYOMING, Mich. – For a second time, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has determined that a Michigan-based, federal food service contractor systematically discriminated against 926 qualified women seeking entry-level warehouse laborer jobs.
By Labor Gazette | May 11, 2016
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today a global settlement with Worcester Sand and Gravel Company, Inc., of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to resolve citations and orders in three separate dockets. An administrative law judge with the Federal ...
By DOT News Wire | May 11, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 11, 2016
The US Justice Department published a one page proposed rule on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 11, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 11, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 11, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 11, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 11, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 11, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 11, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 11, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 11, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 11, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
