News published on Federal Newswire in December 2021

News from December 2021


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today ahead of oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which threatens to overturn longstanding constitutional protections guaranteeing the right to access abortion care...


Baltimore Drug Dealer Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Federal Prison for Federal Narcotics Trafficking Charges

News Release: Defendant Part of Drug Conspiracy that Possessed Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking in Baltimore City.


Pallone and Doyle on House Passage of Three Bipartisan Cybersecurity Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed three cybersecurity bills today...


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs publish in November 2021?

There were 38 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in November 2021.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed three cybersecurity bills today...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), wrote to the U.S.


DRL FY2021: Global LGBTQI+ Inclusive Democracy and Empowerment (GLIDE) Fund

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY2021: Global LGBTQI+ Inclusive Democracy and Empowerment (GLIDE) Fund. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008448. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance...


Armed Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Larry Cole, 41, Painesdale, Michigan, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years in prison for possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The defendant pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 31, 2021.


Leader Rodgers Stands Up for Life in Front of the Supreme Court

News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Leader Rodgers participated in a pro-life event on the Court steps this morning to advocate that our laws protect the dignity and value of the unborn.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability at the NATO Ministerial

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. A short while ago, the NATO foreign ministers finished our final session. And I want to start by thanking our Latvian hosts for doing a wonderful job in bringing us all together, in hosting the alliance for two very productive days.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that former long-time St. Tammany Parish Sheriff RODNEY J. STRAIN (a/k/a Jack Strain), age 56, from Abita Springs, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to Count 15 of the Indictment returned in August...


Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is offering a $1,000 hiring bonus to individuals who become TSA officers at Albany International Airport. The new hires will receive $500 upon starting and another $500 at their one-year anniversary. Due to the tight employment market in the Albany area, new hires also are currently receiving a 10 percent retention incentive on top of their hourly pay.


What did U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service publish in November 2021?

There were two press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service in November 2021.


Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to Nearly 10 Years in Federal Prison for Carjacking

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of carjacking was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Release: “We strongly support the OSCE Chair’s efforts to make progress on the region’s peace and security. Sweden can count on the U.S. as a partner to advance OSCE principles."


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Aberdeen, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Nov. 29, 2021, by Judge Charles B. Kornmann, U.S. District Court.


The US Federal Reserve System published a seven page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.