News from April 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Rex Healthcare, a 655-bed hospital in Raleigh, N.C., has agreed to pay the United States $1.9 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. The government alleges that the hospital routinely submitted claims ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that the cases involving Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of conspiring to commit the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks have been referred to the Defense Department to proceed in military commissions and that the federal indictment against these defendants that was returned under seal by a grand jury in the Southern District of New York on Dec. 14, 2009 has been unsealed and dismissed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two Chinese nationals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., for attempting to obtain radiation-hardened microchips, which are prohibited defense items used in the military and aerospace industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — A Virginia contractor pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to steer contracts to him for repair, maintenance and renovation work at healthcare and nursing home facilities owned by Medical Facilities of America Inc. (MFA), the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Italian Minister of Justice Angelino Alfano today met at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., to re-affirm the joint commitment of the United States and Italy to strengthen cooperation in the ongoing fight against terrorism and transnational ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Opinion Editorial, The Wall Street Journal "The Southwest Border is Open for Business" El Paso now has one of the lowest crime rates among big American cities.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: Committee to begin planning for nation’s next National Climate Assessment The National Climate Assessment Development and Advisory Committee (committee) met for the first time today to plan the nation’s next National Climate Assessment. The National Climate Assessment synthesizes the latest science and information about current and future impacts of climate change across the United States.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: US Department of Labor orders $4.2 million in back wages be paid to 1,044 teachers, fines school system $1.7 million in civil money penalties WASHINGTON An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found Maryland's Prince George's County Public Schools system in willful ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: INGLESIDE, Texas The U.S. Department of Labor s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recognized the employees and management of Basic Industries Ltd. at Kiewit Offshore Services in Ingleside for achieving three years of excellence in the company s employee safety and health program. The ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited North Central Farmers Elevator in Ipswich, S.D., with six willful violations for exposing workers to being engulfed by grain. Proposed penalties total $378,000.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ind. – A federal district court in Indianapolis has ordered Hoosier Foot & Ankle LLC, a non-surgical foot and ankle care business in Columbus, and owner Patrick DeHeer to repay $18,000 in employee contributions and lost opportunity costs to the participants and beneficiaries of the company’s ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 4, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 4, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 4, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 4, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a nine page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 4, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 4, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 4, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 4, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 4, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
