News published on Federal Newswire in December 2021

News from December 2021


News Release: The discovery of burrows that could have been created by a rare prairie dog species at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) Bluewater, New Mexico, Disposal Site, culminated in LM’s placing motion-activated trail cameras near the burrows to confirm their presence.


E&C Leaders Request GAO Examine Issues at DOE Affecting Progress on Reducing Environmental Liabilities

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), ...


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA Designates Sherman County, Texas, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


News Release: ST. LOUIS - On Dec. 1, 2021, federal charges were filed against 58-year-old James Mayes. Mayes is accused of a robbery on federal territorial jurisdiction, namely the Gateway National Arch Park, and the armed robberies of commercial business establishments that are listed below.


Rodgers, Latta Applaud Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Cybersecurity and Ensure American Leadership in Next Generation Communications Technology

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on the passing of bipartisan legislation to improve cybersecurity and ensure American leadership in next generation communications technology.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Efrain Gregorio-Gonzalez, age 22, of Mexico, was indicted on Dec. 1, 2021, by a federal grand jury with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien.


Leader Guthrie on the Need to Address Fentanyl-Related Substances to Save Lives

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Overdose Crisis: Interagency Proposal to Combat Illicit Fentanyl-Related Substances."


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Avon Allen, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland to four years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a stolen firearm.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. We’ve had a pretty packed and I would say productive day here in Stockholm, and I really want to thank our hosts for doing such a wonderful job putting together this meeting of the OSCE, particularly my friend and colleague Ann Linde, the foreign minister of Sweden and the chairperson of the OSCE.


News Release: Nearly 10,000 counterfeit prescription pills seized.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


E&C Leaders Request GAO Examine Issues at DOE Affecting Progress on Reducing Environmental Liabilities

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations...


U.S. Geological Survey and Department of Energy Partner to Explore Potential for Geologic Carbon Storage

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing cooperation between the two agencies to assess global, regional...


The US Commerce Department published a nine page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.