News published on Federal Newswire in December 2021

News from December 2021


News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that PRESTON RAY WISENBAKER, age 31, of Gillette, Wyoming pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime, and felon in possession of a firearm, during a plea hearing held on December 6, 2021, in front of Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson. Sentencing has been set for Feb. 24, 2022.


News Release: O’Tool was involved in two conspiracies to distribute meth while illegally possessing guns.


Risch on Human Rights Day

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the occasion of International Human Rights Day:


Mississippi Man Sentenced to 28 Years in Federal Prison for 4 Business Robberies

News Release: Memphis, TN - Jacobly Whitehead, 27, of Greenwood, Mississippi, has been sentenced to 336 months in federal prison for Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a six page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) was joined by every committee Republican in a letter to Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory, highlighting the necessity of streamliningthe National Environmental Policy Actin a timely manner. In part, the members wrote.


CISA Holds Inaugural Meeting of New Cybersecurity Advisory Committee

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) held its first meeting for newly appointed members of the Agency’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee. Members discussed Committee objectives and initiatives, received a classified threat briefing, elected Committee leadership, and established subcommittees to focus on key objectives.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will travel to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan on December 11-16. The delegation will include Deputy Assistant Secretary Kara McDonald, of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, and other senior State Department officials.


Capito Statement on CBO’s True Cost of Democrats’ Build Back Better Act

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the below statement following the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)'s announcement that a true accounting of Democrats' reckless tax-and-spending spree shows that its policies would cost $4.9 trillion while adding $3 trillion in new debt.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


BLM issues emergency closure to tidepool and beach trail at Mal Coombs Park

News Release: WHITETHORN, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is taking steps to protect public safety and improve recreation infrastructure for accessing a small beach and tidepools at Mal Coombs Park in Shelter Cove. The steep trail and stairway leading to the beach and tidepools will be temporarily closed while the BLM plans and completes a new access route.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.