News from December 2017
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service announced today that the public will be invited to experience all national parks, including Olympic National Park, without entrance fees, on four days in 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled “Examining the Drug Supply Chain:"
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today marks the one-year anniversary of the 21st Century Cures Act becoming law. This game-changing law brings our health care innovation infrastructure into the 21st Century, delivering hope for patients and loved ones, and providing necessary resources to researchers to continue their efforts to uncover the next generation of cures and treatments.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: SOUTH BEND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Edward Bishop, age 26, of Lafayette, Indiana was convicted of using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, after a two-day jury trial before District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Women in Nuclear (WIN) organization’s chapter at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is fostering a collaborative environment across the site and increasing the visibility of nuclear-related careers in the workforce and community, particularly for women.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, Acting United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant SHAWN JOHNSON, age 30, was sentenced in District Court today to a term of 71 months imprisonment for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 28-year-old former employee of BP Corporation North America Inc. has been charged with five counts of wire fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: Akayed Ullah, 27, of Brooklyn, New York, and a lawful permanent resident from Bangladesh, has been charged in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with Ullah’s attempted detonation of a bomb in a subway terminal near the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City on Dec. 11. At least three people were injured as a result of the detonation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: A Brighton and Denver, Colorado, business owner pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer for the District of Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department today announced the filing of a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Bridges Consulting, Inc. (Bridges), a government contractor based in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. The complaint alleges that Bridges violated the employment rights of Lieutenant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: 21st Century Oncology Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates have agreed to pay $26 million to the government to resolve a self-disclosure relating to the submission of false attestations regarding the company’s use of electronic health records software and separate allegations that they ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: The United States and the State of Wisconsin today announced three settlements totaling in excess of $4.5 million with Tecumseh Products Co., Thomas Industries, Inc., and Wisconsin Public Service Corp. to resolve claims for natural resource damages at the Sheboygan River & Harbor Superfund Site brought ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: Akayed Ullah, 27, of Brooklyn, New York, and a lawful permanent resident from Bangladesh, has been charged in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with Ullah’s attempted detonation of a bomb in a subway terminal near the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City on Dec. 11. At least three people were injured as a result of the detonation.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and New Mexico’s Office of the Attorney General have signed a collaboration agreement to combat human trafficking in New Mexico. The anti-human trafficking agreement is the first of its kind in the Department.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – As retailers and other businesses temporarily increase staffing levels to accommodate heightened seasonal consumer demand, the U.S. Department of Labor reminds employers of the necessity of complying with federal labor laws related to safety, pay, and benefits.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dustcom Limited Inc. for failing to protect its employees from trench collapse hazards. The Garden City construction company faces proposed penalties of $130,552.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division, has sentenced a former fund manager in Birmingham to make restitution in the amount of $45,896 and serve five years of probation, including six months of home confinement, for violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. In addition, she has been barred from acting as a fiduciary for five years.
By State News Post | Dec 12, 2017
The US State Department published a three page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Dec 12, 2017
The US State Department published a three page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
