News from July 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County, West Virginia, woman was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Yeager Airport on Sunday, July 28, when they detected a.380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets in her carry-on bag.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the Governmental Accountability Office’s (GAO) report on disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments and states’ use and distribution of these payments to hospitals through Medicaid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: The Colorado Springs Police Department, El Paso County Sheriff and FBI seize Methamphetamine, Heroin, Cocaine, Fentanyl, Cash and Firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - The local area has received rainfall over the last few days allowing Wrangell-St. Elias to lift the campfire restrictions in the park and preserve. The use of gas grills and barbeques at campsites are allowed. Fire activity on the monitored Chetaslina (#606) and Long (#484) fires remains minimal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years and 10 months (70 months) in prison, 5 years supervised release and a $5,100 special assessment on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE - A 38-year-old Seattle man who persisted in trafficking methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine, despite repeated run-ins with law enforcement, was sentenced on July 26, 2019, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 11 years in prison and five years of supervised release. Michael Lavon Davis pleaded...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The former director and the former bookkeeper of the Vernon County Ambulance District have been sentenced in federal court for embezzling more than $270,000 from the district.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: TUCSON - John Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Michael Bailey, the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Michael McGarrity, Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, and Sean Kaul, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Phoenix Field Office, announced...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: Take the First Three Steps to Resilience Against Ransomware for State and Local Partners The recent ransomware attacks targeting systems across the country are the latest in a string of attacks affecting State and local government partners. The growing number of such attacks highlights the critical importance ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: President Donald Trump today signed into law H.R. 1327, The Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) (VCF Permanent Authorization Act). The Act extends the VCF’s claim filing deadline from Dec. 18, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department's Antitrust Division, today announced that current Senior Counsel Rene Augustine will serve as Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General responsible for the Division’s international and policy matters. Augustine will replace outgoing Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roger Alford, who will return to Notre Dame Law School as a tenured professor of law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: NHK Spring Co. Ltd. (NHK Spring), a Japanese manufacturer of suspension assemblies used in hard disk drives, has agreed to plead guilty for its role in a global conspiracy to fix prices, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: John Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Michael Bailey, the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Michael McGarrity, Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, and Sean Kaul, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Phoenix Field Office, announced that on ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: A Texas man was convicted today by a federal jury in Washington D.C. of conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: LAKE VILLAGE, AR – Following a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation, Gonzalez Rebar LLC – based in Lake Village, Arkansas – has paid $20,312 in civil money penalties to settle H-2B non-immigrant visa program violations.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: FAIRBANKS, AK - The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will offer two compliance assistance and educational outreach sessions in Fairbanks, Alaska, for employers, employees, their representatives, and other parties seeking assistance and guidance about federal wage and hour laws.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: OSHA initiated an inspection of the automotive glass manufacturer under the Agency's Site-Specific Targeting program , which directs enforcement resources to workplaces where the highest rate of injuries and illnesses have occurred. OSHA cited Fuyao Glass America for nine repeated and 13 serious violations, ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a rule to help strengthen retirement security for millions of small business employees across America.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 29, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 29, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
