News from May 2019
By DOE Newswire | May 30, 2019
Release: VANCOUVER, CANADA – U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary Mark W. Menezes is attending the Clean Energy Ministerial CEM10/MI-4, and celebrating the United States as signatory to the International Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Technology Collaboration Program under the International Energy Agency (IEA).
By Commerce Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after the Trump Admnistration submitted to Congress the draft statement of administrative action for the renegotiated NAFTA agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that RAUL BURDEN, a 27-year old resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been convicted of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. As a result of his conviction, BURDEN now faces a maximum sentence of ten years in federal prison, significant fines and a period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the arrest of EDWARD SHIN, the CEO of a Pennsylvania-based bank (the “Bank"), for taking bribes in connection with the Bank’s issuance of loans that were guaranteed by the United States Small Business...
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: More than a dozen chemical blends could serve as alternative refrigerants that won’t heat the atmosphere as much as today’s refrigerants do, or catch fire, according to a new computational study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today reached a settlement agreement with El Expreso Bus Company (El Expreso), a company that provides intercity passenger bus service, headquartered in Houston, Texas. The agreement resolves the Department of Justice’s investigation into whether El Expreso unlawfully denied ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: A federal jury found a Brea, California, woman guilty yesterday of fraud charges for her role in a $6 million Medicare fraud scheme involving billing for occupational therapy services that were not medically necessary and not actually provided.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: A Houston, Texas patient recruiter was sentenced to 188 months in prison today for her role in a $20 million scheme to pay illegal health care kickbacks to physicians and Medicare beneficiaries in order to fraudulently bill for medically unnecessary home health services, and to launder the proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: A dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen who controlled multiple U.S.-based companies pleaded guilty today for his role in the Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) foreign bribery scheme. The case involves bribes paid to PDVSA officials - Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company - and its Houston, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: Khristal Ford, 32, a former Lieutenant at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Beaumont, Texas, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting another correctional officer in his assault on an inmate.
By Labor Gazette | May 29, 2019
News Release: SPANISH FORK, UT – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Leggings Live – operating as Legg-A-Licious – has paid a total of $84,048 in back wages, liquidated damages, and penalties to resolve violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) at the company's Spanish Fork, Utah, facility.
By Labor Gazette | May 29, 2019
News Release: MACON, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a combined 22 citations to Kumho Tire Georgia Inc., Sae Joong Mold Inc., and J-Brothers Inc. after a follow-up inspection found safety and health hazards at the tire manufacturing facility in Macon, Georgia. The three companies collectively face $523,895 in proposed penalties.
By Labor Gazette | May 29, 2019
News Release: NAPLES, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited four Florida-based residential construction contractors for exposing employees to safety hazards at a Naples, Florida, worksite. The four companies received 12 citations collectively, totaling $220,114 in proposed penalties.
By Labor Gazette | May 29, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS, MT – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with Layton Construction Company LLC to promote worker safety and health during construction of a new addition to the Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital in Bozeman, Montana.
By DOE Gazette | May 29, 2019
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 29, 2019
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 29, 2019
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 29, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 29, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 29, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
