News from October 2019
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2019
News Release: Just in time for the holidays, the National Park Service (NPS) has planted a new National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse in President’s Park. The new tree is a 30-foot Colorado blue spruce from Palmyra, Pa. The new National Christmas Tree will be lit for the first time on Dec. 5 during the 97th National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2019
News Release: Join Fort Union National Monument, your backyard International Dark Sky Park, on Nov. 2, 2019, at 7:00 pm for our first star party of the winter season. Step out onto the high-prairie and immerse yourself in the stories and the starlight of a natural dark sky as rangers guide you through the remains of the old fort, and help you to identify distant stars and galaxies with the naked eye and telescope.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The final tally is in from the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Oct. 26, 2019. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 92,875 pounds or over 46 tons of expired, unused, unwanted prescription drugs...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2019
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS: The Yockanookany section of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail is closed to equestrian use effective immediately, due to safety concerns with trail bridges and boardwalks. The trail will remain open to pedestrians.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Over the course of 17 prior events, the National Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medications from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including children and teens.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) released key takeaways from Chief Judge Beryl Howell’s favorable court ruling which ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to turn over redacted 6(e) grand jury material from Special Counsel Mueller’s report to the House Judiciary Committee by Oct. 30, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the following statement of safety and enforcement during the California Wildfires: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are concerned about the potential impact of the California wildfires in portions ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2019 — On Nov. 1, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. EST, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release selected tables prepared for the upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2029 report. USDA will post online tables containing long-term supply, use, and price projections to 2029 ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced an affirmative preliminary circumvention ruling involving diamond sawblades and parts thereof, finding that diamond sawblades produced in Canada, using cores and segments of Chinese origin, are circumventing the existing antidumping duty order.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced an affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of sodium sulfate anhydrous from Canada, finding that exporters from this country have dumped sodium sulfate anhydrous in the United States at a rate of 9.85 percent.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) had a record-setting Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. OFCCP is dedicated to its important mission of ensuring equal employment opportunity (EEO) and non-discrimination in employment for the approximately 25% of America's workforce employed by federal contractors.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Michael Osbourn – the owner of Mike Osbourn Lawn Care Inc. – will pay $76,067 in back wages and liquidated damages to 69 employees. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky issued ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, GA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), XOtech LLC – a federal contractor based in Tyrone, Georgia – has paid $43,224 in back wages to five employees for violating requirements of the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: AMARILLO, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor's Joint Outreach Task Group will host a town hall in Amarillo, Texas, on December 5, 2019, to discuss the benefits available to current and former nuclear weapons workers from covered facilities, and their families, under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Ombudsman will provide information about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act at events in Cullman, Alabama, on November 5-6, 2019. Federal representatives will inform current and former nuclear weapons and beryllium vendor workers about the benefits available under the program. Survivors of qualified workers also may be entitled to benefits.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WAUKEGAN, IL –The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited AB Specialty Silicones LLC for 12 willful federal safety violations after four employees suffered fatal injuries in an explosion and fire at the company's Waukegan, Illinois, plant on May 3, 2019. The company faces $1,591,176 in penalties. OSHA has placed the silicon chemical products manufacturer in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
By State News Post | Oct 25, 2019
The US State Department published a two page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 25, 2019
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 25, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 25, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
