Source: United States Navy
SAN DIEGO – Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) joined 11 Navy commands June 29-30 at the virtual WEST 2021 U.S. Navy Information Warfare (IW) Pavilion to discuss warfighting challenges for the future fleet that would benefit from private sector support.
Source: United States Navy
MAYPORT, Fla. – Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, Rear Adm. Don Gabrielson, hosted delegates from the Argentine Navy (Armada de la Republica de Argentina, or ARA) for the annual Maritime Staff Talks (MST) June 30.
Source: United States Navy
MONTEREY, Calif. – Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Assistant Professor of Oceanography Dr. Mara Orescanin was recently awarded a five-year grant through the highly-competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER program. The grant will afford Orescanin with an opportunity to build on her already existing research exploring intermittent rivers, bar-built estuaries and beach breaches and closures, all of which can have considerable impact on amphibious operation planning and execution.
Source: United States Department of Justice 2
Akron General Health System (AGHS), a regional hospital system based in Akron, Ohio, will pay $21.25 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act of improper relationships with certain referring physicians, resulting in the submission of false claims to the Medicare program. AGHS was acquired at the end of 2015 by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Clinic) through a full member substitution agreement.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
Today the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division filed a notice of withdrawal of consent to a proposed settlement with the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The department has also filed to voluntarily dismiss its complaint without prejudice. The department determined that the settlement will not adequately protect the department’s rights to investigate other conduct by NAR that could impact competition in the real estate market and may harm home sellers and home buyers. The department is taking this action to permit a broader investigation of NAR’s rules and conduct to proceed without restriction.