News published on Federal Newswire in December 2021

News from December 2021


Mexican National Living in Hialeah Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Federal Prison for Attempting to Purchase Five Kilograms of Cocaine

News Release: MIAMI - Drug trafficker, Pablo Alexander Reyes-Sanchez, a 33-year-old Mexican national, was sentenced in federal court in Miami to 97 months in prison by Chief United States District Court Cecilia M. Altonaga.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


York Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Lamar Johnson, age 34, of York, was sentenced on Dec. 20, 2021, to 20 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for trafficking kilos of cocaine and heroin laced with fentanyl.


The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



News Release: I have designated Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya to serve concurrently as the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, an important role she will take on effective immediately. She will also continue to serve as Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, a position for which she was sworn in on July 14, 2021.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Department of Labor awards $5M grant to combat forced labor, child labor abuses in Malaysia’s palm oil, garment industries

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $5 million cooperative agreement to Social Accountability International to prevent and reduce forced labor and child labor abuses in the Malaysian palm oil and garment industries.


Indictment Charges Former Morris Resident with Child Exploitation Offenses

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew B. Millhollin, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Boston, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging KEVIN CURLEY, 40, formerly of Morris, with receipt of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.


News Release: A federal court in Kentucky unsealed an indictment today charging a dual U.S.-Bosnian citizen with providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The defendant is also charged with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and receiving military type training from ISIS.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY21 IRF: Advocacy to Preserve Religious and Cultural Heritage in the Trans-Sahel Region. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008467. Catalog of Federal...


News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced QUAYSHON SHARPE, 28, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 26 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing firearms.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union.


Metro East Woman Pleads Guilty to Health Care and Public Housing Scams

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Shomanicka Holly, 36, of East Saint Louis, Illinois, pled guilty today to a.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Received Up to 40 Pounds/Week into Delaware.