News from August 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) launched the 2021 Girl Scout Cyber Awareness Challenge, a new initiative to encourage girls across the country to learn about cybersecurity and increase related awareness within their own communities, particularly ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: “As part the United States’ COVID-19 mitigation efforts, DHS will continue to process individuals in accordance with the CDC’s updated Title 42 Order. Title 42 is not an immigration authority, but a public health authority, and its continued use is dictated by CDC and governed by the CDC's analysis of public health factors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: A federal jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin on Thursday convicted the former chief financial officer of Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. (Roadrunner), a publicly traded trucking and logistics company formerly headquartered in Cudahy, Wisconsin, on four counts of violating federal securities laws for his role in a complex securities and accounting fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Arriva Medical LLC (Arriva), at one point the nation’s largest Medicare mail-order diabetic testing supplier, and its parent, Alere Inc. (Alere), have agreed to pay $160 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia convicted an Arkansas man on Friday for fraudulently arranging for a labor union to provide health plan coverage to his girlfriend, who was never a union employee. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Roderick ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: A Winston-Salem, North Carolina, tax preparer pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return and to filing a false personal income tax return. According to court documents, from 2014 to 2019, Nicholas Laws managed the Winston-Salem branch of Tax Mind, a tax-return ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Hussey Copper has agreed to perform a comprehensive environmental audit, implement an updated environmental management system, and pay an $861,500 penalty to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and Pennsylvania’s Clean Streams Law (PCSL) at its smelting facility in Leetsdale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of State will host the virtual Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit on August 3-4. The Summit brings together 700 of Sub-Saharan Africa’s most promising young leaders to expand their capacity and network with each other and U.S. government, private sector, and civil society representatives. ...
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: MODERATOR: Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us for this evening’s on-background call to discuss Secretary Blinken’s participation at various ministerial-level events taking place this week related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Today, the Department of State is announcing a Priority 2 (P-2) designation granting U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) access for certain Afghan nationals and their eligible family members.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver remarks on the announcement of a Priority 2 (P-2) designation granting U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) access for certain Afghan nationals and their eligible family members on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. in the Press Briefing Room at the Department of State.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: MODERATOR: Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today for this call to discuss the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program Priority 2 Designation for Afghan Nationals.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: MR PRICE: Good afternoon. Happy Monday. As you all can see, we have a special guest with us today. Secretary Blinken will offer some remarks at the top. He’ll have time for a question or two, at which point we will resume with our regularly scheduled programming. So without further ado, Secretary Blinken.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today co-hosted the inaugural Industry Trade Advisory Committee (ITAC) meeting. The meeting included the members and chairs of all 14 ITACs. More information on the ITACs and its history can be found here.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO ‒ An Ohio worker tasked with cleaning a chemical tanker trailer collapsed upon entering the tank. Answering the employee’s call for help, a nearby truck driver entered the tank. Both workers succumbed to fatal toxic fumes.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: DALLAS ‒ A worker cleaning the inside of a tank trailer in Pasadena in December 2019 fell victim to hazardous vapors, as did a co-worker who attempted rescue. Months later, in August 2020, two cleaning workers entered a natural gas tanker on a railcar in Hugo, Oklahoma and fell victim to its vapors. Four lives were lost in the tank cleaning industry in less than a year – and part of a troubling trend of preventable workplace deaths in the region.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: DALLAS ‒ A worker cleaning the inside of a tank trailer in Pasadena in December 2019 fell victim to hazardous vapors, as did a co-worker who attempted rescue. Months later, in August 2020, two cleaning workers entered a natural gas tanker on a railcar in Hugo, Oklahoma and fell victim to its vapors. Four lives were lost in the tank cleaning industry in less than a year – and part of a troubling trend of preventable workplace deaths in the region.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO ‒ An Ohio worker tasked with cleaning a chemical tanker trailer collapsed upon entering the tank. Answering the employee’s call for help, a nearby truck driver entered the tank. Both workers succumbed to fatal toxic fumes.
By State News Post | Aug 2, 2021
The US State Department published a three page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 2, 2021
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
