News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Lamont Guinyard (30, Gulfport) to four years and three months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Guinyard had pleaded guilty on April 8, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Jabari Hodge, 29, of St. Thomas, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm in U.S. District Court, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), and Worker & Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) released the following statement regarding reports of a draft Social Security Administration (SSA) rule that would narrow the eligibility criteria for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, as of today, Samuel Fuller, 33, of Orleans, Vermont; James Bassett, 40, of North Troy, Vermont; Luis Luna, 28, of Hartford, Connecticut; and Edwin Martinez, aka “Pino," 26, of Hartford, Connecticut, have each pleaded guilty...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - As part of its efforts to improve the transfer of federally funded technologies from lab to market, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking public feedback on the Interagency Edison System (iEdison) - an online platform where...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Israel - U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation today announced three awards for collaborative projects totaling $2.3 million to develop advanced technologies for the homeland security mission. The BIRD Homeland Security (HLS) program is a joint initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Israel Ministry of Public Security (MOPS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: After a four-day trial on civil rights and obstruction charges, a federal jury returned a verdict for Mark Bryant, formerly a Corporal at the Cheatham County Jail in Ashland City, Tennessee. Bryant was convicted of two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, in violation of Title 18, United ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: A former Gulfport, Mississippi, tax return preparer pleaded guilty on Friday to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and United States Attorney Mike Hurst for the Southern District of Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that female tenants in residential apartment buildings in Los Angeles, California, were subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act. Today’s lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: A Charlotte, North Carolina, tax return preparer pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting in filing a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray of the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: Maria Christina “Meta” Ullings, the former senior vice president of cargo sales and marketing for Martinair N.V. (Martinair Cargo) and a Dutch national, was extradited from Italy, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: WOBURN, MA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety, and Avalon Bay Communities have partnered to promote worker safety at the Avalon Woburn construction project in Woburn, Massachusetts.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia toured Pulverman Manufacturing and participated in a roundtable discussion with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Secretary Scalia underscored the Administration's focus on training workers for jobs of the future as well as the positive impact the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will have on the region's economy.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: WOBURN, MA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety, and Avalon Bay Communities have partnered to promote worker safety at the Avalon Woburn construction project in Woburn, Massachusetts.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia toured Pulverman Manufacturing and participated in a roundtable discussion with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Secretary Scalia underscored the Administration's focus on training workers for jobs of the future as well as the positive impact the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will have on the region's economy.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 13, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jan 13, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 13, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 13, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jan 13, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
