News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that the federal district court for the District of the Virgin Islands yesterday found the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) in substantial compliance with a consent decree relating to VIPD’s use of force practices. The consent decree requires VIPD to now ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: A Colombian national was arrested in Colombia and extradited to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last night on charges related to his alleged role in the robbery of an employee of a New York business that sold jewelry and gemstones.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the seizure of 15 internet domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services, as well as criminal charges against three defendants who facilitated the computer attack platforms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Rasheed Al Jijakli, 57, a Syrian-born naturalized U.S. citizen who resides in Walnut, California, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle rifle scopes and other tactical gear to Syria in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and sanctions ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON--The federal bank regulatory agencies today announced the annual adjustment to the asset-size thresholds used to define small bank, small savings association, intermediate small bank, and intermediate small savings association under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: The federal banking agencies on Thursday invited public comment on a proposal to update rules restricting the ability of a director or other management official to serve at more than one depository institution or depository holding company. The proposed changes would provide relief for community banks and better align with other rules.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the enforcement action listed below: Diane Ludwig, former employee First Community Bank, Beemer, Nebraska Consent prohibition order, dated Dec. 19, 2018 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Thursday announced that the resolution plans of four foreign-based banks had weaknesses, but did not have "deficiencies," which are weaknesses severe enough to result in additional prudential requirements if not corrected.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board has approved actions on Thursday by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Dallas, increasing the discount rate (the primary credit rate) at the Banks from 2-3/4 percent to 3 percent, effective immediately.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Growth in card payments has accelerated, according to new electronic payments data collected by the Federal Reserve. Card payments increased 10.1 percent by number and 8.4 percent by value from 2016 to 2017, each larger than the increases of 7.8 percent by number and 6.3 percent by value from 2015 to ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Every decade, the Census Bureau fulfills its critical, constitutionally mandated mission to count every person living in the United States. As technology becomes ever more complex and we are drawn closer together through social media, the Census Bureau has adapted to the shifting landscape. In fact, ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, NJ – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Sinai Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare LLC – a nursing and rehabilitation center in Newark, New Jersey – will pay $130,000 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 174 employees to resolve violations of overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK, NY -The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and the New Jersey State Industrial Safety Committee have entered into an alliance to raise awareness of the value of workplace safety and health programs for New Jersey businesses.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 20, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 20, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 20, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 20, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 20, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Dec 20, 2018
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
