WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Nov. 21, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter at the Procurement Collusion Strike Force's fifth anniversary event: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Five years ago, Justice Department leadership gathered in this building with U.S. Attorneys and leaders of federal law enforcement agencies to make public their bold vision -- an inter-agency effort designed to protect the government -- at all levels  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The White House Council on Environmental Quality issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * Releases first comprehensive measurement of the Federal government's Scope 3 footprint * * * Baku, Azerbaijan--Today, at the 2024 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, also known as COP29, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the Federal Government is on a pathway to reduce the U.S. government's "Scope 3" supply chain emissions by 30% by 20  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news brief: * * * Employer refuses to provide documents, allow witness interview * * * Date of action: Nov. 20, 2024 Type of action: Petition to enforce subpoena Employer: U.S. Postal Service, New Salem, Pennsylvania * * * Background: The department filed a petition today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to enforce its subpoenas iss  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: A California physician pleaded guilty today in Los Angeles to criminal health care fraud, arising from her false home health certifications and related fraudulent billings to Medicare. According to court documents, Lilit Gagikovna Baltaian, 61, of Porter Ranch, was a physician licensed to practice in California and an enrolled Medicare provider. From approximately January 2012 through July  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: A Nevada man pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of wire fraud stemming from his role in a years-long fraud scheme, during which he stole more than $6.1 million in victim investor funds. According to court documents, Mykalai Kontilai, formerly Michael Contile, 55, of Las Vegas, facilitated an investment fraud scheme involving his company, Collector's Coffee Inc., doing business as Collec  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Veterans' Employment and Training Service issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * 7 organizations join, 8 others re-commit to career services program that improves outcomes * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Veterans' Employment and Training Service has expanded the Transition Assistance Program, extending the opportunity for veterans, transitioning service members and their spouses to use resource  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: A federal court in the Central District of California unsealed a criminal complaint yesterday charging Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa -- a high-ranking member of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) and the son-in-law of the CJNG's leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho -- with international drug trafficking and money laundering offenses. Gutierrez-Ochoa was  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded Bastion Technologies Inc., of Houston, the Center Occupational Safety, Health, Medical, System Safety and Mission Assurance Contract (COSMC) at the agency's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. The COSMC contract is a hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract, with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity component and maximum potential value of $53 million. The contract phase-in be  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following article: * * * PNNL researchers co-organized a workshop on fusion with partners from industry and academia * * * By Sarah Wong In 2022, the Department of Energy announced a major milestone of successfully achieving ignition in fusion. Now, scientists are working on the next big challenge: developing fusion as a carbon-free energy source delivering electricity to the ele  more