News from June 2016
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a five page rule on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 29, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary Foxx announced the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will allocate the final $834.6 million available in Hurricane Sandy disaster recovery funding. FTA is providing maximum flexibility for impacted communities to direct repairs and has validated additional eligible damage ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Kevin Quinn, of Lancaster, NY, who was convicted of theft of social security retirement benefits, was sentenced to three years probation to include 12 months of home incarceration by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The defendant was also ordered to pay $134,213 in restitution to the Social Security Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Defrauded Arizona-Based Medicaid Funded Health Benefit Care Program of Almost $2 Million.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - Superintendent Trish Kicklighter announced today that crews are still out assessing flood impacts to park facilities including campgrounds, parking lots, boat launches, beaches, roads, and trails at New River Gorge National River, Bluestone National Scenic River, and Gauley River National...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today, JEFFREY LEMON, JR., 30, from Oklahoma City, was sentenced by United States District Judge David L. Russell to serve twelve months in a federal prison for theft of mail by a Postal Service employee, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Received nearly $309,000 in kickbacks from $2,696,400 in fraudulent advertisement sales.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of an Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD) for review. The ESD describes change in the location of the treatment of the Mound Site Plume from the Mound Site Plume Treatment System to the East Trenches Site Plume Treatment System air...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Florida man, formerly of Beverly, Mass., was sentenced today in connection with an fraud scheme involving 75 victims throughout the United States, including many in Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Minneapolis-based Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI), has agreed to pay $8 million to resolve allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to induce physicians to use the company’s medical devices, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charge of embezzlement, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tysin L. Gordon, 30, of Columbus, was sentenced to 96 months in prison in connection with a racketeering case involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Matthew Ian Haught, 33, of Follansbee, West Virginia, was sentenced to twelve months and one day in prison for making a false statement to law enforcement officers, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing to review the 2016 Social Security Trustees Report on Wednesday, June 22, at 2:00 PM in room B-318 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service has completed its planning process to help restore Anacostia Park’s wetlands, some of the last remaining tidal wetlands in our nation’s capital. Once implemented, this approach will result in thriving wetlands, a manageable Canada goose population and a healthier, cleaner Anacostia River ecosystem.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing with Secretary of Education John King to discuss ongoing implementation of the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Jan Alan Shafer, 65, of Oroville, to 10 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for attempted travel with intent to engage in sex with a minor, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Malik D.M. Bell, 23, of Cincinnati, with sex trafficking of children, production of child pornography and transportation of minors in an indictment that was unsealed today.
