News from September 2018
By USDA Wire | Sep 18, 2018
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Sept. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 18, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Sept. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 18, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Sept. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: DUBLIN, GA: Former gynecologist George “Mack" Bird III, 59, was sentenced to more than eight years in prison and fined $20,000 on Tuesday, Sept. 18, for dispensing and prescribing addictive opioids and other drugs to people who received little or no medical services from clinics in Dublin and Eastman. Bird also agreed to forfeit $2.7 million of seized assets and real estate that he admitted were traceable to proceeds of his crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: DOJ-Sponsored Conference Promotes Collaborative Approach to Addressing the Needs of Victims of Crime in Indian Country in Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury indicted a former Fort Dix correctional officer today for accepting cash bribes in exchange for delivering contraband to federal inmates at Fort Dix, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito and Special Agent in Charge Guido Modano of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, New York Field Division, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Defendants Responsible for Creating the “Mirai" and Clickfraud Botnets Continue to Assist FBI as Part of their Sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced that Christopher Owens was sentenced to 41 months in prison for unlawfully prescribing oxycodone hydrochloride without a medical purpose.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Salt Lake City - The Bureau of Reclamation today awarded a $3.4 million contract to Bio-West Inc., of Logan, Utah, to determine how habitat, flows, water temperatures, trends in other fish species and other variables affect the endangered razorback sucker in the Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon inflow areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Dr. Jayam Krishna Iyer (66, Clearwater) today pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, or 20 years, if her offense involves serious bodily injury. As part of the plea, Iyer has agreed to surrender both her DEA registration number that she used to prescribe controlled substances and her Florida medical license, and to a permanent exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - The former owner of a Bridgeville, PA Suboxone clinic pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of unlawfully distributing controlled substances and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Death Valley National Park and Death Valley Natural History Association are offering a limited number of opportunities to visit Scotty’s Castle to see the flood damage and learn about repairs. Scotty’s Castle has been closed since a massive flood on Oct. 18, 2015 caused extensive damage to utilities, buildings, and Bonnie Clare Road.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: LEESBURG, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Great Southern Peanut LLC for safety and health violations after conducting a follow-up inspection as part of a formal settlement with the agency. The Leesburg, Georgia, peanut processing facility faces $309,505 in proposed penalties.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - EM Assistant Secretary Anne White and Richard Sexton, president and CEO of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL), signed a five-year extension to a Statement of Intent (SOI) that allows EM and Canada’s nuclear cleanup program to exchange information on used fuel and radioactive waste...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. -Two Wyoming County men were sentenced today in federal court for their respective roles in a scheme to commit insurance fraud by arson, announced United States Attorney Michael B. Stuart. Dudley Bledsoe, 63, of Hanover, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay $294,085.07...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: A Swainsboro, Ga., man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation that distributed cocaine and crack cocaine in Emanuel and Richmond counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Canton Police Detective Michael Rastetter was among 25 law enforcement officers and deputies from 12 jurisdictions across the country honored today by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Justice Department leadership today as recipients of the second annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing, recognizing the exceptional work.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Workers recently removed an estimated 20,000-pound ventilation stack from the Main Plant Process Building at EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a former Eagle River resident has been sentenced in federal court for embezzling approximately $150,000 from the Mustang Hockey Association.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: PRICE, Utah- The Bureau of Land Management Price Field Office has concluded the gather and removal of excess wild horses from areas in and around the Muddy Creek Herd Management Area (HMA) in Emery County, Utah.
