News from August 2017
By USDA Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 18, 2017) – U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell today announced his retirement after a 40-year career, characterized by his climb from a firefighter to a District Ranger, Forest Supervisor to the head of the U.S. Forest Service, leading more than 30,000 employees working in all 50 states plus Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: A Fort Lauderdale, Florida, resident was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for tax evasion, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINTON – The owner and operator of five Houston-area home health agencies was sentenced on Thursday to 480 months in prison for conspiring to defraud Medicare and the State of Texas’ Medicaid-funded Home and Community-Based Service (HCBS) and Primary Home Care (PHC) Programs of more than $17 million ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: A federal jury today convicted the former chief executive officer of ArthroCare Corporation, a publicly traded medical device company based in Austin, Texas, for his role in orchestrating a fraud scheme that resulted in shareholder losses of over $750 million.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) announced it is accepting public comments on the criteria for the HIRE Vets Medallion Program. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was published in the Federal Register today.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor will hold informational meetings in Arizona for current and former nuclear weapons workers, or their survivors, on the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, will also be discussed.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced $80 million in grants will be awarded to YouthBuild, a pre-apprenticeship program for at-risk individuals ages 16-to-24.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor will hold informational meetings in New Mexico and Utah for former and current workers in the uranium industry and their survivors. Federal representatives will be on-hand to provide information about the medical benefits available under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA).
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is soliciting nominations to fill five, three-year vacancies on the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council. The deadline to submit nominations is Aug. 31.
By State News Post | Aug 18, 2017
The US State Department published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 18, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 18, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
The US Interior Department published an eight page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 18, 2017
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2017
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 18, 2017
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
