News from December 2020
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $45 million for research to advance solar hardware and systems integration, including the creation of a consortium dedicated to developing control technologies for a modernized electric grid.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Strengthening Inclusivity in Kuwait. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007485. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type of Solicitation:...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Juan Padua, 33, and Michael Vasquez, 24, both of Buffalo, NY, with narcotics...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Each year, the Hanford Site occupational medical services contractor provides influenza, or flu, immunizations for contractor and EM employees at more than a dozen clinics in buildings around the 580-square-mile site.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Jermol McCoy, age 37, of Catonsville, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation was sentenced on Dec. 14, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the city’s North Lawndale neighborhood.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: On Dec. 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the United States and El Salvador have concluded the implementation accords for the Asylum Cooperative Agreement (ACA) signed in September 2019. Under the ACA, certain migrants requesting asylum or similar humanitarian protection at the U.S. border will be transferred to El Salvador to seek protection in El Salvador.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 2020) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement (OPPE) today announced they are accepting applications to the 2021 Lincoln Leaders Program, which includes fellowship opportunities to connect USDA resources with faculty and staff at Hispanic-Serving Institutions, 1994 Tribal Colleges, and Universities, and 1890 Land-Grant Universities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Housing Authority of the Town of Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, along with its former employees, David Haynes and Myrna Hess, violated the Fair Housing Act and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when they denied housing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Eric S. Dreiband, issued the following statement: “Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in High Plains Harvest Church v. Polis and other recent decisions make abundantly clear that religious liberty is not a second-class right. There is ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas, has returned a criminal indictment against eight individuals, while a related civil complaint has charged 14 individuals and one company relating to international trade fraud violations stemming from a decade-long scheme involving tires from China. Law enforcement ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced on Tuesday that it has formally joined the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System, or NGFS, as a member. By bringing together central banks and supervisory authorities from around the world, NGFS supports the exchange of ideas, research, ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: The United States of America (U.S.) and Singapore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to deepen economic cooperation and extend trade financing and investment support to companies in Singapore and the U.S. The MOU was signed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: WILDWOOD, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Galaxy Home Solutions Inc. – based in Wildwood, Florida – has paid $173,851 in back wages to 89 employees to resolve overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – This year, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) used its authority through a combination of traditional practices and unique approaches to assure safe and healthful working conditions for America’s workers.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC –The U.S. Department of Labor released the following response to the Office of Inspector General’s report regarding the 2017 Tip Rule Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a new exemption for investment advice fiduciaries. The Department’s actions today benefit American workers and retirees by delivering more choices for their financial future with clear standards to be upheld by investment advice providers. The Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) developed the exemption.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: WILDWOOD, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Galaxy Home Solutions Inc. – based in Wildwood, Florida – has paid $173,851 in back wages to 89 employees to resolve overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a new exemption for investment advice fiduciaries. The Department’s actions today benefit American workers and retirees by delivering more choices for their financial future with clear standards to be upheld by investment advice providers. The Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) developed the exemption.
