News from September 2018
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2018
News Release: ISLAND OF HAWAIʻI -- Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park and The National Parks Arts Foundation are proud to announce that Allison Leialoha Milham, a songwriter and book artist, will be September’s Artist in Residence. Milham is originally from California, but is of Hawaiian descent and has family ties to the islands.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2018
Release: ARLINGTON, Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) stopped a man with a loaded gun at one of the airport checkpoints Friday, Sept. 7, just four days before the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2018
News Release: Special Note: Yesterday, Friday, September 7, the Park began offering limited visitor access on the west side portion of the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Visitors are required to use shuttle or tour services to travel through the closed area in order to provide for visitor safety and firefighter access. Currently...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2018
News Release: Starting today, large swells and high threats of rip currents associated with Tropical Storm Florence will produce life-threatening ocean conditions along Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). Due to these conditions, Superintendent David Hallac is strongly urging all beach visitors to stay out of the Atlantic Ocean until dangerous conditions subside.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2018
News Release: What: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Virgin Islands, will be hosting a one-day human trafficking training. Topics will include.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2018
News Release: Thursday, September 13th | 2:00-4:00 PM.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2018
News Release: FBI, Sevier County Authorities Capture Fugitive Wanted for New York Home Invasion.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., September 7, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced an extension of the deadline for interested parties to submit an expression of interest to house the headquarters of the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: The United States filed a civil enforcement action against Azure Fishery LLC, the company’s managers, the operator of the commercial fishing vessel Jaxon T, and the new owner of the vessel for violations of the federal Clean Water Act, the Department of Justice and U.S. Coast Guard announced today. Along ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: A former fugitive and social security disability lawyer was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for his role in retaliating against an informant and fleeing from the United States. The sentence is to run consecutive to the 12 years in prison previously imposed for his role in the underlying scheme to defraud the Social Security Administration (SSA) of more than $550 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: Dr. Andres Mencia, 64, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida was sentenced today to 78 months in prison, after having been convicted by a federal jury in South Florida, of participating in a conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: A Miami escort service owner was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for filing a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida. According ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: A program manager for the U.S. Department of State was sentenced to 13 months in prison today for accepting kickbacks and stealing federal funds intended for a foreign exchange program maintained by the U.S. Department of State. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today issued the following statement on Chinese Narcotics Scheduling: “The Trump Administration is fighting back against the opioid crisis, and the Department of Justice has taken a number of aggressive and innovative steps to combat many of the contributing factors to the havoc inflicted in our neighborhoods and communities across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: Jose Augustin Salmeron-Larios aka “Joseph Morales-Martinez,” “Angel Salvador Gutierrez,” “Yankee,” and “Kean,” 25, of Severn, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13; attempted murder in aid of racketeering and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: A federal jury found a South Florida pharmacist guilty today of health care fraud for his role in a $5 million compounding pharmacy scheme.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the members of its Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC) and the president and vice president of the council for 2019.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: SEATTLE, WA – On Sept. 11, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PDT, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor will hold a public listening session in Seattle, Washington, to gather views on the Part 541 white-collar exemption regulations, often referred to as the "Overtime Rule." ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: WINTER GARDEN, FL – KBL Buildings Inc. – based in Winter Garden, Florida – will pay $111,197 in back wages to 100 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found that the metal framing construction company violated overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: ORLANDO, FL – Loyal Source Government Services LLC – a medical and support staff contactor based in Orlando, Florida – will pay $574,989 to 4,047 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation determined the company violated the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).
