Arizona’s Continued Commitment To Water Conservation Published: 01 February 2021 01 February 2021
Phoenix, Arizona - Two years ago this Sunday, Governor Doug Ducey signed the Drought Contingency Plan, a historic effort by Arizona and six other western states to manage one of their most precious resources: water. As part of the multi-state Drought Contingency Plan (DCP), Arizona is committed to conserving more water from the Colorado River.
Alongside the plan, Governor Ducey created the Governor s Water Augmentation Innovation and Conservation Council and signed into law the Groundwater Conservation Grant program, which helps protect Arizona’s groundwater resources by focusing on water education, innovation and technology.
Published: 01 February 2021 01 February 2021
Denver, Colorado - Epsilon Data Management LLC (Epsilon), one of the largest marketing companies in the world, has entered into a settlement with the Department of Justice to resolve a criminal charge for selling millions of Americans’ information to perpetrators of elder fraud schemes.
Epsilon entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the Consumer Protection Branch of the Justice Department’s Civil Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado in connection with a criminal information charging the company with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
Under the terms of the DPA, which the parties submitted to the district court in Denver on Jan. 19, 2021, Epsilon agreed to pay a total of $150 million, with $127.5 million of that amount going to compensate victims of the fraudulent schemes that used consumer data sold by Epsilon. Epsilon also agreed to implement significan
Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference Stemming from Voter Disinformation Campaign Published: 01 February 2021 01 February 2021
New York - A Florida man was arrested Wednesday morning on charges of conspiring with others in advance of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election to use various social media platforms to disseminate misinformation designed to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote.
Douglass Mackey, aka Ricky Vaughn, 31, of West Palm Beach, was charged by criminal complaint in the Eastern District of New York. He was taken into custody this morning in West Palm Beach and made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce E. Reinhart of the Southern District of Florida.
Richardson Primary School s lead paint discovery prompts calls for audit, but Education Minister says affected schools are already known
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Elevated levels of lead were found in ducts near the school hall at Richardson Primary School.
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Lead paint has been discovered in a fourth Canberra school in less than a year, but the ACT s Education Minister says a system-wide review of hazardous materials in schools is already underway.
Key points:
Lead contamination was found at Richardson Primary School over the summer break during routine maintenance
The ACT Opposition has called for an audit across Canberra schools after four discoveries in the past year
Published: 30 January 2021 30 January 2021
New Jersey - The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it reached a settlement with Quantum Integrators Group (Quantum), an IT consulting and staffing company based in New Jersey.
The settlement resolves claims that Quantum (1) discriminated against a lawful permanent resident by requiring her, based on her citizenship status, to provide unnecessary documentation before it would refer her for an employment opportunity, and (2) routinely required other work-authorized non-U.S. citizens to present unnecessary documents to prove their eligibility to work.
“Companies cannot make requests for unnecessary work authorization documents because of an individual’s citizenship status, or condition a referral for employment on complying with such a request,” said Gregory B. Friel, Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division. “We are pleased that Quantum will work with the Department of Justice to ensure that its p