News published on Federal Newswire in April 2017

News from April 2017


News Release: U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced a Bakersfield man to 15 years in prison for federal hate crimes for firing a shotgun while yelling racist slurs at a Latino man, Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert of the Eastern District of California announced.


News Release: An Orange County, California man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California to serve 109 months in prison including the last 12 months in a halfway house for his role as the owner and operator of a multi-million dollar fraudulent mortgage modification scheme that posed as a successful law firm, the Justice Department announced.


CORRECTED: US Labor Department, Philadelphia printer enter into consent judgement to resolve FLSA violations, workers to recover back wages

News Release: PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Department of Labor and a Philadelphia commercial printer have entered into a consent judgment that requires the company to pay $273,892 in back wages and liquidated damages to a group of temporary employees to resolve past violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Under ...


Safety Stand-Down events aim to improve safety for landscape workers

News Release: ATLANTA – Fatalities among workers in the landscaping industry are a growing concern in the Southeast. From 2012 to 2016, 64 people employed in the industry in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi died as a result of workplace injuries. In Florida, industry fatalities have nearly tripled since 2012.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a four page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.