News published on Federal Newswire in August 2020

News from August 2020


Wyden Statement on Trump Executive Actions on Unemployment Benefits, Payroll Tax Cut

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to Donald Trump’s executive actions...


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to continued efforts by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to degrade the operations and structure of the Postal Service...


News Release: Bottom line: Activity in the vicinity of the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse once again remained peaceful – in sharp contrast to the violent nightly siege of previous weeks. Thursday evening marked a fifth consecutive night with zero attacks directed at federal officers or federal property. The change is directly attributable to the long-awaited cooperation from state and local law enforcement, which began last week, but should have been the case all along.


News Release: A federal court in the Southern District of New York today terminated the Paramount Consent Decrees, which for over seventy years have regulated how certain movie studios distribute films to movie theatres. The review and termination of these Decrees were part of the Department of Justice’s review of ...


News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr this morning chaired a principals meeting of the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry, which President Trump created by Executive Order in 2018. The Council brings together a dozen federal agencies to develop and implement policies aimed ...


News Release: A Newport News, Virginia, tax preparer pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting the preparation of a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia.


Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Scalia on the July Jobs Report

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement on the July 2020 Employment Situation Report: “Today’s strong jobs report completes a full week of encouraging economic news, including growth in manufacturing and services and declines in filings for unemployment benefits. ...


Federal Court Sentences Former Union Business Manager After U.S. Department of Labor Investigation of Embezzlement

News Release: ATLANTA, GA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS), the U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, has sentenced Tony Westly – a former business manager and financial secretary-treasurer for Plasterers and Cement Masons AFL-CIO, Local 148 – to 6 months in prison and 3 years of probation which includes 6 months of home confinement, for embezzlement.


Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Scalia on the July Jobs Report

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement on the July 2020 Employment Situation Report: “Today’s strong jobs report completes a full week of encouraging economic news, including growth in manufacturing and services and declines in filings for unemployment benefits. ...


Federal Court Sentences Former Union Business Manager After U.S. Department of Labor Investigation of Embezzlement

News Release: ATLANTA, GA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS), the U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, has sentenced Tony Westly – a former business manager and financial secretary-treasurer for Plasterers and Cement Masons AFL-CIO, Local 148 – to 6 months in prison and 3 years of probation which includes 6 months of home confinement, for embezzlement.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.