News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Solomon Lamont Horsechief, a/k/a Soloman Lamont Horsechief, age 35, of Muskogee, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Sexual Abuse In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1151, 1153, 2242(2) and 2246(2)(A), punishable by imprisonment of any term of years up to life, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after President Trump signed into law the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced its sixth CyberForce Competition™ will take place on Nov. 14, 2020. The event, which challenges college students to compete in a realistic cybersecurity defense exercise, will be held virtually this year.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - In recognition of exemplary rangeland management and outstanding accomplishments in restoring and maintaining the health of public rangelands, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has named two permittees and two collaborative groups as recipients of the 2020 Rangeland Stewardship and Sagebrush Steppe Stewardship awards.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Venetia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute quantities of fentanyl, heroin, and other controlled substances, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MANUELA GONZALEZ-BOOKMAN, age 77, a resident of New York, New York, pleaded guilty on Oct. 14, 2020 to conspiracy to use fraudulent passports before U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Miami, Florida - A Miami Beach postal carrier has been charged with theft of mail and deprivation of the right to vote, announced U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge Scott Pierce of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, Southern Area Field Office (USPS-OIG).
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 2,360 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity WEST UNION, W.Va., Oct. 19, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing nearly $8 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in West Virginia. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 3,076 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity ELIZABETH, Ill., Oct. 19, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $14 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Illinois. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2020 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue announced on Friday, Oct. 16, that low-income Oregon residents enduring the ongoing wildfires could be eligible for much needed assistance from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: On Oct. 15, 2020, a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh returned an indictment charging six computer hackers, all of whom were residents and nationals of the Russian Federation (Russia) and officers in Unit 74455 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), a military intelligence agency of the General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded more than $536.7 million in Fiscal Year 2020 to increase law enforcement hiring and to improve school safety, combat opioids and methamphetamine, advance community policing efforts, provide training to the law enforcement field, and protect the health of our nation’s officers and deputies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – San Diego Christian College (SDCC), based in Santee, California, will pay $225,000 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act for submitting false claims to the U.S. Department of Education in violation of the federal ban on incentive-based compensation, the Justice Department announced ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Introduced by Deputy Secretary Stephen Biegun , U.S. Department of State Thank you, Stephen. And thank you also to Ivanka for your leadership combatting the horrors of human trafficking and forced labor.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Introduced by John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic Thank you, John, for that kind introduction, and for welcoming me to your impressive new facility. A special thanks also to Congressman Lamb, County Executive Fitzgerald, and Mayor Peduto who are joining us today.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: FAIRBANKS, ALASKA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Alaska Commercial Company – an employer operating 33 grocery and general merchandise stores throughout Alaska – has been assessed $20,490 in civil penalties for widespread child labor violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: WEST COVINA, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Genesis Floor Covering Inc. – a flooring contractor in Santa Fe Springs, California – will pay $99,624 to 73 employees for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime requirements. The employer will also pay $50,881 in penalties assessed due to the willful nature of the violations.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK, NY – The U.S. Department of Labor has executed a region wide corporate settlement agreement with Target Corp. to correct exit access and storage hazards and enhance worker safety at about 200 of the retailer’s stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY – After a joint investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the IRS, U.S. District Court Judge Karen K. Caldwell sentenced two Kentucky healthcare companies’ executives to prison and ordered them to pay $1,595,725 in restitution.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) had the best year for compliance assistance and the second highest year for monetary settlements for fiscal year (FY) 2020.
