News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Gregory Bartunek, 65, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for distributing child pornography. A jury previously found Bartunek guilty of child pornography offenses. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Bartunek to 204 months’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2019
News Release: Kansas City, MO - U.S. Marshal Mark S. James, Western District of Missouri, announced today the arrest of two violent out of state fugitives found hiding in western Missouri this week.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On March 6, 2019, Gregg A. Johnson, 42, of Tucson, was found guilty by a federal jury of three counts of submitting false statements to a government agency. The investigation was lead by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Professional Responsibility. The case was tried before U.S. District Court Judge James A. Soto.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen has announced her determination that an extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for South Sudan is warranted pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act. After carefully reviewing conditions in South Sudan with interagency partners, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: The owner and operator of First Premier Tax Service, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, tax preparation business and a return preparer working at the business, were charged in connection with a scheme to prepare fraudulent tax returns in order to reduce taxes and inflate federal tax refunds for their clients, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney William McSwain for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: A former U.S. Border Patrol Agent (BPA) was sentenced to 112 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for accepting bribes in return for helping to smuggle illegal drugs into the United States.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH – The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a statewide survey of New Hampshire highway construction projects that occurred between Nov. 1, 2017 and Oct. 31, 2018, to establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. The data collection initiative is not limited to federally funded construction projects.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today issued the following statement regarding the February 2019 Employment Situation report: "At 3.4% year-over-year, wage gains hit their highest mark since April 2009. The year-over-year average hourly earnings growth surpassing 3.0% for the seventh straight month is good news for America's workers.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an opioid-crisis Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) to the Missouri Division of Workforce Development for up to $4,090,306, with an initial increment of $1,363,435. The grant will provide disaster relief jobs and employment services to eligible individuals in 51 Missouri counties impacted by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdose.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today issued the following statement regarding the February 2019 Employment Situation report: "At 3.4% year-over-year, wage gains hit their highest mark since April 2009. The year-over-year average hourly earnings growth surpassing 3.0% for the seventh straight month is good news for America's workers.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH – The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a statewide survey of New Hampshire highway construction projects that occurred between Nov. 1, 2017 and Oct. 31, 2018, to establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. The data collection initiative is not limited to federally funded construction projects.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an opioid-crisis Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) to the Missouri Division of Workforce Development for up to $4,090,306, with an initial increment of $1,363,435. The grant will provide disaster relief jobs and employment services to eligible individuals in 51 Missouri counties impacted by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdose.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 8, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 8, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Mar 8, 2019
The US State Department published a one page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 8, 2019
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 8, 2019
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
