News from November 2021
By Tamara Browning | Nov 12, 2021
A Beavercreek, Ohio, man who was arrested in 2018 while attempting to travel overseas to join a terrorist group pleaded guilty last month in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in Dayton.
By Steven Hughes | Nov 12, 2021
The Department of Justice invests over $21 million to investigate and prosecute hate crimes and assist hate crime victims.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2021
News Release: The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has released an interim final rule , establishing controls on the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of certain items that can be used for malicious cyber activities. The rule also creates a new License Exception Authorized Cybersecurity Exports (ACE) and requests public comments on the projected impact of the proposed controls on U.S. industry and the cybersecurity community.
By Zachary Richter | Nov 12, 2021
The National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health is set to meet via teleconference on Nov. 16 from 1-5 pm EST.
By Bob Martin | Nov 12, 2021
The Department of Energy recently announced $10 million in funding for a pair of electric trade associations focused on stopping cyber threats that could be detrimental to the country’s energy grid.
By Bob Martin | Nov 12, 2021
Tennessee officials recently attended the groundbreaking for a center that aims to provide nuclear and radioactive material training, and the facility located in Oak Ridge is expected to be running by 2023, according to a statement at energy.gov.
By Tamara Browning | Nov 12, 2021
The Las Vegas telemarketing enterprise Wellfleet Communications and its owners must pay over $1.4 million in back wages and liquidated damages to over 1,328 call center workers whom the business shortchanged, a federal court has ordered.
By Tamara Browning | Nov 12, 2021
Five counties in Rhode Island will receive funding support for the creation of jobs and workforce training services for approximately 670 people to combat the state’s opioid crisis thanks to over $1.3 million the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the state.
By Zachary Richter | Nov 12, 2021
A Dutch national who spent seven years fighting extradition proceedings in the Netherlands finally appeared before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to face charges of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization.
By Zachary Richter | Nov 12, 2021
A federal grand jury has indicted a Western Arkansas man over allegations of health care fraud involving $100 million in Medicare billing.
By Karen Kidd | Nov 12, 2021
The recent settlement of a federal case against Wilson County, North Carolina, over a 911 operator's firing following sexual harassment claims sends a message to victims, a U.S. Department of Justice attorney said.
By Emily Bevard | Nov 12, 2021
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division (NYD) arrested 12 individuals for alleged drug trafficking and conspiracy to traffic firearms Oct. 28.
By Andy Nghiem | Nov 12, 2021
Three federal labor agencies, the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday a joint initiative to address retaliation against workers who speak out about violations to their rights as workers, according to a news release.
By John Kelly | Nov 12, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued an emergency temporary standards in an effort to protect workers from COVID-19.
By David Beasley | Nov 12, 2021
The United States and the European Union have agreed on a plan to curb excess production of steel and aluminum.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Nov 12, 2021
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg participated in a variety of events at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland as part of a worldwide push for green infrastructure.
By Caleb Lombardo | Nov 12, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a highly anticipated ruling on the hot topic of wages for tipped workers.
By Emily Bevard | Nov 12, 2021
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff has issued a draft environmental impact statement for the Delta Lateral Project in Millard County, Utah, recently, stating the project would disturb a total 540.5 acres of land and open water.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MALIK SANCHEZ, a/k/a “Smooth Sanchez," pled guilty to making a hoax threat to detonate a bomb at a restaurant in the Flatiron neighborhood in New York, New York, on or about Feb. 13, 2021. SANCHEZ pled guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin N. Fox in Manhattan federal court. The case is assigned to United States District Judge Colleen McMahon.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2021
News Release: Hartford, Conn.- A FEMA Mobile Disaster Recovery Center opened today in Norwich (New London county) to help Connecticut residents affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
