News published on Federal Newswire in March 2013

News from March 2013


News Release: New Jersey-based Par Pharmaceutical Companies Inc. pleaded guilty in federal court today and agreed to pay $45 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability in the company’s promotion of its prescription drug Megace ES for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and not covered by federal health care programs, the Justice Department announced.


News Release: Bryan Underwood, a former civilian guard at a U.S. Consulate compound under construction in China, was sentenced today to nine years in prison in connection with his efforts to sell for personal financial gain classified photographs, information and access related to the U.S. Consulate to China’s Ministry ...


News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School (UMDNJ) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The settlement resolves complaints that the UMDNJ School of Medicine and the UMDNJ School of Osteopathic ...


News Release: A third indictment, this time charging two former officers at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI), was returned today, in relation to assaults of an inmate, identified as K.D., and subsequent obstruction of justice, announced Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. On Feb. 26, 2013, a grand jury returned two indictments charging a total of nine current or former RCI officers with two subsequent assaults of the same inmate, K.D.


News Release: The owner and operator of a Houston-area ambulance company was convicted by a federal jury in Houston of multiple counts of health care fraud for submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicare, Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney ...


Federal Reserve Board publishes report containing summary information on debit card transactions in 2011

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday published a report containing summary information on the volume and value, interchange fee revenue, certain debit card issuer costs, and fraud losses related to debit card transactions in 2011. The report is the second in a series to be published every two years pursuant to section 920 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA).


News Release: Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank Remarks at National Congress of American Indians Thank you, President Keel. Good morning everyone. It’s an honor to be here with the National Congress of American Indians.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.