News from December 2021
By Press release submission | Dec 14, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it will issue a Notice of Sale for 18 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to address market disruptions.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Minneapolis - A Canadian man was sentenced to 68 months in prison for aiding and abetting unlawful possession of firearms, announced Acting United States Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on September 21–22, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County man made his initial appearance on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing to consider the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf to serve as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). At the hearing, Senator Murray emphasized...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Prisoners in 2020 - Statistical Tables. This is the 95th report in a series that began in 1926. It provides counts of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state, federal and military correctional authorities in 2020 and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Decatur, Illinois, man, Tyler D. Jeffrey, 29, of the 2100 block of East Roosevelt Ave., was sentenced on Dec. 13, 2021, to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Former Louisiana Police Chief and Current City Councilmember Indicted for Alleged Vote Buying Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Noah Landfried, Michel Cercone, and Anthony Smith were convicted at the conclusion of a six-day jury trial of conspiring to distribute Schedule I and II controlled substances between 2017 and 2019, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Landfried and Cercone were also convicted...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Defendants Accused of Fighting With Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: CINCINNATI - The owner of a Cincinnati-based construction company was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 18 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining employee safety training certificates and embezzling from the company’s pension benefit program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A South Carolina man today admitted conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including five pistols and one rifle, in and around Essex County, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Press release submission | Dec 14, 2021
Today the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced new restrictions to address human rights abuses and corruption by Cambodian government actors, including the military, as well as the growing influence of the People’s Republic of China’s military in Cambodia.Commerce has placed new restrictions, including end-use and end-user restrictions, on exports and reexports to Cambodia, and in-country transfers within Cambodia, of sensitive items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a seven page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One Mexican national has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Reentering the United States, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Press release submission | Dec 14, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo today announced the 60 finalists for the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) $1 billion “Build Back Better Regional Challenge” – the marquee of EDA’s American Rescue Plan programs – that aims to boost economic pandemic recovery and rebuild American communities, including some that have been grappling with decades of disinvestment.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: For Drug and Gun Offenses. FORT WAYNE - Antonio Armour, 34 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl and fentanyl analogue and possession of a firearm in...
