News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


Georgia woman sentenced for bribing former supervisor in the DeKalb County Tax Commissioner’s Office

News Release: ATLANTA - Lesbia Lily Gonzalez Moreno has been sentenced for paying bribes to Gerald D. Harris, a former Supervisor in the DeKalb County Tax Commissioner’s Office, in exchange for Harris unlawfully registering vehicles.


Virtual In Their Footsteps: Captain George Flavel

News Release: Lewis and Clark National Historical Park’s next virtual “In Their Footsteps" talk is “Captain George Flavel" by Jon Drury. This will be on.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent letters to several members of President Biden’s cabinet and agency leadership demanding answers on the administration’s attendance of the Glasgow U.N. climate summit. Specifically, Barrasso asked how many staff are attending the conference, the total cost to taxpayers, and the carbon footprint of their travel.


Infectious Disease Clinic Agrees to Pay $325k to Resolve Fraud Claims

News Release: MACON, Ga. - A civil settlement has been reached with Infectious Disease Consultants of Georgia (IDC), an infusion clinic with six out-patient locations in the greater Atlanta area.


News Release: Join a ranger on a hike at Cowles Bog celebrating the diversity of trees in Indiana Dunes National Park on Saturday, November 6 from 1 pm - 3 pm. This hike is free and meets at the Cowles Bog north parking lot located just before the entrance to the Town of Dune Acres.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the COP26 U.S. Center Opening Event

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. It is a great pleasure to join all of you for what is the official launch of the U.S. Center here at COP26. And I just want to thank everyone across the U.S. Government who made all of this happen.


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


News Release: Federal Court Orders Tampa Pharmacy to Close in Case Alleging Unlawful Opioid Distribution.


News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Greenville man pleaded guilty today in federal court to possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


A Perspective on the Ethiopian-U.S. Relationship After a Year of Conflict

Release: Had someone previewed for me in 2015 - in the middle of my six-year tenure as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs - that I would someday serve as the U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, I would have scoffed: Government service fell into the “been there/done that" category...


Comer Urges Committee Democrats to Cease Political Theatrics, Reconsider Their Intent to Issue Subpoenas to Oil & Gas Executives

News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to cease political theatrics and urged her to reconsider her decision to issue subpoenas to six oil and gas executives. Democrats’ intent to unnecessarily use the...


USDA Invests $3.5 Million to Provide Food Purchasing Options to Tribal Communities 

Release: Washington - USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) awarded $3.5 million to eight tribal nations for a project that, for the first time, will offer them greater flexibility in their administration of the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR).


News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - This weekend, November 6-7, provides the last chance for visitors to drive to many iconic locations in Yellowstone. The West, South and East entrances and all roads, with one exception, will close to vehicle travel at 12:01 a.m. Monday, November 8. The park annually closes roads in early November to prepare them for the winter season and snowmobile and snowcoach travel, which will begin Wednesday, December 15.


Bureau of Land Management to hold public information forum  on Harris Springs area recreation

News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District will hold a virtual information forum to involve the public in the early stages of a proposed Recreation Area Management Plan for the Harris Springs area.


SFRC Ranking Member Risch, Chairman Menendez Urge Biden Admin to Match EU Sanctions Framework to Secure Substantive Economic, Political Reform in Lebanon

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Friday wrote a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen urging the Biden Administration to complement the European ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), joined the Department of Justice Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team and Europol announcing the results of Operation Dark HunTor, a coordinated international effort on three continents to disrupt opioid trafficking on the Darknet.


DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

News Release: EL PASO - The Drug Enforcement Administration, along with its law enforcement partners, has removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s ongoing commitment to turn the tide against the U.S. opioid epidemic. Following last month’s 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, the program has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception.


CISA and Partners Coordinate on Security, Combatting Misinformation for Election Day

News Release: WASHINGTON - With elections in more than 30 states tomorrow, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will host an election situational awareness room to coordinate with federal partners, state and local election officials, private sector election partners, and political organizations...


News Release: EL PASO - Today a Quitman man was sentenced to 400 months in prison for sexually assaulting a child.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Travis Parker, age 41, of York County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 29, 2021, to 120 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for distributing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine.