News from July 2018
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry today announced today the Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine domestic projects to receive nearly $20 million in funding for cost-shared research and development for advanced nuclear technologies. These awards are through the Office of Nuclear ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A nurse employed at the Providence VA Medical Center was arraigned and pled not guilty today in U.S. District Court in Providence to a federal grand jury indictment charging him with stealing liquid opioids for his own personal use and replacing them with saline.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: * Smoke from the lightning-ignited Hayden Fire may be visible from the Grand Loop Road between Canyon Village and Mud Volcano.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Realizing the Benefits of Rural Broadband: Challenges and Solutions."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently certified EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) for new requirements for the site’s environmental management system (EMS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - Today, after a multiple-year investigation and the government’s intervention into a whistleblower suit in 2015, the United States announces a $1.2 million settlement with Liberty Ambulance. In reaching this settlement, the parties have resolved allegations that, from June 29, 2005...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Antoine Benjamin, age 26, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today blasting the Trump Administration’s announcement that it would slash funding to $10 million for the Affordable Care Act Navigators program...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. July 9, 2018 - The East Creek Fire has shown a significant reduction in smoke and fire activity. There are still no trail closures related to this fire. The total acreage of the fire has been reduced from 26 acres to six acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Judy Ramos, the Acting Inspector in Charge of the New Jersey Office of the United States Postal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that Randy Hames, a residential property owner and landlord in Cullman, Alabama, subjected female tenants to egregious sexual harassment in violation of the Fair Housing Act. Along with Randy Hames, the Department’s complaint ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today filed a motion and supporting papers, seeking to terminate 19 “legacy” judgments in the District Court for the District of Columbia. Today’s court filing is part of the Antitrust Division’s effort to terminate decades-old antitrust judgments that no ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: A 75-count, third-superseding indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee on June 29 and unsealed Friday, charging 21 members and associates of the Clarksville, Tennessee chapter of the Mongols Motorcycle Gang with various federal crimes, including racketeering conspiracy, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) announced today that two subsidiaries of Stanley Black & Decker Inc.—Emhart Industries Inc. and Black & Decker Inc.—have agreed to clean up dioxin contaminated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: Health Quest Systems, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries (Health Quest) and Putnam Health Center (PHC) have agreed to pay over $14.7 million to resolve allegations of violations of the False Claims Act by submitting inflated and otherwise ineligible claims for payment, the Justice Department announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: A federal court enjoined Todd & Patty Meech Dairy Farm and its co-owners from introducing adulterated meat into interstate commerce pending required remedial action, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Monday released the public portions of four foreign banking organizations' resolution plans, which are required by the Dodd-Frank Act and commonly known as living wills.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced its approval of the application by Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc, London, England, to establish a branch in New York, New York.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON, TX – Pool Works LLC has paid $27,780 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 60 employees to settle overtime, minimum wage, and recordkeeping violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) found in an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD).
By Labor Gazette | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: OWOSSO, MI – Michigan truck accessories manufacturer, Rugged Liner Inc. will pay $308,811 in back wages owed to 134 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) that found the company violated the overtime and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
