News from October 2022
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: IRVING, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered ExxonMobil Corp. to immediately reinstate two employees and pay them more than $800,000 in back wages, interest and compensatory damages. A federal whistleblower investigation found the company terminated them illegally after suspecting them of leaking information to the Wall Street Journal.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - FEMA is connecting with Puerto Rico survivors in many ways to ensure they have the help they need throughout the federal disaster assistance process.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: MILLVILLE, NJ - A Pennsylvania-based metal coatings company that enacted a comprehensive safety and health program to protect workers at its corporate headquarters failed to do the same for employees at a manufacturing facility it opened in the fall of 2021 in Millville, a federal workplace safety investigation has found.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been charged in federal court with conspiring to “straw purchase" 27 firearms in Indiana on behalf of a Chicago resident.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Balbino Sablad, 81, of Vallejo, was sentenced today to five years and 10 months in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $3,500 for traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Wednesday sentenced a man who ran a drug ring in St. Louis to 20 years in prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released a report he requested from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) detailing employee discrimination and harassment issues within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Chairman...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a six page rule on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Stockton, California, pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics and money laundering laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.
By Karen Kidd | Oct 21, 2022
A U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary says the proposed regulatory framework for a new strategy aimed at controlling salmonella in poultry products, announced earlier this month, should drive down foodborne illnesses, according to a department news release.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 21, 2022
An additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for the fiscal year 2023 will be available to employers, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in collaboration with the Department of Labor (DOL), has announced.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: NEW TAZEWELL, Tenn. (Oct. 20, 2022) - On Tuesday, Oct. 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host several public forums at the Walters State Community College, 1325 Claiborne St., New Tazewell, Tenn. to share information about ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions and risk information impacting the city.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: Conspirators Distributed Nearly 1,000 Pounds of Meth in Southwest Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Augustin Gallegos pleaded guilty on Oct. 17 to production of child pornography. Gallegos, 37, of Portales, New Mexico, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has been scheduled for Jan. 17, 2023.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: Herve Fils Viaud, 31, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas to 78 months in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release for robbing TD Bank in Delray Beach, Florida.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
News Release: Washington - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt joined New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball and State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa in Albany to announce the signing...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 21, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a nine page proposed rule on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
