News from June 2018
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today expressing his enduring grave concerns about the well-being of children currently in the custody of HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), who were traumatically separated from their parents under the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance" immigration policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Ohio university professor was indicted by a federal grand jury today for traveling to Kansas City, Mo., to engage in sexual activity with a person whom he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Naturalist Programs at Tucson Mountain District (West District), 2700 N. Kinney Rd.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office seeks public comment on two fee proposals to provide additional camping opportunities in Rabbit Valley and the North Fruita Desert areas.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced their latest efforts to improve the integrity of the Medicaid program following the release of state Medicaid data scorecards earlier this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Yakov Pisman, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for conspiring to traffic in contraband cigarettes and money laundering.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: "President Donald Trump is standing up to China, which wrongly believes it can bully our farmers to get America to back away from defending our national interests." Donald Trump will Protect American Farmers from China’s Trade Retaliation By Secretary Sonny Perdue USA Today June 25, 2018 In 2011, a group ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. (J.C. Penney). The agreement resolves two investigations, one into whether J.C. Penney unlawfully rejected a lawful permanent resident’s valid work authorization documentation, and the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – Caris Healthcare, L.P. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Caris Healthcare, LLC (“Caris Healthcare”), have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims, and knowingly retaining overpayments, for the care of patients who were ineligible ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) today awarded $2,000,100 to the State of Nevada to cover expenses related to the law enforcement response to the Oct.1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas. The shooting, which occurred during a country music festival, left 58 people dead and over 500 injured.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: An individual who managed a multimillion dollar fraudulent telemarketing scam was sentenced on June 25, 2018, to serve 63 months in prison by a federal judge in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: Today, a federal court in Miami permanently barred Jessyca Bernard from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order, to which Bernard agreed, was signed by Chief Judge K. Michael Moore of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: In accordance with the Justice Department’s recent efforts to disrupt business email compromise (BEC) schemes that are designed to intercept and hijack wire transfers from businesses and individuals, including many senior citizens, the Department announced Operation Keyboard Warrior, an effort coordinated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: Joshua Ryne Goldberg, 23, of Orange Park, Florida, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for attempted malicious damage and destruction by an explosive of a building. Goldberg pleaded guilty on Dec. 20, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: A Nebraska man was sentenced to eight years in prison today for distribution of 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.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON--The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today announced the availability of the 2018 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies, where revitalization or stabilization activities are eligible to receive Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) consideration under the community development definition.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, OR – Roofing and siding installation company A Cut Above Exteriors, Inc. will pay $74,979 owed to 34 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer violated overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA – Following a recent tornado that caused millions of dollars of property damage in the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, area, the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) urges all those involved in cleanup and rebuilding operations to take precautions and be vigilant about safety.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: JUPITER, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Crown Roofing LLC, based in Sarasota, Florida, for exposing employees to fall hazards at a Jupiter worksite. The company faces $149,662 in proposed fines.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced today it is seeking data on technologies that can improve safety conditions for America's miners. MSHA's Request for Information (RFI) focuses on reducing accidents involving mobile equipment at surface mines, and belt conveyors at surface and underground mines. The RFI is available today at the Federal Register , which will publish it on June 26, 2018.
