News from April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Mojave National Preserve has announced a detour for a section of the Mojave Road that was damaged by recent rains in the Piute Range near the park's eastern boundary.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jorge Salazar, age 58, of Georgia was sentenced today to 175 months’ (14 years and six months) imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo in Harrisburg for wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated theft charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today that a federal jury has found Nicholas Jakimer (55, Port Charlotte) guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. He faces a mandatory minimum term of 5 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 27, 2016.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday, April 29, House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats led by Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), in partnership with the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), will hold a forum...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt requesting details after several recent Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and HHS OIG reports found possible waste and mismanagement in CMS’ administration of Obamcare’s...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday, April 29, House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats led by Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), in partnership with the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), will hold a forum...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Devils Tower, WY -. Devils Tower National Monument hopes to take advantage of recent precipitation to conduct a small prescribed burn sometime during the next two weeks. Fire management staff from the Northern Great Plains Fire Management Office and Devils Tower National Monument plan to burn 85 acres...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement today regarding the committee’s failure to include the nomination of Dr. Mary Wakefield to be deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a committee markup off the Senate floor.
By State Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the terrorist attack in Jerusalem...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today published a final rule establishing procedures for handling retaliation complaints under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. The final rule also explains the burdens of proof, remedies and statute of limitations similar to other whistleblower protection statutes that OSHA administers.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: Obed Wild and Scenic River is recruiting teachers to participate in the Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) program this summer. The TRT program is a professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers to spend the summer (June 6 through July 18) acquiring new skills in experiential learning through a program...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 18, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is soliciting applications for grants to establish broadband in unserved rural communities through its Community Connect program. Community Connect is administered by USDA's Rural Utilities Service and helps to fund broadband deployment into rural communities where it is not economically viable for private sector providers to provide service.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 18, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $4.7 million in grants for food safety education, training, and technical assistance projects that address the needs of owners and operators of small to mid-sized farms, beginning farmers, socially-disadvantaged ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: A Broward County, Florida, man prepares fraudulent tax returns and should be barred from preparing federal tax returns for others, according to a civil complaint filed by the Justice Department today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: Defendants Prepared Tax Returns for Clients that Contained False and Inflated Expenses and Credits Three El Paso, Texas, residents were sentenced to prison for preparing and conspiring to prepare false income tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: Jedediah Stout, 32, of Joplin, Missouri, pleaded guilty in the Western District of Missouri today to the arson of a Joplin mosque and two attempted arsons of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Joplin, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson of the Western District of Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: A Miami physician was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme that caused approximately $30 million in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: Return Preparer Allegedly Claimed Fraudulent Education, Fuel Credits Rose M. Chazulle, a tax return preparer in Miami has prepared fraudulent federal tax returns that claim education and fuel credits to which her clients are not entitled, according to a civil lawsuit filed by the Justice Department today. The suit seeks to bar Chazulle and her company, RMC Professional Services Corporation, from preparing federal tax returns for others.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: ELGIN, Ill. ‒ Despite the fact that preventable falls account for nearly 40 percent of all deaths in the construction industry, some employers continue to ignore the dangers and put their workers at serious risk.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES – In a sweeping decision, a federal judge in Los Angeles has found that City National Corporation violated employee retirement laws when it chose its own staff to administer its employee retirement plan in exchange for millions of dollars of unchecked, unreasonably high compensation.
