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Federal Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Sunday September 29, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Labor Dept.: Court Issues Warrant for Defunct Baltimore Company's Owner's Arrest After Repeated Failure to Restore $153K to Employee 401(k) Plan
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration issued the following news brief: * * * Court held company, owner, in civil contempt in May following litigation * * * Date of action: Sept. 25, 2024 Type of action: Civil confinement of Bryan Hill, owner of defunct Bicallis LLC, arising from civil contempt Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Baltimore Background: An investigation by the department's Employee Benefits  more

Natural Resources Conservation Service: Producers in Maryland Encouraged to Apply Now for NRCS Conservation Programs
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on Sept. 26, 2024: * * * USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is encouraging Maryland's agricultural producers and forest landowners to sign up for voluntary conservation programs and adopt climate-smart practices this year. * * * NRCS is accepting applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Conservation Stewardship Progr  more

NHGRI Appoints James Thomas as New Director of NIH Intramural Sequencing Center
BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 27 -- The National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute issued the following news on Sept. 25, 2024: By Jacqueline Cohen and Theo Tiffney Thomas to lead intramural center's efforts in driving innovation in genomics research. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has selected James Thomas, Ph.D., as the new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC). In this role,  more