News from December 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on additional allegations made against U.S. Border Patrol in Del Rio, Texas in a lawsuit filed by Haitian migrants.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
The US Justice Department published a three page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Today, under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo held an introductory call with Taiwan Minister of Economic Affairs Mei-hua Wang.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
The US Interior Department published a two page rule on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led 47 senators and 44 House members on an amicus...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Yesterday, following a roundtable focused on the semiconductor supply chain with government and business leaders, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Malaysian Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry Mohamed Azmin Ali released the following joint statement: "We support the strong ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office released a report Monday on the implementation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Market Facilitation Program in 2018 and 2019. The report shows that payments by USDA significantly overestimated the actual trade damages suffered by producers ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Bureau of Reclamation released the spending plan for the $210 million provided in the Extending Government Funding and Delivery Emergency Assistance Act (P.L. 117-43). The legislation provides Reclamation with $200 million to address drought conditions throughout the West, as well as $10 million for fire remediation and suppression emergency assistance related to wildfires.
By Bob Martin | Dec 20, 2021
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees are nearing 100% compliance with a federal order regarding the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Farmington, N.M. - The Bureau of Reclamation continues to make significant progress towards completion of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project (NGWSP) with today’s award of a $76,113,868 contract to SJ Louis Construction of Rockville, Minnesota, for construction of the next portion of the project, the Navajo Code Talkers Sublateral.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management’s Shoshone Field Office implements new off-highway-vehicle and conditional seasonal restrictions in the Wood River Valley to minimize impacts to wintering deer and elk. No motor vehicles are allowed in the identified areas from January 1 - April 30. Maps...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ambera Roberts, 34, Matthew Edward Depew, 31, and Era Dawn Corder, 46, all of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office has designated 17,927 acres of public lands in Fivemile Pass, located in Utah and Tooele Counties, as a special area that will allow for recreation developments and improvements, and a potential future permit and fee system. Fivemile Pass serves 65,000 visitors annually who enjoy OHVing, horseback riding, mountain biking, camping, and hiking.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is leveraging its authorities under the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) to bring in new types of partners and ultimately expand opportunities in voluntary conservation for the Nation’s agricultural producers and private...
By John Suayan | Dec 20, 2021
A North Carolina-based cotton bleaching company has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million in a settlement for damages caused by a sulfuric acid spill at its Colrain, Massachusetts facility in 2019.
By State Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, through its Rewards for Justice (RFJ) office, is offering a reward for information on the terrorist attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh that left U.S. citizen Avijit Roy dead and his wife, Rafida Bonya Ahmed, seriously injured.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Oleksandra Johnson (619) 546-9769) and Aaron P. Arnzen (619) 546-8384.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Lorenzo Amador, 23, of Mendota, was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2021, by United States District Judge Dale A. Drozd to five years and three months in prison for assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering and conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Bruce Evans, Sr., age 68, and Bruce Evans, Jr., age 40, both of Greenfield Township, were found guilty on Dec. 17, 2021, after trial of multiple counts of Clean Water Act violations that occurred at...
