News published on Federal Newswire in September 2014

News Release: Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has signed an antitrust cooperation agreement with the Colombian antitrust agency on behalf of the Department of Justice. The agreement also was signed by Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, and went ...

U.S. Settlement with Michigan Utility to Reduce Emissions at Its Coal-Fired Power Plants, Fund Projects to Benefit Environment and Communities

News Release: Company Estimates Upgrades Will Cost Approximately $1 Billion WASHINGTON – In a settlement with the United States, Consumers Energy, a subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation, has agreed to install pollution control technology, continue operating existing pollution controls and comply with emission rates ...

Ambulance Company Manager Pleads Guilty to $5.5 Million Medicare Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: The general manager of a Southern California ambulance company pleaded guilty yesterday in Los Angeles to conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud, conspiracy to obstruct a Medicare audit, and making materially false statements to law enforcement officers.

Detroit-Area Doctor Admits to Providing Medically Unnecessary Chemotherapy to Patients

News Release: A Detroit-area hematologist-oncologist pleaded guilty today for his role in a health care fraud scheme, admitting that he administered unnecessary chemotherapy to fraudulently bill the Medicare program and private insurance companies. According to court records, the scheme enabled the doctor to submit approximately $225 million in claims to Medicare over six years.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Delivers Remarks at Global Conference on Women in the Boardroom

By Commerce News Now | Sep 16, 2014

News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the Global Conference on Women in the Boardroom, hosted by the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). In her remarks, Secretary Pritzker addressed the urgent need to boost our companies’ ...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Delivers Remarks at Global Conference on Women in the Boardroom

By Commerce News Now | Sep 16, 2014

News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the Global Conference on Women in the Boardroom, hosted by the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). In her remarks, Secretary Pritzker addressed the urgent need to boost our companies’ ...

WHD News Release: Shell Oil and Motiva Enterprises to pay nearly $4.5M in overtime back wages to employees after US Labor Department investigation [09/16/2014]

News Release: HOUSTON — Shell Oil Co. and Motiva Enterprises LLC, which markets Shell gasoline and other products, have agreed to pay $4,470,764 in overtime back wages to 2,677 current and former chemical and refinery employees as a result of investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor that found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

OSHA News Release: 51-year-old worker fatally engulfed in Lake Preston, South Dakota, grain elevator [09/16/2014]

News Release: LAKE PRESTON, S.D. — A 51-year-old worker was fatally injured when he became engulfed in flowing grain in a railcar load-out elevator at Prairie Ag Partners. On March 15, 2014, the incident occurred when the worker attempted to remove a jam from a chute while the auger operated. The U.S. Department of ...

OSHA News Release: US Labor Department seeks damages for wrongly terminated Sandpoint, Idaho, employee [09/16/2014]

News Release: SEATTLE — The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho against Sandpoint Gas ‘n' Go & Lube Center Inc., in Sandpoint, Idaho, and its owner Sydney M. Oskoui, individually, for violating the whistleblower protection provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The investigation determined that Sandpoint and its owner terminated a mechanic for raising safety and health concerns in the workplace.

OSHA News Release: OSHA cites KVK Foundry for repeatedly violating safety standards [09/16/2014]

News Release: MILLINGTON, Ill. — KVK Foundry Inc. has been cited for two willful and two repeat violations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. A March 2014 follow-up inspection found the Millington-based company failed to maintain requirements of OSHA's respiratory protection ...

Notice published by Transportation Department on Sept. 16

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Transportation Department publishes notice on Sept. 16

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Notice published on Sept. 16 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

What did Transportation Department publish on Sept. 16?

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Notice published by Transportation Department on Sept. 16

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Transportation Department publishes notice on Sept. 16