WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Butler, Pennsylvania, based Armstrong Group has agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly violating the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) rules governing the agency's High-Cost Program and submitting improper costs in order to inflate the subsidies it received from the federal Universal Service Fund (USF). The FCC established the USF to hel  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL's work in developing carbon mineralization technologies, which presents an alternative pathway toward a decarbonized power sector and economy, is gaining widespread recognition from the greater research community. Carbon management can be achieved by permanently storing captured carbon dioxide (CO2) in natural systems, such as geologic formations.   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57210) involving Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: * * * Rep Org: PA Bureau of Radiation Protection Licensee: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Region: 1 City: Philadelphia State: PA License #: PA-0131 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: John Chippo HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 07/04/2024 Notification Time: 14:27 [ET] Event Date: 07/03/20  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: Butler, Pennsylvania, based Armstrong Group has agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly violating the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) rules governing the agency's High-Cost Program and submitting improper costs in order to inflate the subsidies it received from the federal Universal  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: Landlord Allan R. Posner and his property management company ILJOR Properties, LLC, have agreed to pay $570,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act during their participation in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP), commonly known as "Section 8." The HCVP is the feder  more