News from October 2019
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2019 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Scott Hutchins announced today that the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has invested $11 million in research that will support specialty crop farmers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Two years ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: On Sept. 30, Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) issued guidelines setting forth the agency’s procedures for treatment of attorney-client communications. Previously there had been no specific recognition of attorney-client privilege in Mexico. Protection of privileged material is ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Naif Abdulaziz M. Alfallaj, 35, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and a former resident of Weatherford, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 151 months’ imprisonment for making a false statement to the FBI about his attendance at an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in late 2000, as well as for visa fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: The United States and the United Kingdom entered into the world’s first ever CLOUD Act Agreement that will allow American and British law enforcement agencies, with appropriate authorization, to demand electronic data regarding serious crime, including terrorism, child sexual abuse, and cybercrime, directly from tech companies based in the other country, without legal barriers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today published an open letter to Facebook from international law enforcement partners from the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia in response to the company’s publicly announced plans to implement end-to-end-encryption across its messaging services.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Consent prohibition against John D. Evans, former employee of Columbus Bank & Trust, Columbus, Georgia, for embezzling client funds for his own benefit.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced an affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of wooden cabinets, vanities, and components thereof from China, finding that exporters from China have dumped wooden cabinets in the United States at margins ranging from 4.49 to 262.18 percent.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: GREENVILLE, MO – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Kerry Inc. for failing to provide fall protection to employees working in the company's facility in Greenville, Missouri. The food flavoring company faces $223,525 in penalties for one willful and eight serious safety violations.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today published a final rule that provides greater clarity and flexibility to states as they identify the occupations for which they will conduct drug testing in the unemployment insurance (UI) program. "The flexibility offered in the new rule respects state ...
By Fed News Journal | Oct 3, 2019
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page rule on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 3, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 3, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a seven page rule on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
The US Interior Department published a one page rule on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 3, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 3, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a seven page proposed rule on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 3, 2019
The US Energy Department published an eight page proposed rule on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 3, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 3, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 3, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
