News from April 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Florida woman today in a health care fraud scheme that billed private health insurers more than $58 million for services that were never provided and were not medically necessary.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 18, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million grant to the city of Murrieta, California, for renovations to the Murrieta Innovation Center needed to develop a life science startup incubator.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jason Jordan, 36, Mesa, Arizona, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 8 years in prison for attempted distribution of fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Jordan pleaded guilty to these charges on Jan. 25, 2022.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page rule on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Secretary Chris Seed to continue our close coordination in holding the Russian government to account for its unprovoked and brutal war against ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), joined by several Select Subcommittee...
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: This Equity Action Plan outlines specific actions, metrics, and accountability efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness to successfully integrate Executive Order (E.O) 13985 into all aspects of our foreign affairs mission.
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken:. We write regarding the continued challenges surrounding diplomatic accreditation faced by LGBTQI+ Department of State employees and their spouses. This issue should be proactively raised in all relevant bilateral meetings by Department leaders, especially at the Chief of Mission...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department filed an amended complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona to add American Vision Partners (AVP) as a co-defendant in the department’s lawsuit against Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center (BDP). The amended complaint alleges that AVP and BDP discriminate against patients who, because of their disabilities, need assistance transferring from their wheelchairs for eye surgery.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant team recently completed loading approximately 55,000 pounds of small carbon pellets into the emissions treatment system of the Low-Activity Waste (LAW ) Facility.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: MIAMI - The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking nominations for membership on the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - Each year, hundreds of workers are injured - some fatally - on construction sites. So, as the spring construction season gets into full swing, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and more than 500 voluntary employee members of the Associated General Contractors of South Dakota are teaming up to protect workers from common construction industry hazards.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a five page proposed rule on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Cortez L. Brown, 33, of Haynesville, Louisiana, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on numerous charges, including threatening to unlawfully damage and destroy buildings in Sarepta and Springhill, Louisiana. Brown is charged in the indictment with four counts of wire fraud, two counts of theft of government money, and five counts of making explosive threats.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Huron, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on April 11, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: HONOLULU - Brandon Charles Saffeels, 37, a former Maui Police Department officer, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court to attempted child enticement. U.S. District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi took Saffeels’ guilty plea and scheduled sentencing for September 7, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: Cedar Rapids, IA - U.S. Marshals today arrested a man near Chicago who is wanted on several charges in Iowa and Illinois.
