News from February 2022

By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
US Department of Labor files complaint against Georgia hotels, owner who allegedly violated federal wage laws, retaliated against workers
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
Invasive Species Rapid Response After Action Report grant opened on Feb. 24.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the designation of Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville, Georgia, as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) for its nationally significant association with Flannery O’Connor, one of the most influential American authors of the mid-twentieth century.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: President Biden’s Policies Are Harming U.S. Economy.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Defendant previously convicted of child sex offenses in New Hampshire.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy has released America’s Strategy to Secure the Supply Chain for a Robust Clean Energy Transition, supported by 13 deep-dive supply chain assessments across the energy sector, ranging from solar energy to semiconductors to cybersecurity. DOE’s Office of Electricity contributed two reports focused on and supply chains to this effort.

By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
On July 30, 2019, the department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration opened an investigation of Alight, a healthcare and retirement benefits administration and cloud-based human resources services company.

By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
Christopher Allen Young, a/k/a “40,” age 26, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit kidnapping, in connection with the kidnapping of a victim from a Maryland hotel and casino.

By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
A series of federal workplace safety and health inspections at four Dollar General stores in Alabama and Georgia in the summer of 2021 found the nationwide discount retailer's long history of exposing employees to dangerous working conditions continues.

By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor and other stakeholders are offering workers, employers, educators, safety and health professionals and others a unique, virtual opportunity to increase their knowledge of workplace safety and health issues during Pacific Coast Safety Fest, March 14-17, 2022.

By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
In a settlement reached this week, two former Clay County, Tennessee, pharmacists have been barred from dispensing controlled substances for the better part of the next two decades, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.

By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
In 2021, 19.1 percent of persons with a disability were employed, up from 17.9 percent in 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
From September 2020 to September 2021, employment increased in 332 of the 343 largest U.S. counties, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
A Dominican national who twice re-entered the United States illegally after removal by U.S.

By John Suayan | Feb 23, 2022
A Washington, D.C. federal court received a guilty plea from a United Kingdom resident in connection with violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations.

By Ariana Chiarenza | Feb 23, 2022
The Department of Commerce outlined recently a series of new initiatives that will be implemented to prepare the United States as a climate-ready nation.

By John Suayan | Feb 23, 2022
Rural communities across the U.S. will be able to build electric vehicle charging infrastructure through a new free resource provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

By Press release submission | Feb 23, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) New England Office recently awarded a 2021 Regional Wastewater Treatment Award to the City of Brockton's wastewater treatment facility's Industrial Pretreatment Program for its commitment to improving water quality.