News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


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


USDA Invests $222 Million in Rural Community Infrastructure to Help People in 44 States, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico

News Release: WILLARD, Mo., Nov. 19, 2021 - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is investing $222 million to build and improve critical community facilities (PDF, 729 KB) in 44 states, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and...


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


Jackson County Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crime

News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Jackson County man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possessing a sawed-off shotgun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.


Doctor Convicted of Illegally Prescribing Opioids to Patients

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Physician Edmund Kemprud, 78, of Dublin, was convicted today of 14 counts of illegally prescribing opioids and other controlled substances patients, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: FORT WAYNE - George T. Oliver, Jr., 39 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to theft of mail, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


Canton Man Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Canton man was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison for drug trafficking.


News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) sent a letter to Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Subcommittee Chairman Michael Doyle (D-PA) urging them to hold a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) oversight hearing to address the unprecedented influx of funding to the commission.


News Release: Defendant led police on car chase along Storrow Drive and onto Tobin Bridge.


San Joaquin County Doctor Convicted of Illegally Prescribing Opioids to Patients

News Release: Ran one clinic in back of a nail salon and spa in Tracy.


News Release: Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Daniel G. Cort, Acting Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI")...


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


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


Release: The United States has designated Saleh Mesfer Alshaer, commander of the Houthi-controlled military logistics organization, for engaging in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of Yemen, pursuant to Executive Order 13611. This action follows the United Nations Security Council’s Yemen Sanctions Committee’s designation of Alshaer on November 9, 2021.


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


News Release: Two men who worked together to rob two people at gun point were convicted by a jury yesterday after a four-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


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


Perpetrator of Domestic Violence Sentenced for Unlawfully Reentering the United States

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Jorge Velazquez-Cordova, 33, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington for reentering the United States after having previously been removed from the country. United States District...


Reclamation to conduct aerial survey of the lower Colorado River

News Release: Boulder City, NV - The Bureau of Reclamation will be conducting an aerial survey of the lower Colorado River and mainstream reservoirs from Hoover Dam to the international border with Mexico, between Nov. 21, 2021 and Dec. 20, 2021, to collect high resolution topo-bathymetry data.


Committee Leaders Urge FCC to Act to Protect Aviation Safety Amid 5G Broadband Implementation

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) wrote to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressing safety concerns with the telecom industry’s plan to utilize the band of spectrum between 3.7 and 4.2 GHz, or the C-band, for 5G broadband service.