News from January 2012
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Timpanogos Cave National Monument Revisits Alternatives for Environmental Assessment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today called for a long-term, pro-jobs solution that would end the uncertainty caused by tax provisions requiring frequent renewal, commonly called “tax extenders." In a committee hearing, Baucus spoke about the need to examine these...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Jan. 31, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that loans and grants will be provided to applicants in ten states to support businesses, improve the quality of medical care, and create or save hundreds of jobs. Funding is provided through USDA's Rural Economic Development ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence today held a public hearing in Albuquerque, N.M., on the challenges rural and tribal communities face in preventing children’s exposure to violence. In a recent survey of youth in New Mexico by the Centers for Disease ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON — A Virginia contractor was sentenced today to serve 37 months in prison for 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – South San Francisco, Calif., food processor Columbus Manufacturing Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbus Foods LLC, has agreed to pay a penalty and make significant upgrades to settle Clean Air Act violations, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The case stems from two releases of anhydrous ammonia that occurred in 2009 at its manufacturing facility located in South San Francisco, Calif.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department today celebrated the 25th anniversary of the 1986 amendments to the False Claims Act. The False Claims Act has been called the single most important tool that American taxpayers have to recover funds when false claims are made to the federal government, including health care fraud, mortgage fraud, and procurement fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against St. Bernard Parish, La., alleging that the parish violated the Fair Housing Act by engaging in a multi-year campaign to limit rental housing opportunities for African-Americans in the parish.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner and president of a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-area halfway house company was sentenced today to 28 months in prison for her role in a kickback scheme that funneled patients to a fraudulent mental health provider, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Alabama man who was employed as a security officer in the Birmingham, Ala., City Schools system pleaded guilty today to one count of production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama Joyce White Vance, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Northern District of Alabama FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick J. Maley and Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Atlanta resident pleaded guilty today for his role in a Louisiana-based Medicare fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), announced the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Louisiana ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Four federal financial regulatory agencies on Tuesday issued supervisory guidance on allowance for loan and lease losses (ALLL) estimation practices associated with loans and lines of credit secured by junior liens on one- to four-family residential properties.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Bank of Bartlett (PDF), Bartlett, Tennessee Prompt Corrective Action Directive dated Jan. 30, 2012 Capitol City Bancshares, Inc. (PDF), Atlanta, Georgia Written Agreement dated Jan. 25, 2012 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Contest will engage developers to address wage gap through innovative use of data WASHINGTON – Seeking novel ways to eliminate the gender gap in pay, the U.S. Department of Labor and its federal agency partners on the National Equal Pay Task Force today announced a contest for creating software applications ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Fatality prevention program to focus on 14 safety standards ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today launched the third phase of an outreach and enforcement program designed to strengthen efforts to prevent mining fatalities. "Rules to Live By III: Preventing ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration has issued a final rule amending the Senior Community Service Employment Program regulations to allow entry into volunteer work as an additional performance indicator. The rule will be effective on March 1.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
The US Interior Department published a seven page proposed rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 31, 2012
The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 31, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 31, 2012
The US State Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
