News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: With the tax season in full swing, the Justice Department warns taxpayers to avoid unscrupulous tax return preparers who seek to harm taxpayers, and also reminds taxpayers that they could still be responsible for any unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest, resulting from errors made on their returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today notified all U.S. Attorney’s Offices along the Southwest Border of a new “zero-tolerance policy” for offenses under 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a), which prohibits both attempted illegal entry and illegal entry into the United States by an alien. The implementation of the Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Attorney General Jeff Sessions today released a fiscal year (FY) 2017 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program report showing that for every dollar the federal government spent on healthcare related fraud and abuse investigations in the last three ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: A former police officer with the Village of Biscayne Park had his initial appearance today on an indictment in Miami for deprivation of civil rights under color of law against two individuals on separate occasions and for falsifying records in a federal investigation. Acting Assistant Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today named Director of the National Institute of Justice Dr. David Muhlhausen as Executive Director of Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry (FIRC) and announced that Ja’Ron Smith, Domestic Policy Council Director of Urban Affairs and Revitalization, was also announced as the White House liaison to the FIRC.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: A 71-year-old Kansas native who was residing in Panama pleaded guilty today to use of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: A local transportation operator was sentenced to 14 months today for stealing federal funds intended for a foreign exchange program maintained by the U.S. Department of State. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Tracy ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: This week, one of 16 alleged Gangster Disciples members and associates indicted on racketeering charges in May 2016 pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U. S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant of the Western District ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the affirmative final determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of stainless steel flanges from China, finding that exporters from China received countervailable subsidies of 174.73 percent.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) announced today the availability of approximately $12 million in Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) grants to provide veterans with job-driven training to help them successfully transition from homelessness to sustainable housing and good civilian jobs.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: AMES, IA – The U.S. Department of Labor will host an outreach event in Ames on April 17, 2018, for former and current nuclear weapons workers and their survivors. Federal representatives from the Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC) will discuss the new Special Exposure Cohort class of employees at the Ames Laboratory.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – The Federal Highway Administration, the state of Georgia, local government organizations, and employers are partnering with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to sponsor events to train road workers on the dangers from roadway work activities, during National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week, April 9-13.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: ARLINGTON, VA – As the U.S. Department of Labor works to protect the safety and health of America’s miners, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced that it will publish its Final Rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines in the Federal Register on April 9, 2018.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued the following statement regarding the March 2018 Employment Situation report: “The American economy remained strong in March. For the sixth month in a row, the unemployment rate was at a 17-year low of 4.1%. Steady job growth continued, ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: BOYNTON BEACH, FL – Following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has sentenced Albert Samukia Jones-Saye, the owner of a substance abuse recovery residence, to 71 months in prison and three years of supervised release. The sentencing is in addition to $2,071,406 in court-ordered restitution by Jones-Saye following a previous guilty plea to conspiring with others to commit healthcare fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
The US Interior Department published a four page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
The US Interior Department published a four page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Apr 6, 2018
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 6, 2018
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 6, 2018
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
