LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Yosef Y. Manela, a Los Angeles-based businessman who owns and operates an accounting firm, law firm and consulting company, has paid $802,341 to the United States to resolve allegations that he and his three companies violated the False Claims Act in connection with six loans the businesses received under the Paycheck Protection Program (PP more PR

SANTA ANA, California, Sept. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: Law enforcement officials today arrested six Orange County residents charged in three indictments alleging, among other crimes, they stole identities to defraud California's unemployment insurance (UI) system and to fraudulently apply for lines of credit from a lender, using the identity theft victims' homes as collateral. In total, seven defendants are charg more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release: A federal grand jury indicted three defendants in connection with alleged schemes to import from China, fraudulently market, and illegally transport the hazardous chemical trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA), in violation of various U.S. laws and regulations. One of the defendants, Jermoine "Jay" C. Brantley (aka Jay E. Johnson), 52, of Murrieta, Calif. more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The Carbon Capture Coalition issued the following statement on Sept. 13, 2024: * * * This statement may be attributed to Carbon Capture Coalition executive director Jessie Stolark in light of recent press reports on 45Q: "The federal Section 45Q tax credit is regulated by one of the most rigorous, transparent reporting mechanisms in existence in the US tax code, and as a matter of law and design, it cannot be used as a subsidy by companies that fail to capture, store, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate on Sept. 10, 2024, for the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act (S. 1570): * * * S. 1570 would require the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to issue or update guidance to minimize the risk of contaminating breastmilk, baby formula, and related accessories during the passenger screening process at airports. The bill also would require the Inspector General of the Depar more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Sept. 6 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies that make Minnesota a freer, more prosperous and better-governed state, issued the following commentary: * * * Congress Subpoenas Walz on Feeding Our Future Documents Written by Bill Glahn On Wednesday, the Education and Workforce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives issued a press release announcing: "Chair Foxx Subpoenas Wal more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated July 29, 2024, from Commonwealth Care Alliance, Boston, Massachusetts: * * * CCA RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSED RULE ON MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF SIGNIFICANT, ANOMALOUS, AND HIGHLY SUSPECT BILLING ACTIVITY ON MEDICARE SHARED SAVINGS PROGRAM FINANCIAL CALCULATIONS IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023 (CMS-1799-P) To: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Adminis more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated July 29, 2024, from Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS-1799-P 7500 Security Blvd Baltimore, MD 21244 Re: Medicare Program: Mitigating the Impact of Significant, Anomalous, and Highly Suspect Billing Activity on Medi more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of the Inspector General issued the following memorandum on Aug. 29, 2024, regarding the audit of the First Responder Network Authority's oversight of service availability for the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network: * * * MEMORANDUM FOR: Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Joseph M. Wassel, Executive more PR

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Sept. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss announced today that Dr. Vishal Patel, a Wilmington physician, has agreed to pay $1,080,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by ordering medically unnecessary durable medical equipment for patients covered by Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). Between February 2018 and April 20 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following memorandum on Sept. 9, 2024, regarding the joint evaluation of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's integration of Maven: * * * MEMORANDUM FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY DIRECTOR, NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SUBJECT: Joint Evaluation of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Integration of Maven (DoD OIG Project No. D2024-DEV0SI-0158.000; NGA OIG Project No. 24 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following memorandum on Sept. 3, 2024, entitled "Reannouncement of the Audit of the Measures to Assess Effectiveness of Actions to Address Barriers for Promotion Selection Boards:" * * * MEMORANDUM FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR READINESS DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL P more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following unclassified summary report (No. DODIG-2024-124) on Aug. 28, 2024, entitled "Evaluation of Sustaining Engineering Actions for the Space Force's Upgraded Early Warning Radar." Here are excerpts: * * * Objective The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General conducted an evaluation titled "Evaluation of Sustaining Engineering Actions for the Space Force's Upgraded Early Warning Radar." The objective of this evalua more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following report (No. DODIG-2024-127) on Aug. 29, 2024, entitled "External Peer Review of Army Audit Agency Special Access Program Projects." Here are excerpts: * * * MEMORANDUM FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SUBJECT: External Peer Review of Army Audit Agency Special Access Program Projects (Report No. DODIG 2024-127) This final report provides the results of the DoD Office of Inspector General's external peer revi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following quarterly report to Congress on Aug. 27, 2024, regarding Operation Enduring Sentinel. Here are excerpts: * * * We are pleased to present this Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to Congress on Operation Enduring Sentinel (OES). This report discharges our quarterly reporting responsibilities pursuant to Section 419 of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. In October 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD) ini more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following report (DODIG-2024-129) on Sept. 10, 2024, entitled "Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: L.C. Industries, Inc. Vicksburg, Mississippi." Here are excerpts: * * * Background LCI is a diversified manufacturing, distribution, and retail company that operates base supply centers on military bases across the United States. In December 2017, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center awarded LCI a contract to o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following report (No. DODIG-2024-128) on Sept. 4, 2024, entitled "Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: U.S. Army Reserve 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade Fort Carson, Colorado." Here are excerpts: * * * Background The 11 ECAB In support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Spartan Shield, the Department of the Army tasked the 11 ECAB with mobilizing approximately 1,200 11 ECAB Soldiers for a 400-day deployment more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Transportation Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. QC2024038) on Sept. 4, 2024, entitled "Quality Control Review of the Independent Auditor's Report on the Surface Transportation Board's Information Security Program and Practices." Here are excerpts: * * * What We Looked At The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requires agencies to implement information security programs. FISMA also requires agencies to have annual more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On August 6, 2024, the Michigan Ontonagon Sheriff's Office arrested Alexander Ross for fraudulently inducing a sale of an aircraft in Florida. Ross allegedly misrepresented material facts regarding an aircraft and aircraft parts in order to sell an aircraft using wire transfers totaling $237,660. DOT-OIG is conducting this investigation wit more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On August 13, 2024, Dunyadar Gasanov pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to making false statements. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts filed a superseding information charging Dunyadar Gasanov with making false statements. Dunyadar Gasanov and Dartanyan Gasanov were previously indicte more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On August 8, 2024, the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania convicted and sentenced Welton "Darl" Shipe to 1 year of probation. In May 2024, Shipe pled guilty to one count of unsworn falsification to authorities related to work on the Mark West Liberty Pipeline, an interstate pipeline providing the transport of natural gas  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On August 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan sentenced Asphalt Specialists, LLC (aka ASI) to a $6.5 million fine and an $800 special assessment. In January 2024, ASI pleaded guilty to two separate bid rigging conspiracies. The investigation revealed that, as early as March 2013 until at least November 20 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On August 7, 2024, a Federal grand jury in the Western District of Oklahoma indicted Sioux Erosion Control, Inc., Vice President BG Dale Biscoe, and estimator Randall Shelton for conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing prices and rigging bids for erosion control products and services, including solid slab sodding. The ind more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On August 5, 2024, a grand jury in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Oklahoma indicted Bryce Daniel Hubbard for one count of interference with the operation of an aircraft. The Tulsa Police Department previously arrested Hubbard for allegedly shooting a firearm at a Tulsa Police helicopter while in flight on or about Decem more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On August 13, 2024, a grand jury in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Texas indicted Patrick Trevor White on one count of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce. The indictment alleged White communicated via cellular phone with the Director of Operations of Skyway Charter, LLC, and threatened to injure another person.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Education Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A23CA0140) on Sept. 5, 2024, entitled "Rehabilitation Services Administration's Oversight of the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program." Here are excerpts: * * * TO: Glenna Wright-Gallo, Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services FROM: Sean Dawson, Assistant Inspector General for Audit SUBJECT: Final Audit Report, "Rehabilita more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General issued the following memorandum (No. 24-N-0051) on Sept. 4, 2024, entitled "The Agency Did Not Properly and Timely Disclose Fraud in its Programs and Operations:" * * * FROM: Sean W. O'Donnell, Inspector General TO: Michael S. Regan, Administrator Purpose: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General has identified a concern regarding the EPA's obligation to properly and timely disc more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSrep) -- The Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General issued the following xx-page report (No. 24-E-0055) on Aug. 12, 2024, entitled "State Program Deficiencies and Inadequate Agency Oversight of State Enforcement Contributed to the Drinking Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi." Here are excerpts: * * * At A Glance Why We Did This Evaluation To accomplish this objective: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this eva more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis travelled to Brisbane and Sydney, Australia last week to deliver keynote remarks at the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AUSIMM) conference and highlight how the United States and Australia collaborate to bolster critical mineral supply chains during government and privat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) Director Owen Herrnstadt traveled to California this week to discuss EXIM's clean and renewable energy initiatives at events featuring local business leaders, government officials and academics.On Monday, Director Herrnstadt spoke on a panel for the Southern Cone Reverse Trade Mission for Initiative for Mitigating Pollu more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Office of the Inspector General for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following memorandum on Sept. 4, 2024, entitled "Calendar Years 2022 and 2023 Risk Assessment of the Board's Purchase Card Program." Here are excerpts: * * * TO: Board of Governors FROM: Khalid Hasan, Assistant Inspector General for Information Technology SUBJECT: Calendar Years 2022 and 2023 Risk Assessment of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Office of the Inspector General for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following memorandum on Sept. 4, 2024, entitled "Fiscal 2022 and 2023 Risk Assessment of the Bureau's Purchase Card Program:" * * * TO: Rohit Chopra, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau FROM: Khalid Hasan, Assistant Inspector General for Information Technology SUBJECT: Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 Risk A more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Office of the Inspector General for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following report (No. 2024-MO-C-016) on June 24, 2024, entitled "The Board Effectively Monitors Consumer Complaints but Can Enhance Certain Processes." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary Findings The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Office of Consumer Response generally followed its processes for r more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 21, 2024, from the Small Business in Transportation Coalition: * * * To: The Honorable Pete Buttigieg Secretary of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave SE, Washington, DC 20590 Re: ***PETITION*** from the SBTC for Advisory Opinion on the UCR Plan's Alleged Status as an "Interstate Compact" on docket FMCSA-2023-0268. * * * Dear  more ST

OCALA, Florida, Sept. 11 -- 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 the arrest of Muller Vedrine (33, Miami) on a two-count indictment charging him with assaulting, resisting, and impeding officers of the United States, and possession of contraband by a federal inmate. If convicted, Vedrine faces up to 14 years in federal prison. According to court records, Vedrine is a federal inma more PR

TAMPA, Florida, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walgreen Co. (together, Walgreens) have agreed to pay $106.8 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and state statutes for billing government health care programs for prescriptions never dispensed. Walgreens, headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, operates one of the largest retail pharmacy chains in the country more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Travis Lee Harris has been sentenced to federal prison for wire fraud stemming from his fraudulent acquisition of a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for nearly $1,000,000, during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Harris falsified a loan application to obtain PPP funds for his business that he then blatantly used to fund a lavish lifestyle," said U.S. Attorney Ryan K more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is demanding answers from the FBI on its failure to implement necessary changes to improve its practices regarding child sex offense cases. A recent Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit ("the 2024 Audit") spurred this latest oversight push, which builds on Grassley's lon more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HARLINGEN, Texas Brendy Yohana Bamaca-Zacarias, 24, a Guatemalan national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, passed away September 7 at the Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. An official cause of death is pending. Bamaca entered the U.S. near Rio Grande City, Texas, on August 31. U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered B more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a notice for three information collections on Aug. 30, 2024, including "Medicaid State Plan Base Plan Pages". SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notic more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-01-22-01502) on June 6, 2024, entitled "The Food and Drug Administration's Inspection and Recall Process Should Be Improved To Ensure the Safety of the Infant Formula Supply" filed under the Administration for Children and Families. Here are excerpts: * * * Report Highlights Why OIG Did This Audit * The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers not to use certa more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. OEI-07-22-00530) on June 26, 2024, entitled "Many States Lack Information To Monitor Maltreatment in Residential Facilities for Children in Foster Care" filed under the Administration for Children and Families. Here are excerpts: * * * Why OIG Did This Review *States oversee residential facilities, and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) provides funding and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSrep) -- The Homeland Security Inspector General issued the following report (No. OIG-24-49) on Sept. 3, 2024, entitled "Customs and Border Protection Needs to Improve Its Oversight and Monitoring of Penalty Cases." Here are excerpts: * * * MEMORANDUM FOR: Troy A. Miller, Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection FROM: Joseph V. Cuffari, Ph.D., Inspector General SUBJECT: CBP Needs to Improve Its Oversight and Monitoring of Penalty Cases Attached for you more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSrep) -- The Homeland Security Inspector General issued the following report (No. OIG-24-50) on Sept. 3, 2024, entitled "TSA Made Progress Implementing Requirements of the 9/11 and TSA Modernization Acts but Additional Work Remains." Here are excerpts: * * * MEMORANDUM FOR: The Honorable David P. Pekoske, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration FROM: Joseph V. Cuffari, Ph.D., Inspector General SUBJECT: TSA Made Progress Implementing Requirements of the 9 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-528) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 8580) making appropriations for military construction, Veterans Affairs and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025. The report was advanced by Rep. John Carter, R-Texas, on May 28, 2024. * * * (Continued from Part 4 of 8) BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS Appropriation, fiscal year 2024...$287,000,000 Budget request, fiscal year 2025...267,000, more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued the following information for an oversight hearing with the inspectors general of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation and Amtrak at 10 a.m. on Sept. 18, 2024, at 2358A Rayburn House Office Building: Witnesses * The Honorable Eric J. Soskin, Inspector General, Department of Transportation * The Honorable Rae Oliver Davis, Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development *  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The House Homeland Security Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-635) on the Streamlining Law Enforcement Information Sharing Act (H.R. 8654), which aims to direct the Comptroller General of the U.S. to conduct a review of the Homeland Security Information Network. The report was advanced by Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, on Aug. 30, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE AND SUMMARY The purpose of H.R. 8654, the "Streamlining Law Enforcement Information Sharing Act,"  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a markup will take place on Wednesday, September 18th at 10:00 am ET to consider a series of legislation. WHAT: Full Committee Markup * H.R. 3642, the Executive Branch Accountability and Transparency Act of 2023 * H.R. ____, the Office of National Dr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The House on Aug. 2, 2024, published eight executive communications from the Executive Branch: * * * EC-5018. A letter from the Acting Secretary of Labor, Chair of the Board of Directors, and Acting Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's Projections Report, FY 2023, pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 1308(a); Public Law 93-406, Sec. 4008 (as amended by Public Law 109- 280, Sec. 412); (120 Stat. 936); to the Committee on Education and the Workf more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The House on Sept. 3, 2024, published 10 executive communications from the Executive Branch: * * * EC-5187. A letter from the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting a notice of the Department's intention to accept a donation of land including 3,415 acres of land in the Shasta-Trinity and Klamath National Forests, located in Siskiyou and Trinity Counties, California, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1135(a); Public Law 88-577, Sec. 6(a); (78 Stat. 896). EC- more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Committee's oversight hearing entitled, "Accountable or Absent?: Examining VA Leadership Under the Biden-Harris Administration," which will discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) account more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-599) on the Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Act (H.R. 6452), which aims to amend Title 38 of the U.S. Code to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer. The report was advanced by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, on July 18, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 6452, the "Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Act of 2024," was introduced by Represen more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Vice President Harris's latest so-called "small business tax relief" proposal is actually intended to distract attention away from her longstanding plans to increase taxes on Main Street. Her proposed minimal deductions for start-up costs are little consolation for the small businesses that are targeted by her plan to impose a new 44.6 percent tax rate on Main more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Illinois Executive Inspector General issued a 66-page annual report in August 2024.  Here are the excerpts: Message from Executive Inspector General Susan Haling It is with great pleasure that I present the FY2023 Annual Report for the Office of Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (OEIG). This report highlights our work in the past fiscal year, and also commemorates our 20th anniversary as an office. For FY2023, the OEIG received more ST

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Des Moines returned an indictment charging 18 individuals with offenses related to bank fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy. As alleged in the Indictment, Defendants orchestrated a nationwide scheme to defraud financial institutions and draw funds from stolen business checks. Defendants, located across the country, first obtained the sto more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that the Western Union Remission Fund began its second distribution of approximately $18.5 million in funds forfeited to the United States from the Western Union Company (Western Union) to approximately 3,000 victims located in the United States and abroad. These victims stand to recover the full amount of their losses. This is the second distributio more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Yosef Y. Manela, a Los Angeles-based businessman who owns and operates an accounting firm, law firm and consulting company, has paid $802,341.40 to the United States to resolve allegations that he and his three companies violated the False Claims Act in connection with six loans the businesses received under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Manela and his companies also agreed to repay the lender for more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: A Maryland man pleaded guilty yesterday to accepting cash bribes in exchange for helping acquaintances and their businesses procure and continue work on subcontracts with the IRS. According to court documents, Satbir Thukral, 62, of Germantown, worked for the IRS as a computer engineer and supervised various information technology contracts. In September 2018, Company 1 began working on  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * Defendant Caused Nearly $3M in Loss to the IRS * * * An Ohio man was sentenced to over seven years in prison today for tax, money laundering and gambling crimes arising out of his ownership and operation of illegal gambling businesses and related misconduct. According to court documents and statements made in court, from 2009 through 2022, Steven Saris owned and operated multip more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: An Ohio man was sentenced to 20 months in prison today for conspiring to defraud the IRS by not reporting income he earned from his ownership and operation of illegal gambling businesses. According to court documents and statements made in court, from 2010 through 2018, Jason Kachner, of Canton, along with Christos Karasarides Jr. and other co-conspirators, owned and operated two illegal more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Justice Inspector General issued the following investigative summary (No. 24-105) on Sept. 11, 2024, entitled "Findings of Misconduct by a Federal Bureau of Investigation Assistant Special Agent in Charge for Sexual Harassment, Making Racially Insensitive Remarks, Making Misrepresentations to Supervisors, Bullying Subordinates, Threatening Subordinates with Retaliation and Lack of Candor." * * * The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) i more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Justice Inspector General issued the following investigative summary (No. 24-097) on Aug. 28, 2024, entitled "Findings of Misconduct by a Federal Bureau of Prisons Warden for Inappropriate Sexual Relationship with a Subordinate Employee and Sexual Harassment of Another Subordinate Employee." * * * The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated this investigation upon the receipt of information from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), both of whom serve on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a bipartisan group of 18 senators in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in support of delaying the institutional reporting deadline for the new Gainful Employment (GE) and Financial Value Transparency (FVT) regulations to July 2025 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Labor Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 24-24-005-50-598) on Sept. 4, 2024, entitled "Quality Control Review for the Single Audit of the County of Greenville, South Carolina for the Fiscal Ended June 30, 2023." Here are excerpts: * * * To: Joseph M. Kernell, County Administrator, Greenville County Administrative Office, 301 University Ridge, Greenville, SC 29601 Subject: Quality Control Review for the Single Audit of the County of Greenville, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: CLICK HERE to view the floor speech on YouTube. CLICK HERE to view the floor speech on Rumble. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) delivered remarks on the Senate Floor calling out the rewrite of history on the border bill negotiations and stressed the national security crisis at the southern border. Lankford serves as the lead Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Gove more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: The Chief Executive Officer of Dana Group Associates, who is also the former Chief Operating Officer of Prime Behavioral Health, was charged today in connection with a scheme to defraud health care benefit programs by directing false billing for patient visits. Miguel Saravia, 42, was charged and has agreed to plead guilty to six counts of he more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Former Massachusetts State Senator Dean A. Tran was convicted yesterday following a six-day trial for scheming to defraud the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance and collecting income that he failed to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Tran, 48, of Fitchburg, was convicted of 20 counts of wire fraud and three count more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: Frederick Douglass Moorefield, Jr., age 63, of Arnold, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of conspiracy to engage in animal fighting, specifically the fighting of dogs, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent in Cha more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: Senior United States District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Ayaz Qureshi, age 55, of Severna Park, Maryland to a year and a day in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, in connection with a conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting financial institutions, relating to more than $250,000 in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") benefits more PR

OXFORD, Mississippi, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: A federal jury convicted a Columbus man and a Clarksdale woman today for applying for and receiving a fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA) related to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ramirez Ivy, of Columbus, Mississippi and Felicia Smith more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release: One current and one former employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs have been indicted and accused of fraudulently obtaining pandemic loans. Kahroun Armstrong, also known as Kahroun Leflore, 48, of Black Jack, Missouri, was indicted September 4 on two counts bank fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement. Dortatius L. Hil more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release: A man residing in Manchester pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding Medicaid and the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of more than $68,000, which were benefits he was not entitled to, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Joel Gonzalez, a/k/a Joel Gonzalez De La Cruz, a/k/a Joel Cruz, a/k/a Joel King, 40, pleaded guilty to making False S more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: An India- and New Jersey-based man who operated jewelry companies in New York City's Diamond District admitted today to spearheading a scheme to illegally evade customs duties for more than $13.5 million of jewelry imports into the United States and with illegally processing more than $10.3 million through an unlicensed money transmitting business,  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: A Burlington County, New Jersey, man and a Mercer County, New Jersey, man made their initial court appearances today on charges of participating in a conspiracy to obtain overtime payments from the city of Trenton for work they did not perform, by fraudulently inflating the overtime hours they claimed to have worked conducting residential lead inspe more PR

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Cadets from the Ohio and Virginia wings have been named as the next chair and vice chair of Civil Air Patrol's National Cadet Advisory Council. Cadet Lt. Col. Megan Panchula of the Ohio Wing's Frank H. Kettlewood Composite Squadron is replacing Cadet Lt. Col. Soren Koh of the Illinois Wing's Col. Charles Compton Composite Squadron as the NCAC chair. A CAP member since July 2019, Panchula more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Student Borrower Protection Center issued the following news release: * * * CFPB's Blockbuster Enforcement Action Drove Biden-Harris Administration to Cancel $50 Billion in Student Loans for One Million Borrowers * * * Navient Corporation, the one-time student loan market leader, was permanently banned by its primary federal regulator, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), from servicing any federal student loans and from buying additional federal student l more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: The former executive director of the Clermont Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to federal program theft. Timothy Holland, 57, of Williamsburg, Ohio, admitted to stealing tens of thousands of dollars intended to assist low-income residents of Clermont County, Ohio. According to court documents, Hollan more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: A federal superseding indictment was unsealed Monday in the District of Oregon charging an Arizona man and three associates for conspiring with one another and others to devise and carry out a scheme that attempted to defraud the U.S. Small Business Administration out of at least $178 million in loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) released a staff report titled "Widespread Failures and Fraud in Pandemic Unemployment Relief Programs." The report details information, documents,  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Joseph LaForte, 53, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his brother James LaForte, 47, of New York, New York, entered pleas of guilty today before United States District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney to racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, and related crimes in connectio more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Postal Service Inspector General issued the following white paper (No. RISC-WP-24-008) on sept. 4, 2024, entitled "Analysis of Historical Mail Volume Trends." Here are excerpts: * * * * Market Dominant mail - a category consisting primarily of First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail, and Periodicals - accounts for over half of the Postal Service's revenue, but volume of these mail classes have been falling for nearly two decades. * Annual Market Dominant mai more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Postal Service Inspector General issued the following report on Sept. 4, 2024, entitled "OIG Five Year Strategic Plan - Fiscal 2025-2029." Here are excerpts: * * * In this Five-Year Strategic Plan for FYs 2025--2029, we present our strategic goals and implementation strategies, which reflect our ongoing effort to align with Postal Service and stakeholder strategies. Our three strategic goals are: Promote Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Transparency of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Postal Service Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 24-017-R24) on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Service Optimization: Post Office Boxes." Here are excerpts: * * * Background The U.S. Postal Service manages over 21 million Post Office (PO) Boxes throughout the country, collecting $1.5 billion in revenue in fiscal year (FY) 2023. As part of its Delivering for America plan, the Postal Service is focused on improving PO Box revenue, mainl more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha announced today that a Rhode Island Department of Human Services (RI DHS) supervisor now faces federal charges for allegedly using her position to improperly access the personal information of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits (SNAP) recipients, as well as SNAP EBT benefit card balance information, and, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: (Sept. 9, 2024) Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced the Saving the Integrity of Ethics in Government (SIEG) Act. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (TX-10) is an original cosponsor of the bill. The SIEG Act follows a recent report(link is external) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee on vetting failures and misconduct at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAG more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) released a staff report titled "Widespread Failures and Fraud in Pandemic Unemployment Relief Programs." The report details information, documents, and communications obtained by the Committee showing how state more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) questioned Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal and Inspector General Michael J. Missal from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in a House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing titled, "Accountable or Absent: Examining VA's Leadership Culture Under the Biden-Harris Administration." Rep. Rosendale questioned the witnesses over the VA's Program  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.), along with U.S. Representatives Sam Graves (Mo.), Ann Wagner (Mo.), and Blaine Luetkemeyer (Mo.), sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to demand the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit the Sorting and Distribution Center in Hazelwood, Mo., to determine why mail delivery is significantly delayed more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: Representatives Sam Graves (MO-06), Jason Smith (MO-08), Ann Wagner (MO-02) and Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) wrote Postmaster General Louis DeJoy today requesting the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit the Hazelwood, MO Sorting and Distribution Center, explain failures to deliver election mail on time, and provide clarity on a new USPS proposal to furt more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * ICE and other agencies illegally use scans to hold children in adult detention; discredited practice smacks of race science, groups say * * * Rights groups and a directly impacted individual are seeking a court order to compel federal agencies to release information on their use of dental and bone x-rays to determine the age of unaccompanied migrant children.These faulty determ more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Small Business Administration issued a 30-day notice on Sept. 5, 2024, entitled "Declaration of Identity Theft". SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act and OMB procedures, SBA is publishing this notice to allow all interested member of the public an additional 30 days to provide comments on the pr more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last week led a group of Senate colleagues in demanding answers regarding the implementation of the Department of Commerce's (DOC) new financial management system, which has disrupted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) weather forecast operations,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-193) on a bill (S. 4690) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and related agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025. The report was advanced by Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, on July 11, 2024. * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 11) TITLE I - AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS Processing, Research, and Marketing Office of the Secretary (INCLUDING TR more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-193) on a bill (S. 4690) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and related agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025. The report was advanced by Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, on July 11, 2024. * * * (Continued from Part 8 of 11) TITLE VI - RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION Department of Health and Human Services FOOD AN more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-191) on a bill (S. 4677) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025. The report was advanced by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, on July 11, 2024. * * * (Continued from Part 3 of 6) CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS Appropriations, 2024 ... $961,219,000 Budget estimate, 2025 ... 2,069,000,000 Committee reco more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-191) on a bill (S. 4677) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025. The report was advanced by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, on July 11, 2024. * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 6) TITLE II - DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEARING The Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-191) on a bill (S. 4677) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025. The report was advanced by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, on July 11, 2024. * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 6) Women Veterans Mental Health Care.--The number of women veterans accessing VA mental healthcare has nearly doubled over the p more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, delivered the following opening remarks at today's hearing for President Biden's nominees, David Capozzi, Samuel Lathem, Ronald Batory and Elaine Clegg, to serve as members on the Amtrak Board of Directors. Read the testim more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is demanding accountability from the Department of Labor (DOL) following a new report showing serious concerns that American energy workers are being prevented from and experiencing delays in receiving cr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Senate on Aug. 1, 2024, published 12 executive communications from the Executive Branch: * * * EC-5484. A communication from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Department's activities under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act during fiscal year 2023 received in the Office of the President pro tempore; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC- more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a letter to the Department of Homeland Security of Inspector General (DHS OIG). In the letter, Senator Marshall requested that the agency use its resources and ability to fully investigate the United States Secret Service (USSS) processes and the operational failures that left President Trump within centimeters of ending his life. You may click HERE or scroll below to read  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senators Jon Ossoff and Marsha Blackburn are launching a bipartisan inquiry to protect Federal prison staff from sexual assault and harassment. Today, Sens. Ossoff and Blackburn, Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Human Rights Subcommittee, launched a bipartisan inquiry with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) into recent reports of inmate-on-staff sexual assault and harassment. According to a F more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: Here are excerpts: * * * Fast Facts Federal agencies awarded small businesses more than $4.4 billion in FY 2022 for research and development and to commercialize technologies. The Small Business Administration oversees the programs making these awards, which are carried out by 11 agencies. We analyzed past award data to identify awardees' foreign ownership, business size, and other indicators o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSrep) -- The State Department Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. AUD-FM-24-30) entitled "Warrant and Training Programs Needed for Personnel Responsible for Transportation-Related Acquisitions." Here are excerpts: * * * Summary of Review The Department of State (Department) may authorize a permanent change-of-station (PCS) for employees and families to move from one official duty station to another. The Department's post assignment travel (PAT) p more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and several of his colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) demanding answers regarding the implementation of the DOC's new financial management system. This financial management system has disrupted National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) weather forec more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: The United States today filed a complaint in intervention alleging violations of the False Claims Act by Clarksville Pain Institute, LLC, Pain Institute of Nashville, PLC, Michael Cox, and Debbie Cox, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Thomas J. Jaworski for the Middle District of Tennessee. The complaint also includes the common law claims of u more PR

MCALLEN, Texas, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: A 46-year-old resident of Mission has been taken into custody on charges of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud the Texas Medicaid Program, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Juan Martin Flores, 46, is set to make his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Scott Hacker at 9 a.m. The indictment, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration issued the following audit report (No. 2024-200-046) on Sept. 4, 2024, entitled "The Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Has Been Implemented; However, Actions Are Needed to Improve the Program." Here are excerpts: * * * HIGHLIGHTS Why TIGTA Did This Audit In September 2020, the Office of Management and Budget issued Memorandum M-20-32 requiring Federal agencies to obtain and manage their vulnerability resea more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published the findings of the Office of Professional Responsibility's (OPR) Critical Incident Review ("investigation") of the CBP response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. "The active shooter incident at Robb Elementary School was a profound tragedy and deeply traumat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: Columbus, OH - The U.S. Marshals arrested fugitive Derrick Faison last evening in Madison, Wisconsin. Derrick Faison was wanted by the Columbus Division of Police for Attempted Murder. Faison was charged with Attempted Murder in Franklin County Municipal Court after an investigation by the Columbus Division of Police Homicide Unit. Faison allegedly stabbed the victim, Paul Carter,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: Columbus, OH - The U.S. Marshals arrested fugitive Jaquan Curry this morning in Columbus. Jaquan Curry was wanted by the Columbus Division of Police for Murder. Curry was charged with Murder in Franklin County Municipal Court after an investigation by the Columbus Division of Police Homicide Unit. Curry allegedly shot and killed Ronald Diggs in the 1700 Block of North High Street o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: Columbus, OH - The U.S. Marshals arrested fugitive Dwayne Johnson this morning in Columbus. Dwayne Johnson was wanted by the Columbus Division of Police for Murder. Johnson was charged with Murder in Franklin County Municipal Court after an investigation by the Columbus Division of Police Homicide Unit. Johnson allegedly shot and killed Michael Simmons in the 2600 Block of Noe Bixby more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: Corpus Christi, TX - On September 08, 2024, escaped inmate Jesus Villarreal was taken into custody by a joint operation involving the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force (GCVOFTF). Villarreal, who was serving a 63-year sentence for multiple counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, had fled from a  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and several Senate colleagues recently demanded answers regarding the implementation of the Department of Commerce's (DOC) new financial management system, which disrupted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) weather forecast operations, delayed aid money for fishery disasters, threatened the availability of safety information for avi more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release: Neil Alan Johnson, 44, of Lehi, Utah, was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $324,519 in restitution and forfeiture. The sentence, imposed by a U.S. District Court Judge, comes after Johnson pleaded guilty to wire fraud in February 2024 after he defrauded the COVID-19 relief program, a federal program through the Small Business Administration (SBA)  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 [Category: National Defense] -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: This article by Leo Shane III originally appeared on Military Times, the nation's largest independent newsroom dedicated to covering the military and veteran community. Veterans Affairs leaders have agreed to delay rule changes on specialty ambulance reimbursements until 2029, a win for advocates who warned that new policies could severely impact emergency services for v more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 23-02907-216) on Sept. 3, 2024, entitled "Follow-up Financial Efficiency Inspection of the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System in New Orleans." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary In 2019, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) started a financial efficiency inspection program. These inspections assess stewardship and oversight of funds at Veterans Health Ad more PR

ABINGDON, Virginia, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: Eight defendants indicted in May 2024 for conspiring to defraud the United States, commit program fraud, and commit mail fraud in connection to a scheme involving the filing of fraudulent claims for pandemic unemployment benefits entered guilty pleas recently. Brian Edward Addair, Clinton Michael Altizer, Cara Camille Bailey, Jeramy Blake Farmer, Joseph Freder more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), both of whom serve on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and a bipartisan group of 17 senators in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in support of delaying the institutional reporting deadline for the new Gainful Employment (GE) and Financial more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Dr. Alexander V. Otellin, 57, formerly of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to the unlawful distribution of oxycodone. According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 27, 2017, Otellin distributed a quantity of oxycodone to a patient at his psychiatry practice in South Charleston. Otellin admitted that while his more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Representatives Ann Wagner (MO-02), Sam Graves (MO-06), Jason Smith (MO-08), and Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) wrote Postmaster General Louis DeJoy today requesting the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit the Hazelwood, MO, Sorting and Distribution Center, explain failures to deliver election mail on time, and provide clarity on a new USPS proposal to further delay mail i more PR

TACOMA, Washington, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: The second of two Nigerian men residing in Canada pleaded guilty Thursday September 12, 2024, in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for his fraud scheme that stole more than $1.3 million in federal funds, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Fatiu Ismaila Lawal, 45, was extradited from Canada in mid more PR