News from April 2018
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management Alaska is inviting the public to submit their favorite photos of their furry friends or recreation trends while recreating on your favorite BLM-managed public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On April 16, 2018, Trevor J. Graves, age 20, a former University of Iowa student, appeared in federal court before United States Magistrate Judge Stephen B. Jackson, Jr., and pleaded guilty to transmission of a command to damage a protected computer, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Graves’ sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 23, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. before United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that David Louis Vernier, age 64, of Ishpeming, was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for committing bankruptcy fraud. The sentence was imposed by Chief Judge Robert J. Jonker of the U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that it is seeking public nominations for positions on 30 citizen-based sounding boards for BLM initiatives, proposals, and policy changes.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2018
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - During interviews on CNN “State of the Union" and ABC “This Week" today, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, discussed the upcoming committee vote on Mike Pompeo’s nomination to serve as Secretary of State, U.S. relations with Russia, and the potential for talks with North Korea. Excerpts of both interviews follow.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2018
News Release: Kennesaw Mountain News Release. Local National Park Sites Receives National Park Foundation Grant for Volunteer Capacity-Building. WASHINGTON (April 18, 2018) Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park have jointly received a National Park Foundation...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service is working with the Federal Highway Administration to make repairs in Erbie, located in Newton County, Arkansas. Heavy rain and flooding over a three day period in May of 2015 caused extensive damage to Compton-Erbie Road (County Road 19), County Road 57, and Erbie Campground...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 21, 2018
News Release: “I thank Under Secretary Ricardel for her leadership and steadfast service to our Department and to our Nation. Since coming on board, she has helped keep sensitive technologies out of the hands of those who would do us harm, while also working to ensure that imports do not threaten to impair our national security. We wish her well in her new role, and look forward to our future collaboration.”
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen will travel to Toronto, Canada to participate in the G7 Security Ministerial on Monday, April 23 and Tuesday, April 24. There, Secretary Nielsen will meet with her foreign counterparts to discuss joint efforts to combat terrorism, human trafficking, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: A Miami, Florida man was sentenced to 97 months in prison today for his role in an approximately $10 million health care fraud scheme involving a now-defunct home health clinic and two sham physical rehabilitation clinics located in Miami. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) Special Agent pleaded guilty today to devising a wire fraud scheme that defrauded SunTrust Mortgage and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) of over $40,000, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement with Themesoft Inc. (Themesoft), a Texas-based company that provides consulting and staffing services to technology clients, to resolve the Department’s investigation into whether the company discriminated against a work-authorized ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and United States Attorney Joseph H. Harrington for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jin Chul “Jacob” Cha, 41, of Tustin, California, who pleaded guilty on January ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Mr. Good Vape LLC of Chino, California, to reinstate a former manager and pay him $110,000 in compensation after he was fired for claiming the company’s production of flavored liquids for e-cigarette vapor inhalers violated federal environmental law.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: BELLEVUE, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Bellevue-based plastics company Wilbert Inc. for multiple safety violations after an inspection found employees exposed to fall, machine, and electrical hazards. OSHA proposed penalties of $261,454. ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has entered a consent judgment ordering Information Networking Company Inc., and its president John Benjamin Riddle, to restore $47,408 to the company’s employee benefit plan.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 20, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 20, 2018
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 20, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 20, 2018
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
