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Federal Tipoffs Involving Utah Newsletter for Sunday October 01, 2023 ( 6 items )  

2nd Audiovisual Squadron Provides U.S. Air Force's First-Ever 4K Live Broadcast During NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer Capsule Landing
MICHAEL ARMY AIRFIELD, Utah, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Sadie Colbert, 2D Audiovisual Squadron NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, known as OSIRIS-REx, returned to Earth with the largest asteroid samples recovered from beyond the moon, Sept. 24. Headed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center team out of Maryland, the team launched the USA's first astero  more

BLM Designates Labyrinth Rims Gemini Bridges Travel Management Plan
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: MOAB, Utah -- Today, the Bureau of Land Management Moab Field Office announced a new travel management plan for public off highway vehicle use, including passenger vehicles. The Labyrinth Rims Gemini Bridges Travel Management Area consists of approximately 812 miles of travel routes over roughly 300,000 acres of public land in Grand County, Utah. The new plan provides predict  more

BLM oil and gas lease sale in Utah nets $89,085.00
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office today conducted a competitive oil and gas lease sale offering 14 parcels covering 26,853.94 acres in Utah. In total, 3 parcels covering 6,809.52 acres sold for $89,085.00.  The environmental assessment, maps, parcel lists, Notice of Competitive Lease Sale and proposed lease stipulations are available online at  more

Department of Labor Recovers $47K in Back Wages, Damages for Employees of Utah Chick-Fil-A Franchisee, Fines Employer $187K
ST. GEORGE, Utah, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: * * * DM Holding Co. LLC violated child labor laws, denied overtime * * * Federal investigators have assessed $187,467 in civil penalties for employing 237 minors in violation of child labor provisions and recovered nearly $47,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for 101 employees at two St. George Chick-Fil-A franchise restaurants that required workers t  more

Litigation: SEC Vs. 2 Companies, 6 Individuals
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:23-civ-00663-DAO; U.S. District Court, District of Utah filed Sept. 25, 2023) involving Phoenix Outsourced Development LLC, Edger Solutions Management, Michael McLaughlin, Derek McLaughlin, Louis Peter Goff, Eric Fairbourn, Brian Hubbard and Nicholas Deluca: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against two Utah fund managers, Phoenix Outsourced D  more

NASA's First Asteroid Sample Has Landed, Now Secure in Clean Room
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- NASA issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2023: After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security - Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu finally is on Earth. It landed at 8:52 a.m. MDT (10:52 a.m. EDT) on Sunday, in a targeted area of the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range near Salt Lake City. Within an hour and a  more