News from January 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: SANTA FE, NM - The resolution of longstanding road rights-of-way issues in the Pojoaque Basin is being recognized as a significant and historic event for Santa Fe County, the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso and Tesuque and for the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Defendant Was Victim’s Former Piano Teacher in Northwest Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Two Riviera Beach men were sentenced to prison for stealing sea turtle eggs from a St. Lucie County beach.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KS ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited aircraft manufacturer Spirit Aerosystems Inc. for exposing employees to hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $194,006 for one willful and five serious violations.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Onekey LLC, a construction management and development company, for exposing employees to crushing hazards after a concrete block retaining wall collapsed at a Poughkeepsie worksite. The company faces $281,583 in proposed penalties.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Today, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced her determination that an extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Syria was warranted pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act. After ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced the launch of a new electronic data platform to deliver market price information to the commodities industry. The new web-based platform, Market Analysis and Reporting Services ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2018 — The long-awaited game of the year is here and whether or not your team will vie for the Lombardi Trophy, one thing holds true – there will be lots of cheers, some tears and a whole lot of food. While enjoying some of the 1 billion chicken wings consumed on Super Bowl Sunday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) wants to remind fans not to let foodborne illness sideline them once the game is over.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the update of the United States Attorneys’ Manual (USAM) with a new section titled, “Associate Attorney General’s Approval and Notice Requirements for Issues Implicating Religious Liberty.” On Oct. 6, 2017, the Attorney General issued a Memorandum for All Executive ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: The former chief executive officer of FutureNet Group Inc., a Detroit-based information technology company, was indicted yesterday for his role in orchestrating a scheme to bribe an official from the City of Detroit to obtain benefits for FutureNet, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced yesterday that, over the next 45 days, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will surge Special Agents, Diversion Investigators, and Intelligence Research Specialists to focus on pharmacies and prescribers who are dispensing unusual or disproportionate amounts ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued the following proclamation commemorating January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month: “Human trafficking is a nationwide public health and civil rights crisis. Its victims are everywhere: at truck stops, in cities, in rural areas, and in suburbs, ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a solid rate. Gains in employment, household spending, and business fixed investment have been solid, and the unemployment ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee, at its annual organizational meeting this week, unanimously reaffirmed its "Statement of Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy" with an updated reference to the median of participants' estimates of the longer-run normal rate of unemployment in the most recent Summary of Economic Projections (December 2017).
By Fed Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee, at its annual organizational meeting this week, unanimously selected Jerome H. Powell to serve as its Chairman, effective Feb. 3, 2018. He is scheduled to be sworn in as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on the next business day at approximately 9 a.m. EST February 5.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: President Trump’s State of the Union Address was the best in recent memory: it included the largest tax cuts in history, record stock prices, and record low unemployment – especially for minorities. He spoke of a $1.5 trillion plan to fix our nation’s infrastructure, and his policies that have driven ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ORLANDO, FL – A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found Orlando-based resort Vistana Management Inc. routinely changed payroll records to avoid paying employees overtime, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), resulting in $372,183 in back wages owed to 275 employees. In addition to collecting back wages, the Division assessed $41,368 in penalties against Vistana for repeat violations to the FLSA.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: PIKE ROAD, AL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited an Auburn-based framing contractor for exposing employees to fall and eye safety hazards. The company, Omar Garcia, faces proposed penalties of $113,073.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KS ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited aircraft manufacturer Spirit Aerosystems Inc. for exposing employees to hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $194,006 for one willful and five serious violations.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NY – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Onekey LLC, a construction management and development company, for exposing employees to crushing hazards after a concrete block retaining wall collapsed at a Poughkeepsie worksite. The company faces $281,583 in proposed penalties.
