Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2015. A Maryland man was charged today in the District of Columbia with crimes arising out of his tampering with substantial quantities of drug evidence while working as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger of the Eastern[Read More…]
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Statement by President Obama on U.S. Citizens Detained or Missing in Iran
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2015. The spirit of family is deeply woven into all of the rich cultural traditions of the Nowruz holiday. It is a time for reuniting and rejoicing with loved ones and sharing hopes for the new year. Today, as families across the world gather to mark this[Read More…]
President Obama Announces New ‘Call to Arts’ Initiative as Part of his National Call To Service
AFI and SAG-AFTRA Answer the President’s Call to Service and Pledge to Work Toward One Million Hours of Mentorship in Support of the Next Generation of Storytellers Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2015. Today President Obama will host the second-annual White House Student Film Festival where he will announce a new Call to[Read More…]
Cook County Food Company Recalls Meat Products Due to Possible Contamination
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –-(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2015. El Cubano Wholesale Meats, a Chicago establishment, is recalling approximately 169,620 pounds of beef cheek meat products that may be contaminated with E.coli 0157:H7, the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) announced today. The products subject to recall bear the establishment number “EST. 4653a” inside the[Read More…]
Cardiac Monitoring Company to Pay $6.4 Million for Alleged Overbilling of Government Health Care Programs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2015. BioTelemetry Inc., a heart monitoring company headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $6.4 million to resolve allegations made under the False Claims Act (FCA) that its subsidiary, CardioNet, overbilled Medicare and other federal health programs for Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT) services when those[Read More…]
Adventist Health System to Pay $5.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2015. Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation (Adventist) has agreed to pay $5,412,502 to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by providing radiation oncology services to Medicare and TRICARE beneficiaries that were not directly supervised by radiation oncologists or similarly qualified persons, the Department[Read More…]
Utah-Based Washakie Renewable Energy LLC Settles Renewable Fuel Standard Violations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2015. The Department of Justice today filed a stipulation of settlement resolving civil claims against Washakie Renewable Energy LLC (Washakie) for violations of the Renewable Fuel Program under the Clean Air Act. The stipulation of settlement was filed in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia. A[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Energy and Climate Change, March 19, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2015 – 11:28 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, It is wonderful to be here at the Department of Energy with some of our outstanding private sector partners. Secretary Ernie Moniz is in Geneva doing some important work on behalf of our national security, but I want to[Read More…]
Local Writer to Read From Short Stories on Life in Pilsen on March 23
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2015. Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski, a native of Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, will read from his debut story collection, Painted Cities, at 5 p.m. Monday, March 23 in Room 700 of Roosevelt University’s Gage Building, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Published in 2014, Painted Cities captures Galviz-Budziszewski’s recollections of life growing[Read More…]
Chicago Photographer Making Social Change to Give Matthew Freeman Lecture on March 26
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2015. Carlos Javier Ortiz, an award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary photographer, will discuss the importance of art as activism, including his most recent series, We All We Got, at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 26 in the second-floor Sullivan Room at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. A[Read More…]
