News from October 2018

By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: Actions Also Taken in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2018 — To provide relief from the impacts of Hurricane Michael, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS ) will allow participants in the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP ) in 23 Georgia counties to buy hot foods with their benefits through Nov. 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: A 64-year-old Grapevine, Texas, man was sentenced today to 12 months in federal prison for a hate crime, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore for the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced a national settlement with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Chevron) that requires safety improvements at all of its petroleum refineries across the United States, ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: It is an honor to be here in Astana to welcome this U.S. business development mission to Kazakhstan. Thank you to our partner, the U.S.-Kazakhstan Business Association, in bringing this delegation to Astana.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of certain steel wheels from the People’s Republic of China, finding that exporters from China have been dumping this product in the United States at a margin of 231.70 percent.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH - The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will present an educational forum about developments in its policies and regulations, and its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) Program, in Concord, New Hampshire, on November 6, 2018.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: SELMA, NC – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Johnson County Industries Inc. – based in Selma, North Carolina – has paid $50,303 in back wages to 92 employees for failing to meet requirements of the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) and Section 14(c) provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

By Labor Gazette | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: ROSEVILLE, MN - The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement with A'viands Food & Service Management requiring the federal contractor to pay $399,000 in back pay and interest to 98 female employees to resolve pay discrimination violations found at its Roseville, Minnesota, facility.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has developed compliance assistance resources to help protect employee benefits. EBSA's goal is to help workers by restoring plan assets and securing the payment of promised benefits, and to help employee ...
By DOT News Wire | Oct 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.