News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Eric Malmstrom, 40, of Vinalhaven, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 27 months in prison and three years of supervised release for transmitting threatening interstate communications. Malmstrom was convicted on Aug. 27, 2018, after a one-day jury trial.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Lee Lewis Construction recently signed a partnership to help protect construction workers during construction of the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences in Lubbock, Texas.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), and Senator Mazie Hirono introduced the Child Care for Working Families Act, a comprehensive early learning and child care bill to ensure...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON -The deadline for submitting first responder technologies for assessment in the Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) - Birmingham Shaken Fury Operational Experimentation (OpEx) has been extended to March 8. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced the extension today to encourage participation in the OpEx scheduled for the week of Aug. 18, 2019, in Birmingham, Alabama.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and government and industry members of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force gathered in Washington this week and last week as part of the Task Force’s ongoing efforts to identify ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice repatriated stolen assets to the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic arising from the corruption and theft of government funds by the prior regime of Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his son Maxim Bakiyev. The return of the funds was celebrated yesterday in a ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyz ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department today reached an agreement with the city of Concord, New Hampshire, to resolve a complaint alleging that the city violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide an accessible ballot to a voter who is blind.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: A former sales representative and the president of a U.S.-based company were charged in an indictment unsealed today on foreign bribery, wire fraud and money laundering charges for their alleged roles in a scheme to corruptly secure business advantages, including contracts and payment on past due invoices, from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Amer Sinan Alhaggagi was sentenced today to 188 months for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and identity theft charges. Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the National Security Division, United States Attorney David L. Anderson for the Northern ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its interest rate meetings on January 22 and Jan. 30, 2019.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of steel racks from China, determining that exporters have been dumping steel racks in the United States at a margins ranging from 18.08 to 144.50 percent.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the initiation of new antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether fabricated structural steel from Canada, China, and Mexico is being sold in the United States at less than fair value and to find if producers in Canada, China, and Mexico are receiving unfair subsidies.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Suzanne Clark, for that kind introduction, and congratulations on being the first female Senior Executive Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in its 104-year history. It is my pleasure to be here. Thank you for inviting me.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: DUBLIN, OH – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Check Smart Financial LLC – based in Dublin, Ohio, and operator of 530 CheckCashing USA locations in 12 states – will pay $80,593 in unpaid wages to 474 current and former employees.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS, IN – After several investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Best One Tire Group – based in Monroe, Indiana – has agreed to pay $1,023,808 in overtime back wages and liquidated damages for 1,056 employees nationwide for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – Five Kani House restaurants operating in the Atlanta, Georgia-area will pay $361,288 in back wages and liquidated damages to approximately 190 employees after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued a consent judgment against the employer for violating the minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: SUNRISE, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), J & J Inc. – a painting and water-proofing company based in Sunrise, Florida – will pay $86,530 in back wages to 25 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced updates to its procedures for processing H-2B applications. Because of the intense competition for H-2B visas in recent years, there have been challenges to handle the increasingly large volume of H-2B applications filed on January 1 of each ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: SUNRISE, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), J & J Inc. – a painting and water-proofing company based in Sunrise, Florida – will pay $86,530 in back wages to 25 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – Five Kani House restaurants operating in the Atlanta, Georgia-area will pay $361,288 in back wages and liquidated damages to approximately 190 employees after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued a consent judgment against the employer for violating the minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
