News from December 2015
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2015
News Release: Coulee Dam, WA -A launch permit is required for the launching of any vessel at all designated National Park Service-managed launch ramps on Lake Roosevelt, regardless of the type of vessel.Boaters may pay a fee of $8, which allows unlimited launches for up to 7 days from the date of purchase (available at each boat launch), or purchase a seasonal permit, which allows unlimited launches from January 1 to Dec. 31, 2016.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I congratulate Congress on passing the Consolidated Appropriations Act. It is a strong bill for homeland security. I am very pleased with the funding levels provided, and the number of other things the bill does to help us protect the Homeland. ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement regarding the language in the omnibus bill repealing the country of origin labeling requirements for beef and pork products.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that communities may now apply to be designated a Promise Zone under the third and final round competition. Read the new notice seeking Promise Zone applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Thirty-two hospitals located throughout 15 states have agreed to pay the United States a total of more than $28 million to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare for minimally-invasive kyphoplasty procedures, the Justice Department announced today. The Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Maryland-based splint supplier Dynasplint Systems Inc., and its founder and president, George Hepburn, have agreed to pay approximately $10.3 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare for splints provided to patients in skilled nursing facilities, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: 21st Century Oncology LLC, has agreed to pay $19.75 million to the government to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing federal health care programs for laboratory tests that were not medically necessary, the Justice Department announced today. 21st Century is a nationwide ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: A resident of Lima, Peru, charged with operating call centers that lied to and threatened Spanish-speaking victims in the United States, convincing them to pay fraudulent settlements, was sentenced today to more than four years in prison in federal district court in Miami, Florida, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse) SA and Edmond de Rothschild (Lugano) SA (collectively EdR Switzerland) reached a joint resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. EdR Switzerland will pay a penalty of more than $45 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Today, President Barack Obama granted commutations of sentence to 95 individuals and pardons to two individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates released the following statement after the clemency announcement made today by President Obama: “The president’s decision today to commute the prison terms of 95 individuals is another sign of this administration’s strong commitment to ensuring fairness in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: A federal jury in Peoria, Illinois, found Nicole Eason guilty on two counts of kidnapping and one count of transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney James A. Lewis of the Central District of Illinois and Special Agent in Charge Sean Cox of the FBI’s Springfield, Illinois, Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: A Westlake, Ohio, cardiologist was sentenced to 20 years in prison for performing unnecessary catheterizations, tests, stent insertions and causing unnecessary coronary artery bypass surgeries as part of a scheme to overbill Medicare and other insurers by $29 million, law enforcement officials said.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: The federal banking agencies today issued a statement to reinforce prudent risk-management practices related to commercial real estate (CRE) lending.
By State News Post | Dec 18, 2015
The US State Department published a two page notice on Dec. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 18, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 18, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 18, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 18, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 18, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
