News from February 2012
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- ARPA-E issued a Request For Information (RFI) focused on accelerating the development of transformative market-ready non-photosynthetic biofuel technologies. ARPA-E’s Electrofuels program has successfully supported several technologies on the lab-scale that allow microorganisms to combine...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John S. Pistole today announced the expansion of TSA Pre✓™, a passenger pre-screening initiative, to additional airports across the country following the program’s success at seven pilot locations.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2012 –The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), partnering with Bioversity International and the Global Crop Diversity Trust , has launched the Germplasm Resources Information Network-Global ( GRIN-Global ), a powerful but easy-to-use, Internet-based ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
News Release: A federal court has permanently barred Paul E. Foster Jr. and Sheree McDade, both of Montgomery, Ala., from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order, to which Foster and McDade agreed without admitting the government’s allegations, was signed by Chief Judge W. Keith Watkins of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
News Release: James Cummings, a resident of Boca Raton, Fla., has been sentenced for committing fraud in connection with a coffee machine business opportunity scheme, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
News Release: An eight-member jury has unanimously found that a former Jackson Hewitt tax preparer, Frances Carlson of Bradenton, Fla., prepared 27 federal tax returns that she knew would understate her customers’ tax liabilities, the Justice Department announced today. The verdict followed an eight-day trial in Tampa, Fla., before Judge Susan Bucklew of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury in San Francisco has charged five individuals and five companies with economic espionage and theft of trade secrets for their roles in a long-running effort to obtain U.S. trade secrets for the benefit of companies controlled by the government of the People’s Republic ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – An assistant administrator of a Houston hospital was arrested today on charges related to his alleged participation in a $116 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
News Release: Dava Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $11 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by misreporting drug prices in order to reduce its Medicaid Drug Rebate obligations, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the city of Humboldt, Kan., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for individuals with disabilities. The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced its approval of the notice by Hana Financial Group Inc., Seoul, Korea, to acquire indirect controlling interests in KEB NY Financial Corp., New York, New York, and KEB LA Financial Corp., Los Angeles, California.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 8, 2012
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced a reorganization designed to centralize its oversight of certain cross-cutting, compliance-related actions. MSHA's Office of Assessments, Accountability, Special Enforcement and Investigations will incorporate ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 8, 2012
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 8, 2012
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2012
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
