News from March 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined bipartisan committee leaders to unveil H.R. 2, legislation to permanently replace the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate and put in place Medicare reforms to promote quality care for seniors. Full committee...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: “Finally, after a decade of trying, we have a bipartisan bill that will permanently repeal the flawed SGR and move Medicare to a health care system based on quality and efficiency, that is good for seniors and doctors alike." said Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ). “As...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today explored the next technology frontier: the Internet of Things (IoT). Members of the subcommittee kicked off the day at the Internet of Things Showcase where they saw firsthand...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: Subcommittees: * Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade (114th Congress) . On Tuesday, March 24, 2015, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will host an Internet of Things Showcase featuring Internet-connected products manufactured in members’ districts. The showcase will precede a subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Derrick Chapman, age 22, of Baltimore, today to 179 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after Chapman pleaded guilty today to carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two Newark, New Jersey, men were each sentenced prison terms today for their involvement in a scheme to smuggle contraband, including marijuana and cell phones, into the Essex County Correctional Facility, a federal pretrial detention facility, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Lowell, Massachusetts- Lowell National Historical Park will debut its new film, Lowell: The Continuing Revolution on Thursday, April 2, 2015 in the Visitor Center Auditorium at 246 Market Street, Lowell. The film will be screened from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in conjunction with the First Thursday event in downtown Lowell.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: In October 2014, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) held a conference to assess progress, impacts, benefits, and lessons learned from utility smart grid projects and to exchange information...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON — Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova to discuss a variety of homeland security related priorities, and reiterate the commitment of the United States to work collaboratively with Bulgaria to share information, combat common threats, and improve bilateral cooperation.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Vilsack and Pritzker to Co-Chair Obama Administration's Broadband Opportunity Council WASHINGTON, March 23, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has funded three rural telecommunications infrastructure projects that will improve broadband service in portions of rural Arkansas, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: The former principal vice president of Bechtel Corporation and general manager of a joint venture operated by Bechtel and an Egyptian utility company was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for accepting $5.2 million in kickbacks to manipulate the competitive bidding process for state-run power contracts in Egypt.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: A Detroit-area medical doctor who referred Medicare beneficiaries for home health services in exchange for illegal cash kickbacks as part of a $3.6 million home health care fraud scheme pleaded guilty today for his role in the scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company has agreed to pay $44 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly issued insurance policies that were ineligible under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) federal crop insurance program and falsified documents, the Justice Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: In a settlement with the United States and the states of Alabama and Oklahoma, Continental Carbon Company has agreed to install pollution control technology that will significantly cut emissions of harmful air pollutants at manufacturing facilities in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas, the Department of Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Releases 48 Findings and 91 Recommendations to Implement Best Practices at the Philadelphia Police Department Note: The report, Collaborative Reform Initiative—An Assessment of Deadly Force in the Philadelphia Police Department can be found HERE on the COPS Office website.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: The United States has sued a former attorney and certified public accountant to bar him from promoting and implementing tax fraud schemes and preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Two West Bloomfield, Michigan, residents and Detroit-area business owners pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit to one count of filing a false federal income tax return, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: A former senior derivatives trader at the London desk for Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) pleaded guilty today in U.S. federal court for his role in a scheme to manipulate the U.S. Dollar (USD) and Yen London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a benchmark interest rate.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Monday announced that they had completed the reviews of resolution plans submitted in 2014 by three large, foreign banking organizations and had issued feedback letters to each institution.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act by KSRS, LLC, Osceola, to become a bank holding company by retaining control of Bancorp II, Inc., Kansas City, and thereby indirectly retaining control of its subsidiary bank, Citizens Community Bank, Pilot Grove, all of Missouri.
