News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Israeli national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for conspiring to transfer $2.5 million worth of cocaine from Colombia to Israel via Boston and to money laundering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2018
News Release: FBI Safely Removed Suspicious Material from Lawton Hospital.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Throughout the 2018 National Police Week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) honored law enforcement officers and their families for their service and sacrifice. In Washington and around the country, DHS has been involved in memorializing these heroes throughout the week.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: As part of the ongoing dialogue between both governments over the last two days, officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of State (DOS), the Ministry of Interior (SEGOB), and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) discussed regional immigration trends, including the significant ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced that Hugh Hurwitz will begin serving as the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons on May 19, 2018, following Former Director Mark Inch’s resignation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, an investigator with the New York City Correction Department was sentenced to 120 months in prison at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York following his March 5 jury trial conviction on seven counts of transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography involving conduct at his East Meadow, New York residence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Rabobank National Association (Rabobank), a Roseville, California subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey T. Miller of the Southern District of California for impairing, impeding and obstructing its primary regulator, the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Following a four-month trial, a federal jury in Buffalo, New York, has convicted three leaders and members of the Kingsmen Motorcycle Club (KMC), including the National President, of multiple charges for their roles in a major racketeering operation that involved violence and murder.
By Fed Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Friday extended until June 25, 2018, the comment period for their proposed rule that would tailor leverage ratio requirements to the business activities and risk profiles of the largest domestic firms.
By Labor Gazette | May 18, 2018
News Release: WINDSOR, CO – As a result of a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation, Coloscapes Concrete Inc. has paid $21,750 in back wages and $31,496 in civil money penalties to settle H-2B non-immigrant visa program violations, as well as $6,454 to resolve overtime and recordkeeping violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | May 18, 2018
News Release: CENTRAL VALLEY, NY – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), McDonalds’ franchisee S&P Enterprises Inc. has paid $8,829 in penalties to resolve child labor violations in 11 northern New Jersey locations. WHD’s Northern New Jersey District Office determined ...
By Labor Gazette | May 18, 2018
News Release: MILWAUKEE, WI – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited C & D Technologies Inc. for exposing employees to lead and failing to implement an effective lead management program. The Milwaukee battery manufacturer faces proposed penalties of $147,822 for two repeated and six serious violations.
By Labor Gazette | May 18, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK, ND – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and several safety stakeholder organizations recently signed an alliance with North Dakota employers and employees to reduce exposure to trenching and excavation-related hazards.
By Labor Gazette | May 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC –The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) today issued a two-year extension of its enforcement moratorium relating to the affirmative obligations of TRICARE providers. This moratorium has been in effect for four years, and will now expire on May 7, 2021; it will also now apply to Veterans Affairs Health Benefits Program providers.
By Labor Gazette | May 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced $85 million in grants to support and expand YouthBuild programs across the country. YouthBuild, a pre-apprenticeship model, provides at-risk youth ages 16-24 with education and occupational skill development to obtain employment in construction and other in-demand industries.
By State News Post | May 18, 2018
The US State Department published a one page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 18, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 18, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a nine page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 18, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2018
The US Interior Department published a five page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
