News published on Federal Newswire in December 2020

News from December 2020


The US Interior Department published a one page rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published an eight page rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


More than 60 defendants charged in series of indictments targeting major gang-related transnational drug traffickers

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A series of federal indictments unsealed in the Southern District of Georgia charges more than 60 defendants with felonies targeting interrelated, gang-affiliated transnational drug trafficking conspiracies that provided a pipeline of illegal drugs to coastal and south Georgia.


Owner Of Medical Marketing Company Pleads Guilty To Healthcare Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: Conspired with Tennessee Physician and Others to Defraud the United States of More Than $3.3 Million.


News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - - For centuries, the natural-barrier islands that make up Cape Lookout National Seashore (North Core Banks, South Core Banks, and Shackleford Banks) has acted as a ‘shield’ for the mainland against ocean surges, and high-water events that are associated to Hurricanes, Nor’easters...


Lowey Statement on Election of Rosa DeLauro As Appropriations Committee Chairwoman

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) released the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus elected Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) to serve as Appropriations Committee Chairwoman in the 117th Congress.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Sarah Geddes Holmes, age 65, of Clinton, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charges of embezzlement from a labor organization and bank fraud. Holmes, who was the Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 24, admitted that she embezzled $294,585.18 from the union.


U.S. Relations With Latvia

Release: More information about Latvia is available on the Latvia Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.


Muskogee Man Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Distribution

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ervin Hernandez, age 33, of Muskogee, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Distribution Of Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2, punishable by not less than 5 years and not more than 40 years’ imprisonment, a fine up to $5,000,000.00, or both.


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for conspiring to deal firearms illegally.


Release: ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The security team at Atlantic City International Airport made a huge donation to the Atlantic City Rescue Mission to include blankets, comfort care packets and 10,000 pairs of socks.


Census Hearing Wrap Up: Oversight Republicans Commend Census Bureau, Voice Disappointment in Democrats Ignoring Election Integrity Issues

News Release: WASHINGTON-The House Committee on Oversight and Reform today held a hearing about ensuring the accuracy of the 2020 Census. This is the second census hearing in recent months, and, like the previous hearing, no Census Bureau witnesses were invited to testify.