News from February 2019
By State Newswire | Feb 9, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Administration’s failure to meet the requirements of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. The law requires the Administration to determine and report to Congress within 120 days whether a foreign person is responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross violations of human rights.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2019
News Release: Omaha - National Park Service (NPS) Acting Midwest Regional Director Patricia Trap announced the selection of Rhonda Buell Schier as superintendent of Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in Lincoln City, Indiana. A fifteen-year veteran of the NPS, Schier is currently Chief of Museum Services and Interpretation...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a waiver to ensure the expeditious construction and replacement of approximately 12.5 miles of secondary wall near the international border in the state of California. The waiver was published in the Federal Register on February 7, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Two federal courts handed down decisions this week protecting religious liberty and agreeing with the positions of the Department of Justice in those cases. In the first case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that a federal trial court had improperly dismissed a suit by ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Yesterday, an Elizabeth, New Jersey, biodiesel fuel company was sentenced for discharging more than 45,000 gallons of wastewater from its commercial biodiesel fuel production facility into the Arthur Kill, a waterway separating New Jersey from Staten Island, New York, announced the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The company had pleaded guilty in June 2018 to one count of violating the Clean Water Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced an action today to stop two pharmacies, their owner, and three pharmacists from dispensing controlled substance medications, including powerful opioids that have been linked to abuse and diversion. The action is part of a coordinated effort by the Department’s Prescription ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: A Woodbridge, Virginia man was sentenced today to 210 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: A Texas man was charged today with conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the National Security Division, U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox for the Northern District of Texas, and Special Agent in Charge Eric Jackson of the FBI’s Dallas Division made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: The United States has filed suit against Mission Support Alliance LLC (MSA), Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC), Lockheed Martin Services Inc. (LMSI), and Jorge Francisco Armijo for alleged false claims and kickbacks in connection with a multi-billion dollar contract with the Department of Energy (DOE) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: A federal jury today in Hattiesburg, Mississippi convicted certified public accountant Carl Nicholson of conspiracy to defraud the United States, six counts of aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, and four counts of filing false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and United States Attorney Mike Hurst for the Southern District of Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: A New York man was charged today with attempting and conspiring to provide material support to Lashkar e-Tayyiba (“LeT”), a Pakistan-based designated foreign terrorist organization responsible for multiple high-profile attacks, including the infamous Mumbai attacks in Nov. 2008. Assistant Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: On Feb. 7, 2019, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Saud Alessa, Jeffrey Bowen, and Jackie Hayes, with conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and additionally charged Alessa with tax evasion and filing false tax returns, announced Principle Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) announced today the publication of the final rule updating the regulations governing administration of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) announced today the publication of the final rule updating the regulations governing administration of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA).
By Commerce News Now | Feb 8, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 8, 2019
The US Labor Department published a three page rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 8, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 8, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 8, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 8, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
