News from June 2013
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Examining Reforms to Improve the Medicare Part B Drug Program for Seniors." While most drugs under Medicare are offered to seniors through Part D drug plans, some medications and services of physicians are reimbursed through Medicare Part B.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today unveiled an advanced legislative framework to repeal the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system and replace it with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program. The draft legislation is the latest step...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) and Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-Va.) met with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss his sworn congressional testimony and the search warrant for James Rosen’s e-mails. After the meeting, they issued the joint statement below...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 35-year-old New Boston, Texas woman has been indicted and charged with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska -U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Fairbanks man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Fairbanks, for conspiracy and aiding the distribution of drugs.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Beaver Creek, Yukon -- The Chisana River Fire continues moving to the south with some slow movement to the east. The fire, which was started by lightning May 31, has grown to 47,000 acres. The fire is burning in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and in the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Contrack International, Inc., a global design and construction company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims in connection with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contracts, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Another man has been convicted in relation to the investigation involving the now defunct Panama Unit, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Fabian Rodriguez, 28, of Edinburg, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 500 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The owner and chief executive officer of a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility pleaded guilty today to mail fraud for submitting claims to Medicare for services that were not prescribed by treating doctors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: HONOLULU - - On June 25 and 26, 2013, pursuant to a federal indictment returned by a grand jury on June 20, 2013, law enforcement officers arrested Oahu residents John (33), Makusi (46), Siaosi (32), Jake Del Mundo-(31), Michael (28), Michael (33), and Keschan (29). Also indicted were Oahu residents Julius (42), currently in state custody for an unrelated charge, and Salvador (41) who remains at large.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today sent a to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell seeking further information about the implementation of the National Blueways Secretarial Order. Signed by Secretary Salazar in 2012, this Order establishes...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park Superintendent, Susan L. Boudreau, has extended the closure of Johns Hopkins Inlet to all vessel traffic through July 15, 2013 to protect unweaned harbor seal pups. A recent harbor seal survey found that pupping continued through mid-June, resulting in pups that could be dependent on their mothers through the middle of July.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Scott N. Powers, the former CEO of Arizona-based mortgage loan originator American Mortgage Specialists Inc. (AMS), and David McMaster, a former officer of AMS, were sentenced today to serve 96 and 188 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a $28 million scheme to defraud North Dakota-based BNC National Bank (BNC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Defendant Was The Leader Of The Coronados Locos Salvatruchas Clique Of The MS-13.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Senate adjourned without taking up legislation to address the July 1 student loan interest rate increase...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: News Release. Superintendent Walter J. Chavez announced today that Castillo San Cristobal will stay open until 7:00pm every Friday effective July 5th, 2013. "We are hoping that this will provide our visitors with more time to explore or participate in a ranger guided program at San Cristobal on busy...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today continued their oversight of the implementation of the president’s health care law, writing to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding a recent update to the “Essential Community Provider" (ECP) list maintained...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today unveiled an advanced legislative framework to repeal the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system and replace it with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program. The draft legislation is the latest step...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Randy Lynn White appeared in federal court in Lubbock, Texas, today, before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, and pleaded guilty to an Information charging one count of tax evasion, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. He faces a maximum statutory...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On June 27, 2013, Bryan R. Dunn, age 25, formerly from Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge James E. Gritzner to 37 months imprisonment, after pleading guilty to mailing threatening communications, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Dunn was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
