News published on Federal Newswire in May 2018

News from May 2018


2018 Jr. Ranger Summer Explorer Camp

News Release: The 7th Annual Jr. Ranger Summer Explorer Camp will include field trips to Little Rock, Hot Springs and Hope, AR.


Secretary Perdue Names FSA Administrator

News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 11, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today the appointment of Richard Fordyce to serve as Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA). In his role, Fordyce will provide leadership for FSA and its mission to support agricultural production across America through a network of over 2,100 county and 50 state offices.


Secretary Perdue Announces FSIS Key Leadership

News Release: WASHINGTON, May 11, 2018 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of Carmen Rottenberg and Paul Kiecker to key leadership positions within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Rottenberg has been named the Administrator of FSIS and Kiecker the Deputy Administrator.


Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Names Bruce Summers AMS Administrator

News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 11, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of Bruce Summers as the Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), part of the Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission area.


News Release: A federal court in Wichita, Kansas, permanently barred Ma Guadalupe Valenzuela (a/k/a Maria Guadalupe Valenzuela a/k/a Lupe Valenzuela, individually and doing business as Servicio de Income Tax) from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The civil injunction order, to which Valenzuela agreed, ...


News Release: The Department of Justice and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that expands their collaboration to better detect and eliminate fraud, abuse, and discrimination by employers bringing foreign visa workers to the United States. This new effort improves the way the agencies share information, collaborate on cases, and train each other’s investigators.


News Release: Reynaldo B. Regis, 53, of Fort Washington, Maryland, and a former CIA contractor, pleaded guilty today to unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials, and making material false statements to federal law enforcement officers.


News Release: The chairman of a real estate development company was sentenced today to 48 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to bribe United Nations ambassadors to obtain support to build a conference center in Macau that would host, among other events, the annual United Nations Global South-South Development Expo.


News Release: Two Hyattsville, Maryland men were both sentenced today to 26 years in prison for sex trafficking three minors throughout the East Coast from September through November 2016.


News Release: Two associates of the Genovese La Cosa Nostra (LCN) crime family were sentenced today in federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts on extortion-related charges.


U.S. Department of Labor Cites New York Cosmetics Manufacturer For Safety and Health Hazards Following November 2017 Fire

News Release: ALBANY, NY – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited New Windsor-based Verla International LTD, and proposed fines of $281,220 for failing to protect its employees from dangerous chemicals, and other hazards.


U.S. Department of Labor Cites Contractor and Staffing Agency Following Fatal Trench Collapse at Alabama Work Site

News Release: HUNTSVILLE, AL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited All Power Construction Corp. and staffing agency Labor Finders of Tennessee Inc. after a temporary employee installing sewer lines suffered a fatal injury in a trench collapse. All Power Construction Corp. faces $139,684 in proposed penalties and Labor Finders of Tennessee Inc. faces the maximum allowed $12,934 in proposed penalties.


Former Owner of North Carolina’s House of Lights Ordered To Pay $1,639,983 in Restitution to Profit-Sharing Plan

News Release: RALEIGH, NC – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina has ordered Thomas E. Beverly Sr. - former owner of the House of Lights Inc. - to pay restitution totaling $1,639,983 ...


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.