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Federal Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Tuesday July 30, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Justice IG: 'Report of Investigation Into Department's Release of Public Statements Concerning a Luzerne County, Pa., Election Fraud Investigation in Sept. 2020'
WASHINGTON, July 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General issued the following report (No. 24-082) on July 25, 2024, entitled "A Report of Investigation Into the Department's Release of Public Statements Concerning a Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Election Fraud Investigation in September 2020." Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction This report describes the Department of Justice (Department or DOJ) Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) investigation into allegations   more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Eye Practice and Its Physician Owner Agree to Pay More Than $460,000 to Resolve Allegations of False Claims and Receiving Illegal Kickbacks
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: Burlington County Eye Physicians (BCEP), an ophthalmology practice with locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and Dr. Gregory H. Scimeca, an ophthalmologist and the owner of BCEP, have agreed to pay $469,232 to resolve allegations that they submitted and caused the submission of false claims for payment for medically unnecessary transcranial doppler (TCD) te  more

NETL and Cerebras Look to Wafer Scale Engine to Increase Onsite Energy Efficiency
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL and project partner Cerebras are advancing high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI)-physics model coupling that can greatly reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy research projects by as much as 30%. "Science and engineering applications of national importance will require increasingly capable   more

Surface Transportation Board Issues Decision Involving Allegheny Valley Railroad
WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 1233) entitled "Allegheny Valley Railroad Co. - Abandonment Exemption - In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania": * * * Digest:/1 The Board denies a request filed by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to impose a condition on Allegheny Valley Railroad Company's (AVR) abandonment of a rail line in Allegheny County, Pa., and allows AVR's abandonment exemptio  more