News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Partners As Part Of Project Safe Neighborhoods.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: Beginning May 14th, Pecos National Historical Park will offer summer fishing permits for the Pecos River within the park boundaries. The 2019 summer fishing season will begin June 13th and end August 5th.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Nevada United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich recognizes the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal police officers on the occasion of National Police Week, which is being observed from Sunday, May 12 to Saturday, May 18, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Investments will Benefit 111,000 Rural Americans WASHINGTON, May 13, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that USDA is investing in 40 projects in 20 states to improve rural water infrastructure.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: NIIGATA, JAPAN, May 11, 2019 - The Ministers of Agriculture from Argentina, Brazil, Canada and the United States highlighted that food demand is rising while agricultural production faces significant constraints, such as limited access to arable land and fresh water. In this regard, they agreed that ...
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Niigata, Japan, May 12, 2019 – Western Hemisphere agriculture leaders met today on the margins of the G-20 Agricultural Ministerial in Niigata, Japan, affirming their intent to work together to champion global food security and agricultural trade on the basis of sound science and risk analysis principles. Following the meeting, top agricultural officials from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the United States issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice has reached an agreement with the Louisiana Supreme Court (LSC) that recognizes the LSC’s commitment to work with the Louisiana Judiciary to phase-in a language access program that will provide oral and written language assistance services at no cost to limited English proficient ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: On May 1, 2019, the Antitrust Division joined the Framework on Competition Agency Procedures as a founding member. This historic multilateral agreement recognizes fundamental principles of transparency and procedural fairness in antitrust enforcement and promotes review mechanisms to ensure that participating ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: U.S. District Court Judge Robin L. Rosenberg has ruled that a Florida-based company, RM Broadcasting LLC (RM Broadcasting), was acting as an agent of a foreign principal and must register as such under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Informatica LLC f/k/a Informatica Corporation has agreed to pay $21.57 million to resolve allegations that it caused the government to be overcharged by providing misleading information about its commercial sales practices that was used in General Services Administration (“GSA”) contract negotiations, ...
By Commerce News Now | May 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it will add 12 foreign entities and individuals to the Bureau’s Entity List. This list contains the names of foreign parties that are subject to specific license requirements for the export, ...
By Labor Gazette | May 13, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH, NC - Kingfisher Systems Inc. – a federal contractor that provides information technology support at two North Carolina military installations, and based in Falls Church, Virginia – has paid $342,334 in wages and fringe benefits to 45 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer violated requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).
By Labor Gazette | May 13, 2019
News Release: WEST MIFFLIN, PA - After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Leschak Automotive Inc. – an auto repair shop based in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania – has paid $15,445 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 10 employees to resolve violations of federal overtime requirements. WHD also assessed a $4,652 civil money penalty due to the willful nature of the violation.
By Labor Gazette | May 13, 2019
News Release: ANKENY, IA ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for obstructing exit routes and failing to train employees at the postal facility in Ankeny, Iowa. OSHA proposed $184,694 in penalties.
By Commerce News Now | May 13, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 13, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 13, 2019
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 13, 2019
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 13, 2019
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 13, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
