News published on Federal Newswire in September 2014

By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2014

News Release: Some roads in Zion National Park roads have been reopened after being closed earlier today due to flooding. The only remaining closures are the Kolob Canyons Scenic Drive in the northern section of the park, the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway (State Route 9) and the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive which will remain closed beyond Zion Canyon Lodge. Road crews are working to open these closed roads as soon as it is safe to do so.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: Imagine a massive storm cell hits a major city in the United States, taking out a power substation leaving 20,000 people without electricity. Even with 24-hour support, it takes days before everyone’s power returns. That’s the reality today. But what if there was a way to prevent that power outage? The ...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today that in fiscal year 2014, the U.S. Forest Service invested a total of $20 million in partnerships that supported work and training opportunities for 11,000 youth and veterans on national forests and grasslands. Service members ...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a new peanut revenue policy that will be available for eligible peanut producers. The policy, approved by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors, paves the way for USDA's Risk Management Agency to make it broadly available to producers for the 2015 crop year in all counties where yield-based insurance coverage is currently offered.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: A Miami man was arrested today on health care fraud and money laundering charges in connection with an alleged $24 million scheme to defraud Medicare.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the United States has filed a civil injunction suit against a Dayton, Ohio, man to enjoin him from preparing tax returns which understate his customer’s tax liabilities.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line), a Japanese corporation, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $67.7 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices, allocate customers, and rig bids of international ocean shipping services for roll-on, roll-off cargo, such as cars and trucks, to and from the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: Caremark L.L.C., a pharmacy benefit management company (PBM), will pay the United States $6 million to settle allegations that Caremark knowingly failed to reimburse Medicaid for prescription drug costs paid on behalf of Medicaid beneficiaries who also were eligible for drug benefits under Caremark-administered ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: Nathan R. Garber, 45, of Kalispell, Montana, pleaded guilty in federal court in Bismarck to eleven felony charges stemming from the operation of a saltwater disposal well near Dickinson, in Stark County, North Dakota, the Justice Department announced. Garber pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the settlement of a lawsuit filed by the Navajo Nation regarding the U.S. government’s management of funds and natural resources that it holds in trust for the Navajo Nation. The settlement resolves a long-standing ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: A federal jury in the Western District of Louisiana today returned a verdict imposing the death penalty on a Las Vegas man for the brutal kidnapping and murder of a 12-year-old girl. This case represents the first time the death penalty has been imposed in federal court in the Western District of Louisiana.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: A Detroit-area physician who made fraudulent referrals for home health care in a $1.3 million Medicare fraud scheme pleaded guilty today.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: Two campaign workers pleaded guilty this week in the Southern District of Texas for paying voters to vote in two 2012 elections in Hidalgo County, Texas, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with Autobuses Ejecutivos LLC, doing business as Omnibus Express, a bus company based in Houston, Texas. The settlement resolves a lawsuit filed in August 2013 by the department under the Immigration and Nationality Act’s (INA) antidiscrimination ...

By Fed Newswire | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced its approval of the application filed by Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alabama, to establish a branch at the intersection of West Lake Houston Parkway and Magnolia Cove in Kingwood, Texas.

By Commerce News Now | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement on the President’s proclamation to expand the existing Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, one of the most pristine tropical marine environments in the world.

By Commerce News Now | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement on the President’s proclamation to expand the existing Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, one of the most pristine tropical marine environments in the world.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 26, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule that reduces reporting requirements for federal contractors and subcontractors who hire and employ veterans under provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974.

By DOT News Wire | Sep 26, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Sep 26, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.