News from June 2019
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) from today’s hearing entitled, “Short Sea Shipping: Rebuilding America’s Maritime Industry":
By EPA Newswire | Jun 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Protecting Title X and Safeguarding Quality Family Planning Care."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A Mexican man and his McAllen wife have been ordered to federal prison for their respective roles in a mail and wire fraud conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge has sentenced a man to life in prison for forcing women and children to engage in commercial sex acts in Chicago and the suburbs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging MARCELINO CARMONA-TORRES, age 28, of Mexico, and CESAR RUIZ-TOSTA, age 40, of Honduras, with illegal reentry of a deported alien.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2019
News Release: An update to one of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) information security documents offers strategies to help protect sensitive information that is stored in computers supporting critical government programs and high value assets.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Russell Lee Battle, age 54, of Clinton, Maryland, on June 17, 2019, to 15 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and marijuana.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: Le Bourget, France - Before an aerospace industry Commercial Space Panel at the Paris Air Show today, Acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Daniel K. Elwell told participants that the Department of Transportation is building a regulatory framework to retain United States leadership and enable the limitless potential and possibilities of commercial space.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new reference material that can be used to identify deadly toxins in corn products. The material is described in a new journal paper and will be available for purchase in July. Known as Standard Reference Material 1565 or SRM 1565, this new product can be used by lab scientists who need a reliable way to measure corn for poisonous compounds that are produced by mold, known as mycotoxins.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An inmate at a Massachusetts correctional facility pleaded guilty today federal court in Boston in connection with smuggling drugs into the facility.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: Previously Announced. Week of June 17, 2019. Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 10:00AM. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. Washington, D.C. General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee Hearing. RE: “How Farm Policy Helps Farmers in Adverse Conditions". Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 2:00PM. 1300...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice issued the following statement today in connection with the closing of the Division’s investigation into the proposed acquisition of Vantage Holdings, Inc. (Vantage) by Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) released its Accomplishments Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. The report, which is published annually by ENRD, highlights the division’s strong enforcement of our nation’s environmental laws, defense of government programs that strengthen the country’s energy independence and national security, and close collaboration with states and tribes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: The former CEO of two U.S. government contractors pleaded guilty today to falsifying documents in an effort to increase his companies’ competitiveness, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John F. Sopko.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Faruq Khalil Muhammad ‘Isa was sentenced to 26 years imprisonment to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release by United States District Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf for his role in conspiring to murder U.S. soldiers in Iraq. ‘Isa pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiring to kill Americans abroad in March 2018. The Court entered a judicial order of removal to Canada.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: By Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump Today, we were in Charlotte discussing workforce development with local leaders and executives, as well as the new opportunities that this economy has brought to the State and region.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Ivanka, for that kind introduction. And welcome everyone, to Charlotte. Thank you, Mayor Lyles, for hosting us today, and Barbara Humpton, for the tour of the Siemens USA facility this morning. I was even more impressed than I had anticipated. We should publicize widely the return on investment ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: On behalf of Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Karen Dunn Kelley led a U.S. government delegation to witness the historic final investment decision signing between Anadarko Petroleum of Woodlands, Texas, and the Government of Mozambique. The investment of the Anadarko LNG terminal supports the largest U.S. sourced investment on the African continent in history at $20 billion.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI – Six Beaumont Affiliated Health and Rehabilitation Centers in the metro-Detroit area has paid $915,223 in back wages to 1,389 employees after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found the Centers in violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: AUBURN, AL – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited automobile parts manufacturer Donghee Alabama LLC and two staffing agencies – J & C Enterprise LLC and Jian Enterprise LLC – for exposing employees to safety hazards at its facility in Auburn, Alabama. The companies collectively face $145,438 in penalties.
