News from May 2022
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Cloud Peritus Inc., a California IT consulting services company. The settlement resolves the department’s claims that Cloud Peritus discriminated against a non-U.S. citizen by requesting that he present additional and unnecessary documents to prove his permission to work because of his citizenship status.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Michael Hall, 34, of Duplin County, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for charges related to drug trafficking and firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In an effort to save lives, DEA is proud to join “Song for Charlie" and many of our valued public health, non-profit, and law enforcement partners in recognizing the first ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day. This day is an effort to educate individuals around the dangerous threat that fentanyl poses to the safety, health, and national security of the American people.
By EPA Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz visited Illinois today, where she toured several sites that honor individuals and events that advanced the Civil Rights Movement and discussed the Biden-Harris administration’s ongoing work to strengthen equity and social justice, including efforts to help tell a more complete story of America.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - Farmington Hills resident Andre Taylor Jr. was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison yesterday on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft arising out of a pandemic fraud and credit card scheme, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US State Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: EM ’s budget request for fiscal year 2023 will support advancements across the program complex, including progress on treating tank waste, skyline-changing building demolition, and initiatives to bolster cybersecurity, workforce development and outreach to communities, according to a newly released document.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
BJA FY 22 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustments to BJA Previously Funded Awards 2 grant opened on May 10.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: CHALLIS, Idaho - Paying for your favorite campsite at the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) popular Joe T. Fallini campground at the Mackay Reservoir will soon be as simple as scanning a QR code. Beginning May 20, campers can opt to pay overnight camping fees at the site through the free, easy-to-use...
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- Two men, James Garfield Charles, 52, of Lexington, and Vincent Adams Vassor, 55, of Los Angeles, were sentenced to 380 months and 320 months in federal prison, respectively, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, after being convicted of various drug trafficking charges.
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: DENVER - Following a 90-day outreach period, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Regional Emphasis Program for Noise Induced Hearing Loss will move into the enforcement phase beginning May 17, 2022. The emphasis program targets manufacturing industries with high rates of occupational hearing loss in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Haitian Gang Leader Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Hostage Taking for Kidnapping of 16 U.S. Missionaries in Fall 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on May 9, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: FORT WAYNE- Mandell D. Strawter, age 30, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced, April 25, 2022, by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady, on his plea of guilty to distributing a controlled substance, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM ’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP ) marked Earth Day this year by joining the Cattaraugus Creek Water Walkerz and Onondowaga’ Water Protectors to pay tribute to Mother Earth and bring awareness to the importance of protecting the Cattaraugus Creek and Lake Erie watershed...
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, SC - A Charleston restaurant shortchanged 92 workers by forcing them to participate in an illegal tip pool that included management and other typically non-tipped employees, which led to federal minimum wage and overtime violations, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has revealed.
