News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Today, on behalf of the Trump Administration, the Department of Justice sent draft legislation to Congress to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The draft legislative text implements reforms that the Department of Justice deemed necessary in its June Recommendations and follows a yearlong ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Rodney Allen, 43, of Beaufort, South Carolina, was sentenced today in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida, to 24 months in prison. Allen previously pleaded guilty to one count of intimidating and interfering with the employees of an abortion clinic by making a bomb threat and one count of making false statements to a Special Agent with the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead), based in Foster City, California, has agreed to pay $97 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by illegally using a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of thousands of Medicare patients taking Gilead’s pulmonary arterial ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that the Western Union Remission Fund began its second distribution of approximately $148 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. government from the Western Union Company (Western Union) to approximately 33,000 victims located in the United States and abroad. These victims, many of whom were elderly victims of consumer fraud and abuse, will be recovering the full amount of their losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that Ronald Wyatt, 22, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to intentionally threatening physical harm to a female victim, T.P., to obstruct T.P.’s free exercise of religion. As part of his plea agreement, Wyatt admitted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: The former president of Iron Workers Local 395 was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for his role in organizing a brutal assault on a group of non-union ironworkers in Dyer, Indiana.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Thank you, Ambassador McDonald, for that kind introduction. And a warm welcome to His Excellency Minister El-Alamy and Director Seddiki. We are so grateful to have you join us. My thanks also to Florie Liser and CCA for hosting today’s dialogue, and for your continued leadership connecting U.S. business with opportunities on the African Continent.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Thank you, Ivanka, for your leadership, as the Trump Administration promotes new pathways to career success for millions of Americans. And welcome, everyone, to the Inaugural Pledge to America’s Workers Presidential Award Ceremony.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Thank you, Ivanka. And thank you , for your vision in organizing the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board and for guiding our work over the past 18 months. This board’s focus and action makes it truly unique among federal advisory councils.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia traveled to Greensboro, North Carolina to discuss the economic recovery during the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary Scalia toured Machine Specialties, Inc. and met with company leadership, employees, and apprentices to discuss economic recovery ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – As a critical part of the Administration’s efforts to expand access to in-demand job opportunities, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced that it has recognized an initial 18 organizations as Standards Recognition Entities (SREs) to oversee the development of high-quality Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs).
By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – As a critical part of the Administration’s efforts to expand access to in-demand job opportunities, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced that it has recognized an initial 18 organizations as Standards Recognition Entities (SREs) to oversee the development of high-quality Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs).
By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia traveled to Greensboro, North Carolina to discuss the economic recovery during the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary Scalia toured Machine Specialties, Inc. and met with company leadership, employees, and apprentices to discuss economic recovery ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 23, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 23, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 23, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2020
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2020
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
