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Federal Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday June 07, 2020 ( 8 items )  

Alaska U.S. Attorney: Alaska Neurology Center, Owner to Pay $2 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, Bryan D. Schroder, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Anchorage-based Alaska Neurology Center LLC and its owner, Franklin Ellenson, M.D., have agreed to pay $2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the medical practice knowingly submitted false billing claims to federal healthcare programs. Contemporaneous with the civil settlement, Alaska Neurology Center LLC an  more

Alaska U.S. Attorney: Justice Department Awards Nearly $400 Million for Law Enforcement Hiring to Advance Community Policing
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, Bryan D. Schroder, issued the following news release on June 3: U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that $2,100,474 in grant funding has been awarded to multiple law enforcement agencies in Alaska, which allows those agencies to hire a combined total of 19 law enforcement professionals to help keep our communities safe. This is part of the Department of Justice's announcement (https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/departmen  more

Alaska U.S. Attorney: Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture of More Than $20 Million in Assets Relating to Unlawful Use of U.S. Financial System
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, Bryan D. Schroder, issued the following news release: A forfeiture complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska alleging that assets equivalent to more than $20 million are subject to forfeiture based on violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and federal money laundering statutes. U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder for the District of Alaska, Special Agent in Charge   more

Eielson AFB: Eielson Ops Flight Superintendent Wins Force Support Squadron Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year
EIELSON AFB, Alaska, June 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: Master Sgt. Stephanie Beil, the 354th Force Support Squadron operations flight superintendent, was named the Pacific Air Forces' Force Support Squadron Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. "Winning this award is a great honor; I didn't accomplish this achievement alone -- I had an amazing team that helped to ensure the success of the Eielson, PACAF and Air Force missi  more

Eielson AFB: Gas and Go - Eielson Airmen Perform First Hot Pit Refueling for F-35A
EIELSON AFB, Alaska, June 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: Airmen from the 354th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels operations section and the 356th Aircraft Maintenance Unit worked together to conduct the first hot pit refueling operation for the F-35A Lightning II at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on June 2, 2020. "Hot pitting is the hot refueling of aircraft with engines running," said U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Heath N. Krogman  more

HUD Awards Nearly $120 Million to Tribes Across Nation
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on June 4: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced nearly $120 million in Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) awards to Tribes across the Nation. The ICDBG program provides funding to use in developing American Indian and Alaska Native Communities, including decent housing, a suitable living environment, and economic opportun  more

Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Ice Melt Linked to Accelerated Regional Freshwater Depletion
PASADENA, California, June 2 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Seven of the regions that dominate global ice mass losses are melting at an accelerated rate, a new study shows, and the quickened melt rate is depleting freshwater resources that millions of people depend on. The impact of melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica on the world's oceans is well documented. But the largest contributors to sea level rise in the 20th century were melting ice caps and glacier  more

NOAA: Autonomous Vehicles Help Scientists Estimate Fish Abundance While Protecting Human Health and Safety
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 2 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following story: Scientists are capitalizing on existing technological capabilities and partnerships to collect fisheries data. This will help fill the information gap resulting from the cancellation of FY20 ship-based surveys due to the COVID-19 pandemic. NOAA Fisheries plans to use autonomous surface vehicles to collect some critically needed data to support management of the nation's largest com  more