News from December 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, and Committee Member Rep. Jackie Speier introduced the Midnight Regulations Review Act (H.R. 8956), to provide oversight of midnight regulations enacted during the presidential transition period.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester woman was sentenced today for stealing over $80,000 in Social Security and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Brazilian national charged with felony battery on a law enforcement officer and a Guatemalan national convicted of aggravated assault-family violence and cruelty to children, are examples of the most egregious cases of detainers placed in November by local law enforcement officials with...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal grand jury in Houston 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Is Ordered to Pay $550,000 Criminal Fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Nov. 29 - Dec. 5, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Houghton, Mich - Commercial Use Authorization s (CUA) are a permitting tool used by the National Park Service (NPS) to allow private business to be conducted within a national park for up to 2-years. The type of service provided by a CUA holder must be considered appropriate by the NPS, such as chartered...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury, and Discharge of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jonas Jarut, 41, of Emeryville, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to transport stolen property interstate, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Leonard Smith, 56, of Clawson, Michigan, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida- Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II today sentenced Michael Bernard Lawson (38, Sarasota) to 10 years in federal prison for distributing cocaine base (“crack cocaine") and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Lawson to forfeit the firearms.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: Today, Dec. 14, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a joint final rule with eight other Agencies—the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: “The Department of Homeland Security is aware of cyber breaches across the federal government and working closely with our partners in the public and private sector on the federal response. As the federal lead for cyber breaches of civilian federal agencies, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: Dr. Seth Meyer Picked as New Chief Economist (Washington, D.C., Dec. 14, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Chief Economist, Robert Johansson, will be leaving USDA to become Associate Director of Economics and Policy Analysis for the American Sugar Alliance at the end of January. Additionally, the Secretary announced Dr. Seth Meyer will return to USDA to be the new Chief Economist.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 14, 2020) – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a joint final rule with eight other Agencies—the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Labor, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced a joint final rule with eight other Agencies — the Agency for International Development and the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, and Veterans Affairs — to implement President ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with the State of North Dakota under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The agreement resolves complaints alleging that North Dakota unnecessarily institutionalizes individuals with disabilities in nursing facilities, instead of providing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it would require Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (Harvard Pilgrim) and Health Plan Holdings (fka Tufts Health Plan) to divest Tufts Health Freedom Plan Inc. (Tufts Freedom), in order to proceed with their merger. Tufts Freedom is Health Plan Holdings’ commercial health insurance business in New Hampshire.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Alabama man was sentenced to serve 12 months in prison for tax evasion, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona for the Northern District of Alabama announced today. According to court documents ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: PAGELAND, SC – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Pageland Tire Country Inc. – based in Pageland, South Carolina – has paid $33,397 in back wages to nine employees to resolve overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
