WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 5, 2024, from Innovative Medical Equipment LLC, Beachwood, Ohio. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Re: CMS proposal to implement Section 4135 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2023 - Ac  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Nov. 7, 2024, from Cecilia Aviles, CEO of LifeLong Medical Care, Berkeley, California. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Administrator, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-9888-P * To: Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Ro  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By C. Todd Lopez, DOD News The Defense Department today released the results of its departmentwide fiscal year 2024 financial audit, the seventh such audit since 2018. For this most-recent effort, the department's inspector general provided an overall "disclaimer of opinion" on DOD financial statements, which means the department has not yet achieved a clean audit, said Mike McCor  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following decision (Case No. 0-AR-5977) on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES LOCAL 2338 (Union) and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS JOHN J. PERSHING VA MEDICAL CENTER POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI (Agency) 0 AR 5977 DECISION November 18, 2024 * * * Before the Authority: Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman, and Colleen Duffy Kiko and Anne Wagner, Members I. Statement of the Case A  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 17, 2024: * * * Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) issued the following statement about the Biden Administration's decision to reverse its ban on Ukraine using the Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to strike targets inside Russia: "Ukraine can't properly defend itself if one hand is tie  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Nov. 12, 2024, from Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Columbus, Ohio: * * * To: Secretary of the Treasury CC:PA:01:PR (REG-112129-23) c/o Internal Revenue Service Room 5203 P.O. Box 7604 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 Re: Proposed Regulations on Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax * * * Dear Ms. Secretary: On behalf of Nationwide Mutual I  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: When a huge wave of Viet Cong troops threatened to overwhelm Army Sgt. 1st Class Sammy Lee Davis' battalion at a small fire base in Vietnam, he jumped into action to fight back. Despite suffering several injuries, Davis traversed a river to save three of his comrades and did what he could to stop the onslaught. He received the Medal of Honor for his efforts. Davis was born on Nov. 1, 1946, in Dayton, Ohio, to Robe  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 19 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2024: (CINCINNATI, Ohio) -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing a Cincinnati-area used-car dealer who allegedly failed to provide customers with titles for the vehicles they bought - a violation of Ohio's consumer protection laws. The complaint, filed in Clermont County, names both Superior Auto Mart and its owner, Tareq Daoud. It follows payouts totaling $14,227.30 from the state's Ti  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The Paragon Health Institute issued a 34-page report in June 2024 entitled "Great Obamacare Enrollment Fraud." The report was written by Brian Blase and Drew Gonshorowski. Here are excerpts: * * * ABOUT THE AUTHORS Brian C. Blase, PhD, is the president of Paragon Health Institute. He is also a visiting fellow at the Foundation of Government Accountability. From 2017 through 2019, he was a special assistant to the president for economic policy at the White House's Nati  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) issued a 40-page report in June 2024 entitled "Economic Policy Is Environmental Policy - Prioritizing Environmental Progress in Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development." The report was written by Donna Kohut, Policy Manager for Sustainable Economics. Here are excerpts: * * * Acknowledgements Much gratitude to the PennFuture staff who lent support to this project including Patrick McDonnell, Pr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4541) on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * In the Matter of BIT MINING LTD., Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate that cease-and-desist proceedings be, and h  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Air Education and Training Command boasts a newly inducted Hall of Famer. Robbie Bogard, AETC's occupational safety manager, received the prestigious Department of the Air Force Safety Hall of Fame award at the recent semi-annual Air Force Occupational Safety Corporate Committee meeting at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. "I am b  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Air Education and Training Command boasts a newly inducted Hall of Famer. Robbie Bogard, AETC's occupational safety manager, received the prestigious Department of the Air Force Safety Hall of Fame award at the recent semi-annual Air Force Occupational Safety Corporate Committee meeting at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M. "I am both humbled and honored by this recognit  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: DAYTON, OHIO Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), head of the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, congratulated the Dayton Chamber of Commerce on the launch of the official website for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's Spring Session in Dayton next year. The website will help facilitate communication and preparation for the Dayton community and those traveling to Dayton for the Assembly's Spring S  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a 20-page report in September 2024 entitled "Recovery Plan for Four Species of Freshwater Mussels." The report was prepared by Angela Boyer, Keith Lott, Sara Schmuecker, Nick Utrup and Laura Ragan. Here are excerpts: * * * ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Angela Boyer and Keith Lott (USFWS Ohio Field Office), Sara Schmuecker (USFWS Illinois-Iowa Field Office), Nick Utrup (USFWS Minnesota-Wisconsin Field Office), Laura Ragan (USFWS Midwest Regi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Max Miller (OH-07), Congresswoman Val Hoyle (OR-04), and 22 other members of the House of Representatives wrote a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and House Appropriators asking them to support additional funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) next-generation weather prediction systems. As weather events become increasingly severe, these   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2024: Emariel Kanay Tyler, 20, of Akron, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to use of a communication facility to facilitate a drug trafficking offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 29, 2023, Tyler traveled from a Charleston apartment to a residence in Wyoming County with quantities of methamphetamine and f  more