News from July 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement regarding the release of FEMA’s 2017 Hurricane Season After-Action Report today: “By capturing the insights gained from the previous hurricane season, this report, which is focused only on the efforts of DHS and FEMA, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 12, 2018 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of four members and four alternates to serve on the National Peanut Board. The appointees will serve three-year terms, from Jan. 1, 2019, to Dec. 31, 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 12, 2018 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 13 members to fill vacancies on the 37-member National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Twelve appointees will serve three-year terms, Nov. 1, 2018, through Oct. 31, 2021. One appointee will serve the remaining portion of a vacant position, effective immediately, and expiring Oct. 31, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 12, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is announcing that the government of Japan has finalized technical requirements that will allow U.S. sheep and goat exports into the country for the first time in more than 14 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: HHS Secretary Alex Azar, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued the following joint statement regarding reunification efforts for eligible children under 5 years old: “Dedicated teams at the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Justice have ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: A Collinsville, Virginia pharmacist pleaded guilty today to failing to account for and pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Thomas T. Cullen for the Western District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: The president of a Michigan truck hauling business pleaded guilty today in Detroit federal district court to wire fraud and to willfully failing to file a tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: A Rogersville, Tennessee resident pleaded guilty today to filing a fraudulent multi-million dollar lien against a government employee and filing a false claim for a tax refund, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. According ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.), a new program that seeks to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas and to identify wholesale distribution networks and international and domestic suppliers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Glenn Eugene Halfin, 64, from Grapevine, Texas, appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas and pleaded guilty to a federal charge of interfering with an African-American family’s housing rights, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: A former head of a Philadelphia nonprofit mental health clinic was sentenced to 82 months in prison for perpetrating a multiyear fraud scheme through which she stole over $2 million from the clinic that she headed, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: A Nebraska man was sentenced yesterday to 76 months in prison for accessing with an intent to view child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph P. Kelly of the District of Nebraska. Donald Blevins, ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement actions listed below: United Bank Limited, Karachi, Pakistan and United Bank Limited, New York Branch, New York, New York Written Agreement dated July 2, 2018.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce will host a public hearing on its Section 232 investigation of imports of automobiles and automotive parts on Thursday, July 19 in the U.S. Department of Commerce Auditorium. The hearing, which begins at 8:30 a.m., will feature testimony from approximately 45 individuals, representing domestic and international companies, industry groups, labor, and foreign countries. Officials from the Department of Defense will also be participating.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: WEST MONROE, LA – West Monroe LLC, operator of Café Rawz in West Monroe, Louisiana, has agreed to pay $69,178 in back wages to 34 employees to resolve overtime, minimum wage, and recordkeeping violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) found in a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Alberici Healthcare LLC in St. Louis, Missouri, have signed a strategic partnership to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the 802,000-square-foot SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY – Gra-pel Inc, a tire retailer based in Louisville, Kentucky, has paid $51,506 in back wages to 22 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer violated overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By DOJ Gazette | Jul 12, 2018
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 12, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 12, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
