News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: An Arlington drug dealer who sold the heroin that killed an 18-year-old Southlake girl was sentenced today to more than 28 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Justice Department today announced a coordinated health care fraud enforcement action across seven federal districts in the Northeastern United States, involving more than $800 million in losses and the distribution of over 3.25 million pills of opioids in “pill mill" clinics and doctors’...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) held its second annual National Cybersecurity Summit September 18-20, for cybersecurity leaders and experts from government, industry and academia to discuss ways to collectively defend against the threats of today and secure against the risks of tomorrow.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States and Honduras share a strong partnership. Our geographical proximity, common principles, and democratic values have led to close cooperation between both countries over the years, from addressing historical migration flows to efforts to build a more stable and prosperous ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: The United States has always been and will always remain the most generous nation in the world when it comes to welcoming those in need of humanitarian protection, including refugees, asylees, and victims of trafficking. The Administration’s proposal for refugee admissions in Fiscal Year 2020 will allow ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: Five individuals were arrested yesterday on a 44-count federal indictment charging violations of the dogfighting prohibitions of the federal Animal Welfare Act, and conspiracy to commit those violations. Shane Patrick Sprague, 35, of Pensacola, Florida, Derek Jedidiah Golson, aka Derek Jedidiah Murray, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: U.S. Department of Justice and European Commission officials met yesterday to begin formal negotiations on an E.U.-U.S. agreement to facilitate access to electronic evidence in criminal investigations. After a productive first discussion, there was agreement to regular negotiating rounds with the view ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department today announced a coordinated health care fraud enforcement action across seven federal districts in the Northeastern United States, involving more than $800 million in loss and the distribution of over 3.25 million pills of opioids in “pill mill” clinics. The takedown includes ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: Avanir Pharmaceuticals (Avanir), a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Aliso Viejo, California, was charged for paying kickbacks to a physician to induce prescriptions of its drug Nuedexta, the Department of Justice announced today. The Northern District of Ohio also announced indictments of four individuals, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: A dual citizen of the United States and Mexico, and the former State Attorney General for the State of Nayarit, Mexico, was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release, following his guilty plea to an international heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana manufacture and distribution conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island terminated the Interim Settlement Agreement (ISA), with the City of Providence (City), in U.S. v. Rhode Island and City of Providence. The independent Court Monitor has found that the City has substantially ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Consent prohibition against Bettie McGuire Shomaker, former employee of Highlands Union Bank, Abingdon, Virginia, for violating lending policies for her own benefit.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program has put more than $4 million in back wages into the hands of 7,429 employees since the program began last year. The Department's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), which administers this program, submitted a report today to the Senate Committee on Appropriations outlining PAID's performance to-date.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: WARNER ROBINS, GA – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has led Red Cedar Enterprises Inc. to pay $178,784 in back wages and fringe benefits to eight employees after the employer violated provisions of the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), at a Robins Air Force Base work site in Warner Robins, Georgia.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) today announced a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the Black Lung Benefits Act's standards for administering and interpreting medical testing in connection with black lung benefits claims.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – During a special ceremony today at the U.S. Department of Labor, Acting Secretary of Labor Patrick Pizzella spoke at the induction of Senator Robert P. Griffin and Former NLRB Board Member Howard Jenkins Jr. into the Department of Labor’s Hall of Honor and the 60th anniversary of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA).
By Labor Gazette | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $1,994,444 in National Dislocated Worker Grant funding to the West Kentucky Workforce Development Board to provide reemployment services to individuals impacted by the closure of an engine manufacturing facility owned by the Briggs & Stratton Corporation, located in Murray, Kentucky.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 26, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Sep 26, 2019
The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 26, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
