News from December 2020
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the launch of a new website, TrainingProviderResults.gov , which provides key outcome data such as training completion, credential attainment, employment and wages associated with training programs funded through the Workforce Innovation and ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: ST. JOSEPH, MI – A consent judgement issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Michigan has led Shoreline Building Services LLC – and its owner Crystal Middleton – to pay 11 employees $10,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to resolve overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – On Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia discussed unemployment insurance reform during a virtual event with the American Enterprise Institute. View Secretary Scalia’s full remarks.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced two new grants, totaling $20 million, that will assist Mexico in meeting its labor obligations under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The grants announced today bring the total committed for this purpose by the Bureau of ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a new initiative designed to assist states in aligning policy, programs and funding across multiple state agencies to increase competitive integrated employment for people with mental health conditions.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE, WA – The U.S. District Court of Oregon recently granted the U.S. Department of Labor’s motion for default judgment against Portland, Oregon-based National Security Retirement Plan LLC and Invest n’ Retire LLC for abandoning employer sponsored benefit plans while 31 participants’ assets, worth ...
By DOT News Wire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: Program will expedite delivery of transportation infrastructure projects through innovative finance and delivery methods; includes $5 million in financial support
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Patrick Howard Woodyard (29, St. Augustine) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release, for distributing child sexual abuse materials. On March 4, 2020, Patrick Woodyard and his twin brother, Nicholas Woodyard, were charged by indictment with distribution, receipt, and possession of images and videos depicting children being sexually abused.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand today highlighted the department’s investments in 2020 that are building prosperity and strengthening the nation’s rural businesses and communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Thirteen people have been charged in federal court in Boston in connection with a Lawrence-based fentanyl and cocaine conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today issued a report to committee colleagues illuminating the extensive connections between opioid manufacturers and opioid-related products, and tax-exempt entities that have helped drive up sales while downplaying the risks of opioid addiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging CAROL ANN OLBERG, 46, with three counts wire fraud and violating the Senior Citizens Against Marketing Scams Act of 1994 (the “SCAMS Act"). OLBERG is the 63rd defendant charged to date as part of a nationwide telemarketing scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable victims. OLBERG will make her initial appearance in U.S. District Court at a later date.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 21.1 Solicitation is now open for small businesses to submit research proposals for 11 homeland security topics. The topics were developed in coordination with DHS operational components specifically for this solicitation, recognizing the SBIR program’s role in addressing challenging requirements for technology development.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: Take Back North Carolina Receives National Award as the Outstanding Overall Partnership/Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Dec. 10, 2020, Daniel P. Sickels, age 46, of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on wire fraud and false statement charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: Marion, Ill. - Ray Allen Flener, 32, of Marion, Illinois, has been sentenced to serve 18 months in.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: Smithton, Ill. - Roy Joseph Monti, 54, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced last week to 6 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Jacob Luis Bonilla-Rivera (27, Kissimmee) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of that drug conspiracy. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $30 million in initial funding for one of three programs under its new Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) has selected five teams to receive $30 million in FY20 funding for Risk Reduction...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: Kenyan National Indicted for Conspiring to Hijack Aircraft on Behalf of the Al Qaeda-Affiliated Terrorist Organization Al Shabaab.
