News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Emerson Pinto, 58, of Crownpoint, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced on Dec. 29 in federal court to eight years and one month in prison based on convictions for two counts of abusive sexual contact of a minor in Indian Country.
By Trina Thomas | Dec 30, 2021
A medical isotope used in over 40,000 medical procedures in the United States daily has reached sufficient supply for patients worldwide without the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU) to create it – a significant milestone in nuclear nonproliferation.
By Trina Thomas | Dec 30, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has recently established the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations with funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support the advancement of clean energy technology.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Fifty years ago, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration began to fulfill the mission that led to its creation - to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for every worker in America.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2021
News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaiʻi - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces flight operations for January 2022.
By David Hutton | Dec 30, 2021
The U.S. recently took action against members of a Brazil-based al-Qaida network and their related companies to prevent funding for the organization and curtail its influence in the country and beyond.
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $33,230 in back wages for five employees working on a federally funded construction project in Fayetteville. Investigators found the employer failed to pay workers all wages earned as required by the Davis Bacon Act.
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2021
A Fairdale country club operator failed to pay some workers minimum hourly wages, denied overtime pay to other workers, paid incorrect overtime rates to others, and assigned minor-aged workers duties not permitted by law, a U.S.
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of an $8.4 million cooperative agreement to the Pan American Development Foundation to empower civil society organizations and workers’ organizations to address child labor, forced labor and other unacceptable working conditions in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2021
On December 26, 2021, Randy S. Grossman began serving as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California for an interim period of 120 days or until a Presidential appointee is confirmed, whichever occurs first.
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2021
A Dubuque man who conspired with his daughter to distribute crack cocaine was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison.
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2021
Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Joseph A. Foistner, 67, of Mont Vernon, was found guilty on Thursday of four counts of bank fraud, as well as charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and making misrepresentations during bankruptcy proceedings.
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2021
A Burlington man, Terrell Nicholas Wilson, age 28, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A.
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2021
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed John Kuhn as U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska effective December 26, 2021, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 30, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Department of Labor issued a final rule to eliminate a Trump-era reporting requirement that added transparency to labor organization finances and union boss spending...
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2021
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the appointment of Nicholas V.
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2021
An Aiken, South Carolina man, Travis Lee McKie, age 41, was sentenced on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 325 months in prison for Production of Child Pornography.
