News from May 2017
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing titled, “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid’s Personal Care Services Program:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Juan Daniel Mares, 40, of Amarillo, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 168 months in federal prison on a methamphetamine distribution conviction, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Natural Resources Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) sent a letter to Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ryan Zinke today expressing concerns over President Trump’s executive order instructing DOI to consider new oil and gas leasing...
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid’s Personal Care Services (PCS) program. In recent months, both the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector...
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the Trump administration issued a one year delay of the onerous Obama-era menu-labeling rule...
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Six years ago, with funding from a National Park Foundation Impact Grant, Obed Wild and Scenic River launched its “National Park in Your Backyard" program for Morgan County sixth grade students. As in previous years, the opportunity to participate in this program will be extended to sixth grade students that are homeschooled or who attend schools other than public schools.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: United States Intervenes in False Claims Act lawsuit Against UnitedHealth Group Inc. for Mischarging the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Programs.
By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced witnesses for the Committee’s second field hearing of the 115th Congress in Frankenmuth, Mich., on the upcoming 2018 Farm Bill reauthorization.
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining four bills consistent with the committee’s bipartisan efforts to support the review and regulation of medical devices as part of the FDA user fee reauthorization process.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: The spring Eastern wild turkey hunt will take place in Massachusetts starting April 24, and in Cape Cod National Seashore for a sixth season. The 2017 national seashore turkey hunting season will run the first three weeks of the state four-week turkey season, which is open from April 24 through May 19, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch and Philip Coyne, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Boston Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OIG), today announced that Poplar Healthcare PLLC, and Poplar Healthcare Management, LLC (“Poplar")...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Ohio couple pleaded guilty today to federal drug charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Charley G. Myers, 37, and Tracie M. Reed, 39, both of Proctorville, entered guilty pleas to distributing methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement regarding reports of a rebranding effort by Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization...
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly participated in a conference call briefing today with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Acting Administrator Bob Fenton, senior leadership, and Regional Administrators, ...
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: Local Control of Whole Grains, Sodium, Milk to Make Meals Healthful, Appealing LEESBURG, VA, May 1, 2017 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide greater flexibility in nutrition requirements for school meal programs in order ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: The creator and lead administrator of Playpen, a highly sophisticated website dedicated to the sexual abuse of children which operated on the Tor anonymity network, was sentenced today for his role in this global child exploitation enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Import Merchandising Concepts L.P. (IMC) and two individuals, Glen Michaels and Alan Lewis, have agreed to pay $275,000 to resolve allegations that the company improperly evaded customs duties on imports of wooden bedroom furniture from the People’s Republic ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Deere & Company and the Monsanto Company terminated Deere’s attempt to purchase Precision Planting LLC from Monsanto. The department filed suit on Aug. 31, 2016, to block the acquisition, alleging that the transaction was a merger-to-monopoly in high-speed ...
By Labor Gazette | May 1, 2017
News Release: SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed an alliance with the local Shipyard Workers Union to promote workplace safety and health, provide guidance and training programs for workers, and raise awareness of hazardous operations on ships during building and repair periods. The alliance will benefit an estimated 1,600 Southern California shipyard workers.
