News from May 2018
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “Sharing the Road: Policy Implications of Electric and Conventional Vehicles in the Years Ahead:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Shawn Kosinski, 34, of Pottstown, PA, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone to 10 years of imprisonment followed by 15 years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain. Kosinski pled guilty in January to distribution, possession, and receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man charged with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on April 30, 2018, by U.S. District Court Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Margaret Sue Hardwick, a resident of Wilson, Michigan, has been indicted by a grand jury and charged with assaulting a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Randolph woman was sentenced in federal court in Boston on Friday, May 4, 2018, for her role in a conspiracy that distributed thousands of pounds of marijuana and laundered millions of dollars in proceeds.
By State Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today received the George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication’s first annual Walter Roberts Award for Congressional Leadership in Public Diplomacy at a ceremony ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today reached a settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Coconino County, Arizona, to make the County’s polling places accessible to individuals with mobility and vision impairments. The Department’s survey identified architectural barriers at County polling ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Challenge Fisheries LLC, Quinn Fisheries Inc., Charles Quinn II, and Charles Quinn III have agreed to pay a total of $414,000 in civil penalties and to perform fleet-wide improvements and other compliance assurance measures to resolve federal Clean Water Act claims stemming from oily bilge discharges ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Nisar Ahmed Chaudhry, 71, of Columbia, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to failure to file a foreign agent registration statement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at close to 6,000 sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal partners, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: A Purcellville, Virginia man, who was a member of a website dedicated to the advertising and sharing of child pornography on an online anonymous network, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Federal District Court Judge Steve C. Jones today sentenced Trevor King, 50, a former sergeant with the Atlanta Police Department to five years in prison for using excessive force when he arrested a Walmart shopper who the officer wrongfully suspected of shoplifting a tomato and for writing a false report ...
By Fed Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the approval of final amendments to its Regulation A, which governs extensions of credit by Federal Reserve Banks, to make certain technical adjustments including to reflect the expiration of the Term Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) program.
By Labor Gazette | May 7, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – To ensure compliance with federal wage laws, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is undertaking an initiative in Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, and South Carolina to strengthen compliance with the labor provisions of the H-2A and H-2B temporary visa programs.
By Labor Gazette | May 7, 2018
News Release: HATFIELD, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Prime Packaging Partners LLC, a dog treat manufacturer, for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at its Hatfield facility. OSHA proposed $180,685 in penalties.
By Labor Gazette | May 7, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, OH – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Cincinnati office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) found that Demmy Sand & Gravel LLC and Amy Demmy ̶ fiduciary to the Demmy Sand & Gravel LLC Retirement Savings Plan ̶ violated the Employee Retirement Income ...
By Labor Gazette | May 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2018-02, “Temporary Enforcement Policy on Prohibited Transaction Rules Applicable to Investment Advice Fiduciaries.” The FAB may be viewed here.
By Fed News Journal | May 7, 2018
The US Federal Reserve System published a four page notice on May 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | May 7, 2018
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on May 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
