Prince George's County, Maryland v. United States Department of Labor

HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

Prince George’s County, Maryland, seeks review of a decision of the Secretary of Labor imposing a monetary penalty on it for an alleged violation of a regulation prohibiting nepotism in hiring promulgated pursuant to the now superseded Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 817(a). 1 We sustain both the imposition and the amount of the penalty.

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Prince George’s County operated an employment and training program as a prime sponsor. 29 U.S.C. § 812. It thus received federal funds to finance its program and became subject, not…