News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: A seven-count indictment was unsealed today charging four current and former Police of Puerto Rico (POPR) Carolina Drug Unit officers with civil rights violations and obstruction of justice arising out of a police operation conducted on Nov. 15, 2014. The indictment alleges that during the police operation, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree today with Humboldt County, California, resolving claims that the county violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: U.S. Healthcare Supply LLC and Oxford Diabetic Supply Inc. and the two owners and presidents of those companies have agreed to pay the United States more than $12.2 million to resolve allegations that they violated the federal False Claims Act by using a fictitious entity to make unsolicited telephone ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Two clinical psychologists pleaded guilty today for their involvement in a fraudulent psychological testing scheme that preyed upon Medicare recipients living in nursing homes throughout the Southeastern United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has terminated its January 2012 settlement agreement with the Mercer County, West Virginia, School District following the district’s successful implementation of programs and services for its English Learner (EL) students, as required by the Equal Educational Opportunities Act (EEOA) of 1974.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Seven defendants were sentenced for their roles in online fraud schemes involving counterfeit checks, “mystery shopper” websites and work-from-home scams, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis of the Southern ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: NEW ORLEANS – Two Gulf Coast staffing agencies have agreed to paid 353 workers nearly $516,000 in back wages after U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found they classified employees incorrectly as independent contractors and mislabeled wages as per-diem reimbursement for expenses never incurred.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: VAN BUREN, Mo. – In an emergency, a blocked exit can be the difference between life and death for employees and customer alike. Yet, Dollar General – one of the nation’s largest discount retailers – continues to ignore federal workplace safety inspectors who have found repeated instances where the company allows stacked merchandise to block exit routes.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 7, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 7, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 7, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 7, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2016
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Sep 7, 2016
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Sep 7, 2016
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
