News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


News Release: In order to protect the long-term health of sage-grouse populations, review new science and comply with court direction, the Bureau of Land Management is beginning a process to consider updates to the range-wide management plans for sagebrush habitat adopted in 2015 and amended in 2019. More than 70 resource management plans currently guide habitat conservation and restoration on 67 million acres of greater sage-grouse habitat the bureau manages in 10 Western states.


News Release: Washington D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about Speaker Pelosi’s grand socialist agenda.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement after the Democrats’ reckless tax and spending bill passed the House of Representatives.


Carper, Duckworth Highlight Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal’s Water Provisions that Help Working Families

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), both cofounders of the first-ever U.S. Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, highlighted several provisions they secured in the Infrastructure Investment ...


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Owner of a Tanker Company Sentenced to Prison for Lying to OSHA, Violating DOT Safety Standards.


United States Condemns Violence Against Peaceful Protesters in Sudan

Release: The United States strongly condemns the violent crackdown by security forces against peaceful protesters on Nov. 17, which resulted in at least 15 deaths and scores of injuries. We express our condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. This follows several other instances of violence...


Eight More Merchant Mariners Charged in Test-Score Fixing Scheme

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the indictment on Nov. 18, 2021 of the following eight current and former merchant mariners related to a test score-fixing scheme at a United States Coast Guard exam center: RANSFORD ACKAH, NATHANIEL DOMINICK, ODELL GRIGGS, DEVIN HEBERT, RAYNEL LEWIS, ADRIAN MACK, MAURICE PALMER, and DERRICK WARD.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: DETRIOT - A former University of Michigan professor pled guilty Nov. 16 to charges of transporting a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity announced Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit Special Agent in Charge Vance Callender and acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin of Eastern District of Michigan.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Funds Diverted from Paycheck Protection Program to Conceal Fraud.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Decomposing Body Found In South Carolina Home Identified As Most Wanted Fugitive Missing For 16 YearsFugitive Frederick McLean wanted for multiple counts of child molestation

News Release: Washington D.C. - On Nov. 6, a concerned neighbor conducted a welfare check on an elderly man not seen in weeks. At the home, located in the 200 block of Jennifer Lane, Seneca, South Carolina, the neighbor made the grisly discovery of a decomposing body and called authorities. During the death investigation, authorities made their own discovery - the dead man was 15 Most Wanted fugitive Frederick Cecil McLean who had been on the run for more than 16 years.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dalton man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for sexual exploitation offenses.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced four separate guilty verdicts returned this week in criminal cases in the Northern District of Ohio. These are separate cases and are not related.


The US Energy Department published a four page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the sentencing of Roger Slaughter, 35, of Perry, Florida. Slaughter was sentenced to five years in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release. Slaughter’s sentence was the result of a guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of actual methamphetamine.