MOODY AFB, Georgia, April 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Moody Air Force Base (23rd Air Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Deanna Muir, 23rd Wing Public Affairs Exercise Ready Tiger 24-1 kicked off and will run April 8-19, 2024, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, and spans across various locations in Georgia and Florida. Designed to simulate real-world scenarios, Airmen will "deploy" alongside wing inspectors to evaluate the 23rd Wing's ability to use decentralized command and control  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary on April 4, 2024: * * * IRS Agent Busted Golfing on the Clock 168 Times Raises Questions About IRS 'Telework' Policy An IRS agent caught playing golf 168 times during the workday was appropriately fired, a federal appeals court ruled (https://cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-orders/22-2045.OPINION.4-3-2024_2295438.pdf) Wednesday. On another 29 occasions, the IRS agent "played golf when he had requested, and had taken, s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following news on April 3, 2024: Three key House committees are seeking answers regarding an intimidation campaign waged by Hunter Biden and his lawyers against legitimate IRS whistleblowers. The whistleblowers are on record in testimony detailing their treatment following lawful, protected disclosures to congress after witnessing the highly unusual treatment of the Biden tax case. On Tuesday April 2, House Judiciary Committee Chairman more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: Seven people were arrested and charged this week in connection with the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in public-assistance benefits from low-income families that need the funds to pay for food, housing and other necessities. The defendants were taken into custody by a U.S. Secret Service-led task force as part of a three-day effort to crack do more PR

OAKLAND, California, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Three individuals were charged with the use of unauthorized access devices were filed this week, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and United States Secret Service ("USSS") - San Francisco Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Shawn Bradstreet. The three defendants--Petrica Mosneagu, 44; Ionut Sopirla, 38; and Virgil Tudoras more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12626) on April 4, 2024, by environmental policy analyst Angela C. Jones. Here are excerpts: * * * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FY2024 Appropriations Enacted on March 9, 2024, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-42) provided funding for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, including funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12623) on April 2, 2024, by immigration policy analyst Abigail F. Kolker: * * * Medical Care Standards in Immigrant Detention Facilities In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic and whistleblower complaints about medical neglect and unnecessary gynecological procedures have led to concerns over the medical care of noncitizens in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47891) on Jan. 3, 2024, entitled "National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): A Primer" by science and technology policy specialist Daniel Morgan. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established in 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (P.L. 85-568) to conduct civilian space and aeronautics activities. According to i more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 4 -- Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Florida, issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (Florida-02) released the following statement after receiving notice that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Audit Team began an audit of USPS locations in Leon County, including the processing and distribution center. "I'm grateful to USPS for sending an audit team to address the current processing and delivery issues in  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement after the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General published its audit report on the Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Richmond: "This USPS OIG report has revealed Postmaster DeJoy's "Delivering for A more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging Ifediora Oli with conspiring with others to defraud the District of money, property, and the honest services of one of its employees. The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Scott of the Washington Field Office, Acting Inspect more PR

POCATELLO, Idaho, April 5 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Dr. Gerald Knouf, a family medicine doctor formerly of Pocatello, Idaho, agreed to pay $96,000 to resolve allegations that he wrote unlawful prescriptions, prescribed dangerous combinations of drugs, and billed Medicare and Medicaid for services that were not performed, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. The settlement also res more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Office of the Inspector General issued the following news: Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released its "Review of the Navy and Marine Corps Policies Covering Sexual Harassment Complaint Processes." This review examined whether the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps effectively managed the Department of the Navy sexual harassment prevention and response pr more PR

RIVER FOREST, Illinois, April 3 -- Dominican University issued the following news release: Two leaders with professional backgrounds in diversity and inclusion building have joined Dominican University in newly created roles. Dr. Gail Phoenix, vice president of people and culture, and Dr. Lizette Rivera, director of Hispanic-serving initiatives and the Title V project, were welcomed by the university in March following nationwide searches. Phoenix steps into a newly created position that inc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Transportation Inspector General issued the following audit announcement on April 1, 2024, entitled "Assessment of FTA's Determinations of Project Sponsors' Progress Toward Meeting TAM Performance Targets for IIJA CIG Funding:" * * * From: David Pouliott, Assistant Inspector General for Surface Transportation Audits To: Federal Transit Administrator One of the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) highest priorities is helping public transit agencies maintain thei more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Transportation Inspector General issued the following audit announcement on April 2, 2024, entitled "Surface Transportation Board's Financial Statements for 2024 and 2023:" * * * To: The Honorable Martin J. Oberman, Chairman, Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423 Dear Chairman Oberman: In accordance with the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002, we are initiating an audit of the Surface Transportation Board's (STB) financial state more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: In a new letter, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), on behalf of the Health and Oversight Republicans, wrote to Government Accountability Office Comptroller General Gene Dodaro. K more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Chair Buddy Carter (R-GA) wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan regarding the agency's Clean S more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), E&C Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), and E&C Subcommittee on Health Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) announced th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: After a whistleblower revealed that the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Sioux City field office was failing to respond to Iowans, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Congressman Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) followed up on her oversight of the impact of federal agency's telework abuse. In a message to Ernst, an Organizational Payee whistleblower exposed the Sioux City SSA field office's habit of ignoring simpl more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) today opened the application period for the following 2024-2025 committees and councils: Advisory Committee, Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee, Council on Climate and Energy Transition, Council on China Competition, Council on Small Business and Council on Advancing Women in Business. The application period begin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: Burlington, Vermont - Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis and Director Owen Herrnstadt traveled to Burlington, Vermont yesterday to visit BETA Technologies' Vermont facilities and receive updates on the company's progress since EXIM's Board of Directors approved an historic $170 million loan under EXIM's Make More in Ameri more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors has approved the selection of E. Marshall Gentry as Deputy to the Chairman and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Gentry succeeds Bret D. Edwards, who retired in February. "Marshall brings an exceptional breadth of experience and knowledge in the areas of financial and risk management to the role of CFO, having  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. * * * Advisory Opinions Advisory Opinion Request 2024-05 (Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom) (https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fec.gov%2Fdata%2Flegal%2Fadvisory-opinions%2F2024-05%2F&data=05%7C02%7CJIngram%40fec.gov%7Cd5f2764f75d048cfb05008dc54ec0e99%7Cee91fa706 more PR

ORLANDO, Florida, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Tijuanna J. Thomas (65, Daytona Beach) has pleaded guilty to theft of government property. Thomas faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. As part of her plea, Thomas has agreed to forfeit $88,440, the proceeds of her criminal conduct, and to make full restitution to the Department of Veterans Aff more PR

WOODBRIDGE, Virginia, April 4 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today relaunched her survey to collect experiences and concerns from Virginians about the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) -- particularly related to delays and disruptions originating at the Richmond Regional Processing and Distribution Center (RPDC) in Sandston, Virginia. The USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a new audit repo more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Austin Martin Siampwizi was sentenced on April 1, 2024, for laundering money procured from fraudulent unemployment claims filed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Siampwizi laundered proceeds from fraudulent unemployment claims filed using the stolen identities of more than 50 victims," said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. "His sentence of imprisonment  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) sent letters to Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Merrick Garland, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel. and Special Counsel David Weiss d more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets issued the following testimony by Jennifer Schulp, director of financial regulation studies at the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives in Cato Institute, involving a hearing on March 20, 2024, entitled "SEC Overreach: Examining the Need for Reform." SEC is the Securities and Exchange Commission. * * * Chair Wagner, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of Subcommittee on Capital Markets,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets issued the following testimony by David R. Burton, a senior fellow in economic policy at the Heritage Foundation, involving a hearing on March 20, 2024, entitled "SEC Overreach: Examining the Need for Reform." SEC is the Securities and Exchange Commission. * * * My name is David R. Burton. I am Senior Fellow in Economic Policy at The Heritage Foundation. I would like to express my thanks to Chairman Wagner, Ran more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The House on March 29, 2024, published an executive communication from President Biden: * * * EC-3608. A letter from the President, transmitting a letter removing the Inspector General of the Railroad Retirement Board from office, effective 30 days from today, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 403(b); Added by Public Law 117-286, Sec. 3(b); (136 Stat. 4208) (H. Doc. No. 118--123); to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and ordered to be printed. * * * The complete list of more ST

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following written testimony by American Legion National Commander Daniel J. Seehafer at a joint hearing with the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on March 13, 2024, on veteran service organizations legislative presentation: * * * The Best Care for Our Nation's Veterans Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Veteran suicide prevention remains the top priority for The American Legion and is the most serious issue facing Americ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by John S. Handzuk, national president of the Fleet Reserve Association, at a joint hearing with the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on March 13, 2024, on veteran service organizations legislative presentation: * * * The Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) is the oldest and largest organization serving men and women in the active, reserve, and retired communities plus veterans of the Navy, Marine Corps, a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Rene Campos, senior director of government relations for veterans wounded warrior care at the Military Officers Association of America, at a joint hearing with the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on March 13, 2024, on veteran service organizations legislative presentation: * * * MOAA appreciates the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees' (SVAC and HVAC) recognition of the value of these joi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Jack McManus, national president of the Vietnam Veterans of America, at a joint hearing with the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on March 13, 2024, on veteran service organizations legislative presentation: * * * Chairmen Tester and Bost, Ranking Members Takano and Moran, and distinguished members of your respective committees. It is my pleasure to appear before you to present the highlights of our more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity issued the following testimony by Matthew Schwartzman, director of legislation and military policy at the Reserve Organization of America, involving a hearing on March 20, 2024, on legislation to improve veteran programs and services: * * * Chairman Van Orden, Ranking Member Levin, and distinguished members of the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, on behalf of the Reserve Organiza more PR

POCATELLO, Idaho, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on April 3, 2024: Dr. Gerald Knouf, a family medicine doctor formerly of Pocatello, Idaho, agreed to pay $96,000 to resolve allegations that he wrote unlawful prescriptions, prescribed dangerous combinations of drugs, and billed Medicare and Medicaid for services that were not performed, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. The settlement also restricts Dr. Knouf's DEA r more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 5 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination on April 4, 2024, involving the Office of Executive Inspector General for Agencies of the Illinois Governor. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION The Office of Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (Office) was established as an independent State agency charged with investigating allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, nonfeasance, more PR

BENTON, Illinois, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A district judge in southern Illinois sentenced a Franklin County doctor to federal prison after he admitted to billing fraudulent insurance claims for profit. Dr. Lee Peter Bee, 50, formerly of Sesser, Illinois, but now of Fenton, Missouri, was sentenced to five months imprisonment and five months home confinement after he pleaded guilty to two counts of health more PR

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: An Iowa nurse who stole pain medication from at least 50 new mothers at a Waterloo hospital was sentenced on March 27, 2024, in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Christina Eileen Olson, formerly known as Christina Eileen Hovey, age 43, of Waterloo, received the prison term after pleading guilty on October 12, 2023, to one count of acquiring a controlled substanc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The owner of two California-based hospice companies, along with his biller and consultant, were sentenced yesterday for their respective roles in a scheme that resulted in stealing over $9 million from Medicare in false and fraudulent claims for hospice services. Gayk Akhsharumov, 40, of Glendale, California, the manager and beneficial owner of San Gabriel Hospice and Palliative Care Inc. (San Gabriel) an more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal grand jury indicted an Alabama man on charges of illegally possessing dogs for fighting purposes and illegally possessing three firearms subsequent to a felony conviction. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama unsealed the indictment in conjunction with the arrest today of Carlton Lenard Adams, 51, of Bessemer and Adger. According to court documents filed in this case, Adam more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: The Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) has agreed to pay the United States $1,262,614.01 to resolve allegations that it received excess payments from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the replacement of an educational facility in Louisiana that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The settlement resolves allegations that, from August 2005 to December 2016, LDE received c more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Two laboratory marketers, George Carralejo of Yorba Linda, California, and Michael Jeresaty of Daniel Island, South Carolina and their marketing companies, as well as five physicians, Dr. Paul Bierig of Plano, Texas, Dr. Mohd Azfar Malik of St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Robert Ain of Wichita, Kansas and Drs. Barry Feinberg and Rachel Feinberg also of St. Louis, and certain affiliated entities ha more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Massachusetts man was arrested today in Hanson, Massachusetts, for allegedly possessing dogs for participation in a dogfighting venture at his Massachusetts home. According to the criminal indictment, John Murphy, 50, of Hanson, was charged on nine counts of possessing animals for use in an animal fighting venture, in violation of the federal Animal Welfare Act. At his home, Murphy possessed items assoc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: A federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, returned an indictment today charging a New Jersey tax preparer with fraudulently seeking more than $150 million from the IRS by filing more than 1,600 false tax returns for himself and his clients that claimed COVID-19-related employment tax credits. Leon Haynes, of Teaneck, New Jersey, was charged with 55 counts of aiding and assisting in the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: An Ohio woman pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the IRS related to her operation of an illegal gambling business. According to court documents and statements made in court, from 2014 through 2018, Stephanie Condric managed, and later co-owned, Gametastic, an illegal gambling business located in Canton, Ohio. Condric and her co-conspirators did not report to the IRS the cash wa more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 4 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release: Kansas lost approximately $88 million in estimated Quality Care Assessment revenues and interest, a performance audit by Kansas Medicaid Inspector General Steven D. Anderson revealed. Quality Care Assessments are fees that skilled nursing facilities pay to the state for Medicaid reimbursement purposes. The assessments are also matched by federal funds. "Continuing care" facilities provide differe more PR

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, April 5 -- The Kentucky Air National Guard issued the following news on April 4, 2024: Fifty-three members of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing supported their European allies Oct. 25 to Nov. 17 as part of the Silver Arrow program, headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. "Silver Arrow assigns real-world missions across Europe to Guard and Reserve units as part of the European Deterrence Initiative," explained Lt. Col. Jennifer Nash, the wing's deta more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 5 -- KFF, an organization that says it focuses on health policy, issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: KFF Health News and Cox Media Group Television Stations announced today that they received the 2024 Goldsmith Awards' inaugural Government Reporting Prize for their joint reporting (https://goldsmithawards.org/honoree/overpayment-outrage/) in the series "Overpayment Outrage," which exposed how the Social Security Administration routinely reduced o more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced today that the Worcester County Superior Court has returned indictments against four individuals in relation to a wide-spread personal care attendant and home health Medicaid fraud scheme in the Worcester area. The defendants allegedly billed over $500,000 to MassHealth, for home health services that were not prov more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: The owner of Expansion Media (Expansion) and Hybrid Management Group (Hybrid) pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with a $110 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), including orthotics such as back and knee braces. Steven Richardson, 40, of Parkland, Fla., pleaded guilty to one cou more PR

NEW YORK, April 6 -- The Center for a Humane Economy issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded state and federal authorities for their collaborative work on the latest crackdown in New Jersey of illegal dogfighting -- a major ring centered in Cumberland County. The series of recent busts in the state reveal a widespread problem of animal fighting that warrants action by the Congress on Senator Cory Booker's FIGHT Act more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan joined U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Rob Wittman (R-VA-01), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Bob Good (R-VA-05), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) in issuing the following statement regarding the United States Postal Service's (USPS) Inspector General (IG) report on the Richmond Regional Processing an more PR

MIAMI, Florida, April 6 -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Daily Business Review honored Morgan Lewis partner Robert Brochin with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its 2024 Florida Legal Awards. Bobby was selected as a recipient of the award in recognition of his positive impact on Florida across multiple areas--including public education, civil rights, and well-being of the elderly--over the course of his 43-year career. Bobby represents corporate clients facing more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 3 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) today announced a multi-month initiative to investigate and prosecute unemployment fraud, which resulted in cases against 20 defendants, who allegedly stole over $1.1 million collectively from New Jersey's unemployment insurance trust fund. The cases are the result of cooperative investi more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Bergen County, New Jersey, tax preparer with fraudulently seeking more than $150 million from the IRS by filing more than 1,600 false tax returns for himself and his clients that claimed COVID-19-related employment tax credits, U.S. Attorney Phillip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jerse more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Two laboratory marketers, their marketing companies, and five doctors have agreed to pay over $1.5 million to resolve allegations of False Claims Act allegations of involvement in laboratory kickback schemes in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. "The kickbacks resulted in the submission of fraudulent laboratory testing claims to Medicare. Clinic more PR

ALBANY, New York, April 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Victoria Shaw, of Mahwah, New Jersey, the owner of Suffern, New York-based Wellcore, Inc., has agreed to pay $500,000 for her role in a scheme whereby she and a former Wellcore official forged signatures of community leaders on federal grant applications and then diverted for personal use federal funds intended to combat youth substance use, announced United Stat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSres) -- The National Quality Forum issued the following news release: The National Quality Forum (NQF) has launched a "Focus on HARM" patient safety initiative to address the high rates of avoidable medical errors and preventable patient harms that continue despite decades of efforts to remediate these events. A 2022 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that 25 percent of Medicare patients were har more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The National Science Foundation has proposed an information collection in a Federal Register notice issued on March 13, 2024, entitled "Grantee Reporting Requirements for the Small Business Innovation Research and the Small Business Technology Transfer Programs." The deadline for public comments is May 13, 2024. The notice was issued by Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer. * * * SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and as part of its continuin more ST

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following memorandum (No. M-24-10). Here are excerpts: * * * MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FROM: Shalanda D. Young SUBJECT: Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most powerful technologies of our time, and the President has been clear that we must seize the opportunities AI pr more PR

ERIE, Pennsylvania, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 57 months in prison on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter imposed the sentence on Kechawn Jabre Douglas, 26. According to information presented t more PR

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Takiyah Gordon Austin, age 47, formerly of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 36 months' imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for a scheme to fraudulently obtain unemployment bene more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) sent a letter to U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General Tammy Hull to request an audit and investigation of the agency's recent consolidation process in North Georgia. Earlier this year, the USPS transitioned and consolidated local Processing & Distribution Centers (PDC) across North Georgia to the Postal Service's new Regional Processing & Dist more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., introduced the "Federal Subaward Reporting System Modernization and Expansion Act" on March 8, 2024. The text of the bill was released on April 2. H.R. 7598. A bill to require the Inspector General to submit a report on the Federal subaward reporting system, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., Michael Cloud, R-Texas, Michael Guest, R-Miss., Clay H more ST

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on April 5, 2024: * * * The IRS Should Serve Taxpayers Not Work Against Them * * * As the 2024 tax deadline nears, Americans are well aware of the outsized impact the Internal Revenue Service can have on their time, attention, and pocketbooks. From supersized agency funding to new reporting requirements on Venmo and PayPal transactions which amount to a "Babysitter Tax" to expanding IRS efforts to take over Ame more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on April 1, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger and a bipartisan group of Virginia congressional lawmakers today released a statement in response to the new audit report from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) on the Richmond Regional Processing and Distribution Center (RPDC) in Sandston, Virginia. The USPS OIG audited the RPDC, because the center is one of th more PR

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a jury has convicted Julian Bear Runner, age 38, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, of six counts of Wire Fraud, one count of Larceny, and one count of Embezzlement and Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization following a three-day jury trial in federal district court in Rapid City, South Dakota. The verdict w more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in leading a letter from a group of Senate Democrats to Department of Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) Alejandro Mayorkas and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Patrick Lechleitne more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Representatives Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Rob Wittman (R-VA-01), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Bob Good (R-VA-05), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) released the following statement regarding the United States Postal Service's (USPS) Inspector General (IG) report on the Richmond Regional Processing and Distribution Center more PR

DALLAS, Texas, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: An Irving man was sentenced yesterday to seven years in prison for his role in a $7 million COVID-19 testing fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Terrance Barnard, 40, was indicted in December 2022 and pleaded guilty in September 2023 to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and aggravated identity theft. more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release: Oncology San Antonio, PA and its affiliated physicians have agreed to pay $1.3 million, and CorePath Laboratories, PA has agreed to pay $2,746,275.22 plus accrued interest, in civil settlements with the United States and the State of Texas to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act. The United States alleged that Oncology San Antonio, a hematology and o more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Linh Cao Nguyen, M.D., of Peoria, pleaded guilty on March 19, 2024, to Health Care Fraud. Nguyen's sentencing is scheduled for May 28, 2024, before United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker. Nguyen admitted that for years, he engaged in a scheme to defraud various health care benefit programs, including Medicare, TRICARE, AHCCCS, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and UnitedHea more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: A Nevada man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to federal prison today for stealing more than $163,000 in Covid relief program funds while on supervised release for two separate state criminal convictions. Justin David Goulet, 36, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison and three years' supervised release. He was also more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), alongside U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Representatives Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Bob Good (R-VA-05), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) released the following statement regarding the United States Postal Service's (USPS) Inspector General (IG) report on the Richmond Regional Processing an more PR