News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN - Glenda Adams, 49, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the federal statute known as the Travel Act. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United States Attorney announced the guilty plea today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
SNAP Fraud Framework Implementation Grant grant opened on Feb. 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Robert Bearden, 49, of Chesterland, Ohio, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent to one year in prison and ordered to pay $62,296.70 in restitution after Bearden pleaded guilty to COVID-19 relief fraud.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
An administrative law judge with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission affirmed willful, repeat and serious citations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to Framing Specialist Inc., a Palisades Park construction contractor, who exposed workers to fall and safety hazards at two Bergen County work sites.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - Cape Hatteras National Seashore awarded a $190,850.00 contract to Achuti, LLC (Raleigh, N.C.) to renovate the inside of the restroom facility near the Ocracoke Island Discovery Center, starting Feb. 28, 2022. Two restrooms located behind the renovated facility will be available to the public during the project.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
Southern Iraqi Universities Initiative grant opened on Feb. 24.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
FY2021 Historic Preservation Fund - Semiquincentennial Grants grant opened on Feb. 24.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor recovered $221,307 in back wages and damages for 32 nursing staff employees of a Luzerne County treatment center found to be intentionally shortchanging workers of their overtime pay repeatedly.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement regarding yesterday’s federal court ruling on surprise medical billing...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
The miscalculation of overtime wages and child labor violations have taken a slice of the profits from the operator of three Jacksonville pizzerias, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Criminal Victimization, 2020 - Supplemental Statistical Tables. This report presents official estimates of criminal victimizations reported and not reported to police from BJS’s National Crime Victimization Survey. It...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
A McDonald’s franchisee has agreed to pay $25,920 in civil money penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employer assigned minor-aged employees at three Santa Ana locations hazardous work in violation of child labor laws.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has found $118,042 in back wages and liquidated damages due to 10 employees of a Jacksonville restaurant operator who forced servers to work for tips alone, denied overtime wages to others and failed to keep accurate records of the hours employees worked.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Roosevelt E. Collins, III, 40, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
