News from October 2020

By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Department Thanks School Nutrition Partners for Dedication to Service Washington, Oct. 16, 2020 -- President Donald Trump proclaimed this week National School Lunch Week 2020 , highlighting the vital role of school nutrition professionals in ensuring that children in all communities nationwide continue ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced grant awards totaling more than $341 million to help fight America’s addiction crisis. Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katharine T. Sullivan discussed this year's grant awards during a roundtable discussion of mental health and addiction issues led by Second Lady Karen Pence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security released the Alien Incarceration Report for Fiscal Year 2019. The data shows that 94 percent of confirmed aliens incarcerated in Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and United States Marshals Service (USMS) facilities were unlawfully ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs today announced it has awarded funding totaling over $54 million to provide services that protect officers and improve overall public safety. OJP’s Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded grants to law enforcement departments, local jurisdictions, and training and technical assistance organizations throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr today directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the executions of two federal death-row inmates, both of whom were convicted of especially heinous murders at least 13 years ago.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), 4Bright Management LLC – operator of three Louisville, Kentucky-based McDonald’s franchise locations – will pay a civil money penalty of $16,994 for violating child labor requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK, NY – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ordered the trustees of four benefit plans for United Derrickmen & Riggers Association, Local Union 197, in Long Island City, New York, to restore $475,000 to the plans, pay a $95,000 penalty to the U.S. Department of Labor ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Oct. 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited 85 establishments for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $1,222,156.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), 4Bright Management LLC – operator of three Louisville, Kentucky-based McDonald’s franchise locations – will pay a civil money penalty of $16,994 for violating child labor requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Oct. 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited 85 establishments for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $1,222,156.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK, NY – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ordered the trustees of four benefit plans for United Derrickmen & Riggers Association, Local Union 197, in Long Island City, New York, to restore $475,000 to the plans, pay a $95,000 penalty to the U.S. Department of Labor ...
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 16, 2020
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
The US Interior Department published a six page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2020
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 16, 2020
The US State Department published a six page proposed rule on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 16, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.