News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Alejandro Olvera-Servin, age 38, and a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty today to illegal re-entry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A 20-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement today on the National Cyber Strategy: “The Trump administration has taken bold steps to strengthen our security and prosperity in cyberspace in the face of growing threats and competition. The critical infrastructure ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today granted flexibility to allow South Carolina residents to replace food purchased with SNAP benefits that was lost due to power outages and flooding caused by Hurricane Florence. Over 185,000 impacted households in 26 counties now have until Oct. 15, 2018 to report food loss to the state and request replacement benefits.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Columbia, S.C., Sept. 20, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responding to South Carolina farmers and ranchers who suffered damage to working lands and livestock mortality because of Hurricane Florence. Producers are encouraged to sign up for the Environmental Quality Incentives ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: A Homestead, Florida man who was charged with surreptitiously producing and distributing pornographic audio and video recordings of himself engaging in sexual activity with multiple men, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Miami. Bryan Deneumostier, 32, also known by the screen name “susanleon33326,” ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Houston, Texas returned an indictment today charging a Houston attorney with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and three counts of tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick for the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: A former elected county executive for Jackson County, Missouri and his chief of staff were sentenced to 27 months and six months in prison, respectively, for engaging in a scheme to steal campaign contributions, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce continues to make improvements to the procedures for Section 232 product exclusion requests. This includes the recent implementation of an updated rebuttal system, to continue to ensure a transparent and fair process. This new rebuttal process is now available to all U.S. businesses which have not received a final determination.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Thank you Tom for that kind introduction.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from China and India, finding that exporters sold PTFE resin at dumping margins ranging from 54.41 to 218.88 percent and 22.78 percent, respectively.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: ELLWOOD CITY, PA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Boehm Family Enterprises LLC – doing business as McElwain Brothers Paint and Collision in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania – has paid $33,731 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 12 mechanics and painters to resolve violations of the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: GAHANNA, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Rocky Fork Hunt and Country Club – located in Gahanna, Ohio – for failing to protect employees from rollover hazards after a worker suffered fatal injuries when the lawnmower he was operating tipped over.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: SAN ANTONIO, TX – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta delivered the keynote address at the Texas Workforce Commission's 2nd Annual ApprenticeshipTexas Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Secretary Acosta spoke on the Trump Administration's efforts to expand apprenticeships across all industries.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced two directives focused on providing more transparency in OFCCP activities as an essential tool for promoting compliance. These directives, which continue the goals of the Department's ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today released two reports that shine a spotlight on child labor and forced labor in nations around the world: the eighth edition of the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor and the 17th annual edition of the Findings on the Worst Forms of ...
By DOT News Wire | Sep 20, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 20, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 20, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 20, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
