News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


Murray, Scott Press to Delay Reorganization of Employee Benefits Security Administration, Demand Justification for Plan

News Release: Dear Mr. Rutledge: We are concerned by a recent report of a proposed reorganization of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), which will be effective on Oct. 1, 2019.[1] The proposed reorganization appears to be a meaningful structural change from the status quo, shifting authorities...


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $20.5 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Nine Airports in North Dakota

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $2.1 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Two Airports in Micronesia

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $16.2 Million in Infrastructure Grants to 26 Airports in Oklahoma

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.



TSA recognizes the Amputee Coalition, All Dulles Area Muslim Society for contributions to traveler experience

Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today recognized two northern Virginia organizations for their work to help the agency ensure fair and lawful treatment of all passengers during the agency’s 17th Annual Disability and Multicultural Coalition Conference held in Arlington, Virginia.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


United States Files Suit Against Pharmacy, Pharmacy Owner, and Pharmacist-in-Charge for Alleged False Billing

News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that the United States has filed a civil lawsuit against G & A Somerton Pharmacy LLC (“Somerton"), its owner Polina Khodak, and its pharmacist-in-charge, Inessa Lerner, alleging that they violated the False Claims...


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $12.5 Million in Infrastructure Grants to 10 Airports in South Dakota

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


News Release: CINCINNATI - The owner and operator of a Hamilton pain clinic pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to illegal distribution of controlled substances, health care fraud and violating the anti-kickback statute.


News Release: BANGOR, Maine - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Eric Tracy, 30, of Bangor, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack." He pled guilty on July 19, 2018.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


Florida woman sentenced for role in drug distribution operation in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brianna Katherine Murray, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was sentenced to three years probation for aiding in the distribution of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $43.3 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Five Airports in Arizona

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A physician who operates a private family practice in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of unlawfully dispensing controlled substances and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty For Involvement In Massive Network Intrusions At U.S. Financial Institutions, Brokerage Firms, A Major News Publication, And Other Companies

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANDREI TYURIN, a/k/a “Andrei Tiurin," pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to computer intrusion, wire fraud, bank fraud, and illegal online gambling offenses in connection with his involvement...


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Richardo Leodoro Urbina, 58, of Muskegon, Michigan was sentenced to serve 480 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for sex trafficking three minors; attempting to sex traffic three more minors; conspiring to sex traffic minors; sex trafficking an adult by force, fraud, or...