News from September 2018
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2018
News Release: Raleigh, N.C. - The National Park Service Incident Management Team (IMT) is responding to national parks impacted by Hurricane Florence. At this time, 61 National Park Service employees from 25 parks and 16 states and the District of Columbia are assigned to the incident. The public should not enter closed areas of parks until stabilization and restoration efforts are complete.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House and Senate Committee leaders tonight announced that they have reached a bipartisan final agreement on legislation that provides long-term stability and critical reforms to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and transforms federal disaster programs to better prepare communities...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 22, 2018
News Release: House and Senate Committee leaders tonight announced that they have reached a bipartisan final agreement on legislation that provides long-term stability and critical reforms to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and transforms federal disaster programs to better prepare communities for disaster.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) released the following statement on the inclusion of $1.68 billion in disaster relief in the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2018
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Clark County School District students will be taking more field trips to Lake Mead National Recreation Area during the 2018-2019 school year thanks to a grant from the National Park Foundation.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2018
News Release: Raleigh, N.C. - The National Park Service Incident Management Team (IMT) is responding to national parks impacted by Hurricane Florence. At this time, 61 National Park Service employees from 25 parks and 16 states and the District of Columbia are assigned to the incident. The public should not enter closed areas of parks until stabilization and restoration efforts are complete.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Smiling rangers, beautiful weather and drinking water welcomed visitors back into Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park today, which closed May 11 after unprecedented volcanic activity threatened public safety and damaged park roads, waterlines, buildings and trails.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2018
News Release: California Condors will soon take flight, but not how you might expect!.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2018
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICH - The National Park Service (NPS) announced Friday the beginning of implementation of the Record of Decision of the Plan to Address Wolf Presence on Isle Royale National Park that was signed in June. This fall, the NPS working with partners and other agencies, plans to translocate up to...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2018 - As Hurricane Florence approached, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use all available authorities to ensure the security and safety of those in the path of the storm, and to aid victims in their recovery efforts. ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2018 – The state of North Carolina will be able to better serve participants through the USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) in the wake of Hurricane Florence, thanks to operational flexibilities approved for their use by the U.S. ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: Department Amends Timeline for Hogs Operations WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the addition of commodities to the trade mitigation package aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: A resident of Colorado pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado to four counts of filing a false income tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: The United States filed a civil injunction suit seeking to bar Phillip Mott Harris II and his Florida-based business, 24/7 Tax Services, LLC from owning, operating, or franchising a tax return preparation business or preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The complaint, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: A Latvian “non-citizen,” meaning a citizen of the former USSR who resided in Riga, Latvia, was sentenced to 168 months in prison today for offenses related to his operation of “Scan4you,” an online counter antivirus service that helped computer hackers determine whether the computer viruses and other ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON--Five federal agencies approved final amendments to swap margin requirements to conform with recent rule changes that impose new restrictions on certain qualified financial contracts of systemically important banking organizations (QFC Rules). Under the amendments, legacy swaps entered into before the applicable compliance date will not become subject to the margin requirements if they are amended solely to comply with the requirements of the QFC Rules.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday requested public comment on a proposal to amend Regulation H (Membership of State Banking Institutions in the Federal Reserve System) and Regulation K (International Banking Operations) to repeal provisions that incorporate the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: MONTGOMERY, AL – Ozark Safety Services LLC – based in Montgomery, Alabama – has paid a former employee $10,095 in lost wages after a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the company violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
By Labor Gazette | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: OPELIKA, AL – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has resulted in the Opelika, Alabama, Police Department paying $56,681 in back wages to seven officers for violations of overtime and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: SANDUSKY, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Cedar Fair LP – which operates as Cedar Point – for failing to protect workers from fall hazards after an employee suffered serious injuries at its Sandusky, Ohio, amusement park. The company faces proposed penalties of $142,270 for one willful and one serious safety violation, the maximum penalties allowed under the law.
