News published on Federal Newswire in October 2021

News from October 2021


DOE Sets 2025 Community Solar Target to Power 5 Million Homes

Release: 2025 Milestone Will Play a Key Role in Achieving Justice40 Goals and Create $1 Billion in Energy Savings


News Release: Brady: Dreadful News for America’s Slowing Recovery as Americans Lose Confidence in Biden’s Economic Leadership.



News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for possessing more than 40 grams of fentanyl with the intent to distribute, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.


News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) will begin construction on a wetland enhancement project the week of Oct. 11. In order to accommodate the contractor moving in equipment for the project, the BLM will temporarily close access to the John C. Pointner Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary...


Neal Statement on September 2021 Jobs Report

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) September 2021 jobs report...


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The City of Knoxville will receive $200,000 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS) that will support practices and strategies for creative approaches to preventing crime and de-escalation training, announced Acting United States Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III.


Troika Statement on the Situation in Eastern Sudan

Release: The Troika (Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States) strongly supports the efforts of Sudan’s government to resolve protests in eastern Sudan which, as the government’s October 3 statement highlighted, risk having a serious impact on the country’s economy and the well-being of its citizens.


Peters, Scott, and Langevin Bipartisan Bill to Help Protect K-12 School Systems from Cyber-Attacks Signed into Law

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan bill authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rick Scott (R-FL) to enhance cybersecurity assistance to K-12 educational institutions across the country has been signed into law. Chairman Peters...


News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Israeli man was sentenced today to 360 months in federal prison for blackmailing dozens of girls into producing child pornography for him.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A federal jury today found three men guilty of various narcotics and firearms offenses for their roles in a Trenton-based drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.


News Release: CONCORD - Charles Paul Jansen, 35, of Pittsfield, pleaded guilty in federal court to distribution of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.


Release: Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya will travel to Haiti and Panama from October 12-16, 2021.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Alejandro Dominguez of Milenio TV

Release: QUESTION: Secretary, thank you for your time.


Release: Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland will travel to Moscow, Russia on October 11 to meet with senior officials and other interlocutors to discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the U.S. Senate confirmed Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.


45-Count Indictment Unsealed Charging 18 Individuals with Drug, Gun Crimes

News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Georgia has brought federal charges against 18 individuals as part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) on-going investigation into alleged drug trafficking in Southwest Georgia. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.


Baltimore Man Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Federal Prison for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced James Dorsey, age 36, of Baltimore, to 90 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.


Trespass Livestock Operations

News Release: Mesa Verde National Park Begins Trespass Livestock Operations.


Risch Celebrates Taiwan’s National Day

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement ahead of Taiwan’s National Day on October 10: