News from August 2019
By USDA Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service proposed changes to how the agency manages greater sage grouse in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, and Utah after hearing concerns from states and land users. The changes strive to improve the clarity, efficiency, and implementation of the current sage grouse plans.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the Department of Labor and Guatemala on the signing of an agreement to improve H-2A visa program operations. Secretary Perdue issued the following statement: “Our farmers and ranchers are the most productive ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury in Dallas has indicted a U.S. citizen for traveling to Syria and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (Nissan MAC) has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). The suit alleges that Nissan MAC repossessed 113 vehicles owned by SCRA-protected servicemembers ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The former Sheriff of Philadelphia John Green, 72, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve five years in prison followed by one year of supervised release, and ordered to forfeit $76,581 by U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board has approved actions on Thursday by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, New York, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Minneapolis, and Kansas City, decreasing the discount rate (the primary credit rate) at the Banks from 3 percent to 2-3/4 percent, effective immediately.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Introduced by Norman Anderson, Chair/CEO CG/LA Thank you, Norm, for the kind words and to the CG/LA team for convening this discussion highlighting the future of Venezuela.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Intro by Norman Anderson, Chair/CEO CGLA Thank you, Norm, for the kind introduction. Thanks also for the opportunity to participate in today’s infrastructure forum. By bringing governments with deal-ready projects together with highly qualified companies, this is fast-tracking needed infrastructure development in the Americas.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced an affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from Thailand, finding that exporters from Thailand have dumped steel threaded rod in the United States at a margin of 20.83 percent.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Bay Area Contract Maintenance – a janitorial company based in San Francisco, California – will pay $450,548 in back wages to 65 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found violations of the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will offer a compliance seminar in Washington, D.C., for contractors, unions, workers, and other interested parties to provide information on the rules governing federal prevailing wage requirements. The event will offer training on labor standards for federally funded construction and federal service contracts.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the landmark Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), the U.S. Department of Labor today announced that former U.S. Senator Robert Griffin and former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Howard Jenkins, Jr. will be the newest inductees to the Department's Hall of Honor in this fall.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: LINTHICUM, MD - After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in the Department's Office of Administrative Law Judges has ordered Enterprise RAC Company of Baltimore LLC to pay $6,645,444 in lost earnings and benefits to 2,336 African-American applicants for the company's management trainee program.
By State News Post | Aug 1, 2019
The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Aug 1, 2019
The US State Department published a two page notice on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Aug 1, 2019
The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 1, 2019
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
