News from January 2019
By Labor Gazette | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: EDINBURG, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will provide a training seminar for agricultural employers including growers, shippers, packers, and harvesters in Edinburg, Texas, on January 16 and 17, 2019.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: SUN PRAIRIE, WI – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) into an explosion and fire in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, found that two utility contractors – Bear Communications LLC of Lawrence, Kansas, and subcontractor V C Tech Inc. of Ypsilanti, Michigan – failed to establish the location of underground utilities prior to beginning excavation work.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: WOODLAND HILLS, CA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for a repeated violation of OSHA's General Duty Clause following the heat-related death of a Southern California mail carrier at the Woodland Hills Post Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 10, 2019
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 10, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy announced up to $88 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects enhancing technologies for oil and natural gas recovery under two separate funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will manage the projects selected under both FOAs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. -- United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that a HOPE Clinic physician, Dr. John Pellegrini, D.O., 64, of Huntington, West Virginia, was sentenced to 87 months imprisonment for conspiracy to launder money. Pellegrini was also ordered to forfeit $574,507 to the United States, as that...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced the schedule for Committee hearings in January and February and issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: The Upper Scorpion Campground on Santa Cruz Island is closed until further notice as a result of a fallen eucalyptus tree that is obstructing safe access to this portion of the island. The Lower Scorpion Campground and restrooms are open and accessible to visitors.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Trump shutdown and 800,000 federal employees who will be missing their first paycheck tomorrow...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
Release: Additional backgroundVirulent Newcastle disease is a contagious and fatal viral disease affecting the respiratory, nervous and digestive systems of birds and poultry. The disease is so virulent that many birds and poultry die without showing any clinical signs. A death rate of almost 100 percent can ...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, urged Secretary DeVos...
By State Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement rejecting the legitimacy of Nicolas Maduro’s new presidential term and urging the international community to recognize the democratically-elected National Assembly.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey delivered the following remarks in support of H.R. 267, the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill. The legislation is a bipartisan bill to reopen federal agencies and ensure Americans living in HUD-supported housing do not face eviction.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chairman-designate David E. Price delivered the following remarks in support of H.R. 267, the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill. The legislation is a bipartisan bill to reopen federal agencies and ensure Americans living in HUD-supported housing do not face eviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Grove City, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: The FBI is Seeking the Public's Assistance in Locating a Home Invasion Suspect.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: The House today approved two more pieces of legislation to reopen key parts of the federal government and provide certainty to American families affected by the Trump Shutdown. The bills fund the Departments of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation, as well as the FDA, through...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Oscar Simmons, Jr., of Dayton, Ohio, has admitted to drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Philip K. Finley, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
