News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


Former Shadow Creek Ranch manager charged with wire fraud

News Release: HOUSTON - A 62-year-old Houston resident is set to appear in federal court on charges she defrauded a property management company, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Savannah River Remediation (SRR) awarded more than $147 million in small business contracts in fiscal 2021, accounting for nearly 84% of all its subcontracts that year - the most since the liquid waste contractor began its contract at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in 2009.


News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget demanding more information on the Administration’s compliance with the President’s sweeping vaccine mandates for Federal employees.


The US Justice Department published a two page rule on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget demanding more information on the Administration’s compliance with the President’s sweeping vaccine mandates for Federal employees.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, KEON ESTEEN, age 18, a resident of Orleans Parish, was charged in a two-count indictment for carjacking and a gun violation. Count 1 of the indictment charges ESTEEN with a carjacking that occurred on April 3, 2021, in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Count 2 charges ESTEEN with using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a five page proposed rule on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: MR PRICE: Good morning, everyone, and thanks very much for joining us, especially today, for this very important topic. We wanted to offer another opportunity for you to hear an update from, in this case, our Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeff Feltman on the situation in Ethiopia. The special envoy will have some opening remarks at the top, after which he will look forward to taking your questions.


E&C Announces Hearing on Interagency Proposal to Regulate Fentanyl-Related Substances

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 10:30 a.m. (EST) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Overdose Crisis: Interagency Proposal to Combat Illicit Fentanyl-Related Substances."


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a seven page rule on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Biden Administration Continues to Miss the Mark in Addressing American Energy Crisis

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), and Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) released the following statement on the administration’s announcement that it will release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.