Four people all Anne Arundel County residents were charged with defrauding various public assistance programs by Maryland's Office of the Inspector General.
US federal safety inspections plummeted 50 percent in 2020 as pandemic raged
As COVID-19 outbreaks ravaged workplaces, schools and communities last year, the number of federal workplace safety inspections declined sharply, according to a recent US Labor Department Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which monitors US workplace safety, carried out 50 percent fewer on-site inspections last year, despite a 15 percent increase in the number of complaints spurred by concerns over COVID-19.
In this April 9, 2020 file photo employees and family members protest outside a Smithfield Foods processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. The plant has had an outbreak of coronavirus cases according to Gov. Kristi Noem. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves File)
The agency launched the latest review nearly 10 months ago at the directive of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The report found Florida Department of Economic Opportunity ultimately overpaid for its CONNECT unemployment system; a system that was not properly designed nor tested.
“We determined that the requirements for system capacity, as outlined in the 2010 ITN, were never fully tested nor documented,” Inspector General investigators wrote in the preliminary report released Thursday. “The contract mandated system capacity for a minimum of 200,000 concurrent external users. We could not find evidence where DEO enforced this contract requirement. Deloitte’s stress testing documentation shows testing was for approximately 4,200 concurrent users (internal and external), the report continued. By not meeting contractual capacities, the CONNECT system was poorly positioned to handle unprecedented claim volume beginning in March/April 2020.”
Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Medication Intended for Veterans
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ABINGDON, Va. – A former employee of the United States Postal Service pleaded guilty last week in United States District Court in Abingdon to stealing mail containing medication that was intended for United States Veterans, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.
Ammie Hale, 45, Raysal, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today, without a plea agreement, to all charges in the indictment against her - three counts of theft of mail by an employee of the postal service for stealing mail on February 26, 2020, July 1, 2020, and August 5, 2020; and one count of making false statements. At sentencing, Hale faces a maximum statutory penalty of up to 20 years in prison. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for June 2, 2021, at 2:30 p.m.
Holocaust Memorial Center Presents a Call to Spy Online Program and Discussion on March 1 at 7:00 P.M.
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Holocaust Memorial Center Presents a Call to Spy Online Program and Discussion on March 1 at 7:00 P.M.
Detroit Free Press Columnist Nancy Kaffer to lead discussion with Author Craig Gralley and Screenplay Writer and Film Star Sarah Megan Thomas about female British spies during World War II.
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(February 24, 2021, Farmington Hills, Mich., JNS Wire) The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus, in partnership with IFC Films and Tamar Simon from Mean Streets Management, presents