News from October 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: ReadyOne Industries Inc. has agreed to pay $5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false certific ations regarding the annual percentages of dir ect labor hou rs per formed by people with sev ere disabilities, the Justice Department announced today. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Suiza Dairy 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 violations at two Suiza Dairy Corporation dairies located in Rio Piedras and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, including two major releases of anhydrous ammonia from the Rio Piedras facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice, the Congress of Hispanic Educators (CHE) and the Denver Public Schools (DPS) have jointly requested court approval of a consent decree that requires that the more than 20,000 English Language Learner (ELL) students enrolled in DPS receive the services they need to overcome ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder today announced $58 million in Second Chance Act grant funding to reduce recidivism, provide reentry services, conduct research and evaluate the impact of reentry programs. Attorney General Holder also highlighted the department’s efforts to support research and evidence-based practices and its work with state departments of correction to set recidivism reduction goals.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Under a settlement announced today by the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Durand Glass Manufacturing Company Inc. has agreed to install emissions controls on its three glass furnaces that will reduce more than 173 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Miami-area residents Dr. Mark Willner and Dr. Alberto Ayala, former medical directors at the mental health care company American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), were each sentenced today to 10 years in prison for participating in a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: Three men who conspired to violate Clean Air Act workplace safety standards when they demolished a Chattanooga, Tenn., factory containing large amounts of asbestos were sentenced today in federal court, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced a formal enforcement action, including a $9 million civil money penalty, against American Express Company (Amex) and American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (TRS) to address deceptive marketing and debt collection practices and associated deficiencies in compliance risk management and internal audit. Amex and TRS are both registered bank holding companies based in New York.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON − Following a plea agreement entered in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, William H. Kiser and Mary Sue Kiser, trustees of the Irotas Manufacturing Co. Inc. 401(k) Plan, have been sentenced to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release for embezzling funds from the plan. The Kisers also have been ordered to pay restitution.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 1, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 1, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a five page proposed rule on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 1, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 1, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 1, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 1, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 1, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 1, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 1, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 1, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 1, 2012
The US Energy Department published a seven page rule on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
