News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


What did U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means publish in October 2021?

There were 67 press releases published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means in October 2021.


NIST Seeks Public Input on Consumer Software Labeling for Cybersecurity

News Release: In an effort to improve consumers’ ability to make informed decisions about software they purchase, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has drafted a set of cybersecurity criteria for consumer software. The criteria are intended to aid in the development and voluntary use of labels to indicate that the software incorporates a baseline level of security measures.


News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KYLE PITTS, also known as “Bark," 37, of West Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 47 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.


CISA Kicks Off Infrastructure Security Month

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) kicks off Infrastructure Security Month today. Throughout the month, the agency will use the theme “Build It In" to remind people of the importance of considering infrastructure security and resilience from design concept all the way through development and implementation.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A La Crosse, Wisconsin man is charged with drug crimes involving methamphetamine in an indictment returned on Oct. 13, 2021 by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison. The charges are announced by Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.


Laguna Pueblo man sentenced to 12 year in prison for sexually abusing children

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Floyd Emory Cheresposy, 58, of Laguna, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of Laguna Pueblo, was sentenced in federal court on Oct. 29 to 12 years in prison for abusive sexual contact in Indian Country. Cheresposy pleaded guilty on March 25.


October 2021: House Committee on Education and Labor publishes 45 press releases

There were 45 press releases published by the House Committee on Education and Labor in October 2021.


News Release: CHICAGO - A federal indictment unsealed today charges 13 alleged leaders, members, and associates of the Wicked Town faction of the Traveling Vice Lords street gang with participating in a criminal organization that murdered rivals and violently protected a drug-dealing operation on the West Side of Chicago.


How many press releases or notices were published by U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in October 2021?

There were 25 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in October 2021.


Chairwoman Maloney’s Statement on Key Climate Change, Oversight Provisions in  the Build Back Better Framework

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement on key Committee priorities included in President Biden’s Build Back Better framework...


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Eladio Alfaro Sarmiento, age 55, of New Carrollton, Maryland, for production of child pornography involving two victims under the age of three. The criminal complaint was filed on Sept. 23, 2021, and unsealed today upon the defendant’s initial appearance.


News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NATHANIEL BONILLA, 32, of Bristol, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to theft of mail by a postal employee.


How many press releases or notices were published by U.S. Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs in October 2021?

There were 32 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs in October 2021.


US Department of Labor, El Paso staffing solutions company to continue alliance to protect workers’ safety, health

News Release: EL PASO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced its renewal of a three-year alliance with T&T Staff Management Inc. to provide construction and general industry workers and companies with whom T&T works with information about workplace hazards and resources that promote workers’ rights and safe, healthful workplaces.


USDA Provides $1.8 Billion to Offset Market Fluctuations

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is in the process of issuing $1.8 billion in payments to agricultural producers who enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2020 crop year. These payments provide critical support to help mitigate...


News Release: SAFFORD, Ariz. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management acquired 2,831 acres of privately owned land northeast of the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness, known as the Cross F Ranch, which will open access to 30,000 acres of formerly inaccessible BLM managed public lands. The BLM purchased the property from the...


News Release: HOUSTON - Two Houstonians are on their way to federal prison after admitting to recruiting a teenager on social media and trafficking her for sex, announced acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


There were 10 press releases published by the Federal Aviation Administration in October 2021.