News from October 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: Today, the ObamaCare exchanges - where Americans have to go to sign up for Washington-mandated insurance - go live. With delays for large businesses, delays for small businesses, delays for some of the state exchanges themselves, the question is what happens to the average American trying to sign up?.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of York, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and filing false claims with Internal Revenue Service, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: - Crume Drug Store owner billed private insurance companies and Medicare Part D for fraudulent prescriptions, causing a combined loss of $242,963.04.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa, has been sentenced in federal court to 360 months in prison and supervised release for life on his conviction of producing child pornography, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: Ozark National Scenic Riverways has partnered with Timbercreek Cinema in Mountain View, Missouri for a FREE showing of the documentary film Shannon County Home.The film about Shannon County, Missouri was produced in the 1970s and highlights the unique places and people of the county 40 years ago.Film...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC-Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Republican House leadership shut down the federal government...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: Defendant Admits Exchanging Sexually Explicit Photos with a Minor Female.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement concerning the shutdown of the federal government, including the federal Judiciary...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA - Oct. 1, 2013 - Because of the shutdown of the federal government caused by the lapse in appropriations, the National Park Service (NPS) has closed all 401 national parks, including North Cascades National Park Service Complex. All visitor facilities including the North Cascades...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy, chaired by Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., will convene on Wednesday, October 2nd for a hearing entitled, “Oversight of the Wind Energy Production Tax Credit. "
By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC- Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement regarding the Senate moving to go to conference with the House on the 2013 Farm Bill. Majority Leader Harry Reid asked for unanimous consent this afternoon to request a conference with the House, with a conferee ratio of seven Democrats to five Republicans.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today sent a to President Obama calling on him to immediately sign into law H.R. 527, the Helium Stewardship Act. The House and Senate unanimously approved this legislation last week to reform the Federal helium program and prevent an impending helium shortage.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh woman has been sentenced in federal court to 33 months in prison, three years of supervised release and payment of restitution on her conviction of conspiracy to make counterfeit United States currency, making counterfeit United States currency, and dealing in counterfeit United States currency, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., issued the following statement on the problems surrounding today’s launch of Obamacare’s health exchanges...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement in conjunction with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing held today overseeing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the Inspector General ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, introduced the “Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act" to ensure all federal employees receive retroactive pay for the duration of a federal government shutdown, regardless of individual furlough status. Congressman Frank Wolf...
