News from April 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Secretary of Health and Human Services to account for the fact that the agency that runs Medicare failed to respond for over a year to credible information about fraudulent pharmacies bilking Medicare.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on the announcement by United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack that the United States and Brazil have agreed upon a path toward a negotiated settlement of a World Trade Organization dispute involving U.S. cotton programs. The Senate Finance Committee has jurisdiction over international trade. From Chairman Baucus...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) will be celebrating National Park Week in Grand Canyon National Park by waiving entrance fees April 17 - 25, 2010.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today approved a Unit Agreement that will support the orderly and efficient development of natural gas leases in the Oak Mesa area of Delta County.The Oak Mesa Unit was proposed by natural gas leaseholders on approximately 25,000 acres of private and federal minerals located...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 5, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "Secretary Napolitano will travel to Madrid, Spain, on April 8-10, to participate in the U.S.-European Union Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Troika meeting, where she will discuss international cooperation to protect against ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Mobil Natural Gas Inc., Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. and their affiliates have agreed to pay the United States $32.2 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and American Indian ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Idrissa Bassoum, a former resident of Cincinnati, made his initial appearance in federal district court in Cincinnati on tax charges, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. In December 2009, a sealed indictment was returned charging Bassoum with fifteen counts ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that Satilla Health Services Inc., dba Satilla Regional Medical Center, and Dr. Najam Azmat submitted claims for medically substandard and unnecessary services to Medicare and Medicaid, the Justice Department announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Guidant LLC pleaded guilty today in St. Paul, Minn., before U.S. District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank to criminal violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Justice Department announced. The medical device manufacturer’s admission of criminal wrongdoing is the result of ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 5, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Citizens Bancshares of Woodville, Inc., Hudson, Wisconsin, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the situation at the Upper Big Branch South Mine in Whitesville, W.Va.: "My heartfelt condolences go out to the families, co-workers and communities that are mourning the loss of lives at the Upper Big Branch South Mine in Whitesville, W.Va. My thoughts and prayers are with them.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 5, 2010
News Release: Miami – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued fiduciaries of the Orrin H. Cope Produce Inc. Employees’ Profit Sharing Plan to restore more than $3,780,000 in plan assets improperly used to benefit the company.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 5, 2010
News Release: Denver – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration and the Colorado Division of Insurance will co-host a free health law compliance assistance seminar April 21 and 22 in Denver.
By USDA Wire | Apr 5, 2010
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 5, 2010
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 5, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 5, 2010
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 5, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a nine page proposed rule on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 5, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 5, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
