News from April 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2020
News Release: A growing number of cyber criminals and other malicious groups online are exploiting the COVID-19 outbreak for their own personal gain, security officials in the UK and USA have revealed.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - On Wednesday, a local area man was indicted for sexual exploitation of a minor in a probe lead by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By EPA Newswire | Apr 8, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Brady: I write to you today regarding my continued concerns about alleged wasteful travel spending within the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). My office has been investigating these claims since July of 2018. In furtherance of this investigation, my staff communicated nine...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: Vescovo’s company, Caladan Oceanic, LLC, brings to this partnership unparalleled capabilities and technologies to explore the hadal zone - the deepest, darkest and coldest region of the ocean found below 6,000 meters or 3.7 miles. This expertise was on display in Vescovo’s recent successful missions...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: On Saturday, the President by Executive Order formally established an interagency committee to advise the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on national security and law enforcement concerns related to certain license applications by companies under foreign ownership or control. The Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Taiyo International Inc. (Taiyo), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan-based Taiyo Kagaku that develops, produces, and sells various food and pharmaceutical ingredients. The settlement resolves a claim that Taiyo retaliated against an applicant in violation of the antidiscrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: Pentax Medical Company will pay $43 million to resolve criminal charges based on the company’s shipment of four types of endoscopes for 18 months without FDA-cleared instructions for use and the company’s failure to file timely reports of two infections associated with its endoscopes, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: The federal financial institution regulatory agencies, in consultation with state financial regulators, issued a revised interagency statement encouraging financial institutions to work constructively with borrowers affected by COVID-19 and providing additional information regarding loan modifications. The revised statement also provides the agencies' views on consumer protection considerations.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO, IL – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a petition asking the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, to enforce an administrative subpoena the department served to Alight Solutions LLC – based in Lincolnshire, Illinois. The subpoena seeks documents for an Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) investigation to determine compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is hiring 45 additional investigators to conduct investigations to determine employers’ compliance with applicable federal labor laws.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is hiring 45 additional investigators to conduct investigations to determine employers’ compliance with applicable federal labor laws.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO, IL – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a petition asking the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, to enforce an administrative subpoena the department served to Alight Solutions LLC – based in Lincolnshire, Illinois. The subpoena seeks documents for an Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) investigation to determine compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
By Commerce News Now | Apr 7, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Apr 7, 2020
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 7, 2020
The US Energy Department published a three page rule on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Apr 7, 2020
The US Justice Department published an eight page proposed rule on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 7, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 7, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
