News published on Federal Newswire in July 2013

News from July 2013


Agriculture Secretary Announces Funding for Projects to Strengthen the Rural Electric Grid's Efficiency and Reliability

News Release: Announcement Includes More Than $18 million for Smart Grid Projects, Almost $10 Million for Native American Communities WASHINGTON, July 17, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for rural electric projects in seven states to provide reliable, affordable electricity for rural ...


News Release: Anthony Staino was sentenced today to serve 97 months in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy involving extortion, loan sharking and illegal gambling, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Edward J. Hanko, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division.


News Release: The Justice Department today entered into a sweeping civil rights agreement with the commonwealth of Puerto Rico to modernize and reform the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD). The agreement resolves a civil suit initiated by the department in December 2012 to remedy a pattern and practice of police ...


News Release: The former chief executive officer and former chief financial officer of ArthroCare Corp., a publicly traded medical device company based in Austin, Texas, were charged for their alleged leading roles in a $400 million scheme to defraud the company’s shareholders and members of the investing public by ...


News Release: CALIFORNIA BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONCEALING FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT AT ISRAELI BANK ON HIS TAX RETURN Saratoga Resident is the Latest in a Series of Defendants Charged With Concealing Bank Accounts at Israeli Banks Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division Kathryn Keneally and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for the Northern District of California announced that Moshe Handelsman of Saratoga, Calif., pleaded guilty today to filing a false tax return for tax year 2007.


Tufts Associated Health Plans Inc. to pay more than $372,000 to 12 minority workers to settle Labor Department charges of retaliation

News Release: BOSTON — Tufts Associated Health Plans Inc. has agreed to pay $372,739 to 12 Asian, Hispanic and African American workers following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. The agreement settles allegations that the Massachusetts-based federal contractor violated provisions of Executive Order 11246 by retaliating against employees that OFCCP had determined were victims of discrimination in an earlier investigation.


US Labor Department obtains court order freezing 13 bank accounts allegedly containing assets of welfare benefit plans administered by Bridgeport, Pa.,-based PennMont Benefit Services

News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Pa.—The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a court order freezing 13 bank and brokerage accounts allegedly containing assets of multiple employee welfare benefit plans administered by Bridgeport-based PennMont Benefit Services Inc. The accounts include bank accounts in the name of plan trustee Penn Public Trust, plan fiduciary John J. Koresko V and the Koresko Law Firm.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.