News published on Federal Newswire in January 2014

By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2014

News Release: #CommActUpdate. Welcome to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s one-stop-shop for information about the committee’s plans for a #CommActUpdate. White papers, press releases, and links to all #CommActUpdate materials will be posted below. Overview. The Committee on Energy and Commerce is issuing a series...

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2014

News Release: #CommActUpdate. Welcome to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s one-stop-shop for information about the committee’s plans for a #CommActUpdate. White papers, press releases, and links to all #CommActUpdate materials will be posted below. Overview. The Committee on Energy and Commerce is issuing a series...

By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2014

News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - Marine debris washing in on Biscayne National Park's shorelines is a huge problem that staff wrestles with on a regular basis. This month's Family Fun Fest at Biscayne National Park takes that "wrestling" part to the extreme as a group of tough-as-nails wrestlers gang up to defeat...

By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2014

News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is seeking public comment on two Special Recreation Permit renewal applications.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today began seeking public input as they work to review and update the Communications Act. In December, Upton and Walden announced that the committee...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: Chad Alan Cole, 45, of Holly, Michigan, was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to production of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Judge Arthur J. Tarnow imposed the sentence.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Raymond Berger, 32, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning to ten years in federal prison followed by 25 years of supervised release for his child enticement conviction. Berger will be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today called for the federal government to end the prohibition against exporting crude oil produced in the United States. Murkowski also released a white paper on U.S. energy export policy, A Signal to the World: Renovating the Architecture of U.S. Energy Exports, at an event held at the Brookings Institution.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: A Florida-based physician, Dr. Ravi Sharma, has agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve allegations that he and his clinics violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing Medicare for vein injections and physician office visits performed by unqualified personnel, the Justice Department announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: The owner and operator of a Miami medical clinic pleaded guilty today in connection with multiple health care fraud schemes involving the defunct clinic Merfi Corp.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: Several patient recruiters, including a medical clinic owner, pleaded guilty today in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving Flores Home Health Care Inc., a defunct home health care company.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: ArthroCare Corporation, a medical device manufacturer based in Austin, Texas, and that trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange, has agreed to pay a $30 million monetary penalty to resolve charges that senior executives at the company engaged in a securities fraud scheme that resulted in more than $400 million ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: Jay G. Conrad, of Lakeland, Tenn., pleaded guilty today in the District of Maine to conspiring to illegally import and traffic narwhal tusks, conspiring to launder money, and illegally trafficking narwhal tusks, announced Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural ...

By Fed Newswire | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: Cornerstone Holding Company, Inc., Fargo, North Dakota Written Agreement dated May 27, 2011 Terminated Dec. 19, 2013 Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Catoosa, Oklahoma and Bank of Commerce, Chelsea, Oklahoma Written Agreement dated Oct. 26, 2009 Terminated Dec. 20, 2013 For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Commerce News Now | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: “Congratulations to Janet Yellen on her bipartisan approval today by the US Senate as the next Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. She possesses an amazing combination of of stellar experience, judgment and brainpower that will serve our nation economy well. I look forward ...

By Commerce News Now | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the release of the November 2013 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services data. U.S. exports of goods and services grew by $1.7 billion to an all-time monthly high of $194.9 billion, from $193.1 billion in October, ...

By Commerce News Now | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: “Congratulations to Janet Yellen on her bipartisan approval today by the US Senate as the next Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. She possesses an amazing combination of of stellar experience, judgment and brainpower that will serve our nation economy well. I look forward ...

By Commerce News Now | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the release of the November 2013 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services data. U.S. exports of goods and services grew by $1.7 billion to an all-time monthly high of $194.9 billion, from $193.1 billion in October, ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today issued the following statement regarding the Senate's procedural vote invoking cloture on a three-month extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation: "Today, the U.S. Senate threw a lifeline that 1.3 million Americans desperately need, agreeing to move forward on legislation to extend emergency unemployment benefits that had expired on Dec. 28.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 7, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $833,835 National Emergency Grant incremental award to continue with the cleanup and recovery efforts resulting from the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding in Mississippi on Feb. 10, 2013. These funds are being awarded to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security to create temporary jobs for eligible individuals to assist in cleanup efforts.