News published on Federal Newswire in October 2021

News from October 2021


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Oct. 25, 2021, Robert Callahan, 37, of Proctor, Vermont, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III to serve 18 months in prison for possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of a felony offense. Judge Sessions also ordered Callahan to serve a two-year term of supervised release.


Witness List: Agricultural Biotechnology: 21st Century Advancements and Applications

News Release: 10:00 a.m. WITNESS LIST. Ms. Fan-Li Chou, Ph.D., Vice President, Scientific Affairs and Policy, American Seed Trade Association, Washington, D.C. Dr. Elena Rice, Chief Scientific Officer, Genus PLC, DeForest, WI. Mr. Jack Bobo, Chief Executive Officer, Futurity, Potomac, MD. Dr. Jon Oatley, Associate...


News Release: Endorsed the Use of Firearms by Members of the Organization to Maintain Security; A.40-caliber Pistol and Ammunition Were Subsequently Seized from His Residence.


Oct. 25, 2021, Update on NIST’s Champlain Towers South Investigation

News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will present an update on its investigation into the June 24, 2021, partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium at a Nov. 8, 2021, public meeting of the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee.


News Release: DENTON, Texas - Revised preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in portions of the City of Glen Rose and unincorporated areas of Somervell County, Texas.


Foxx on Parker’s Confirmation as Head of OSHA

News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Doug Parker to run the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The deadline to apply for federal disaster assistance has been extended for those impacted by the California wildfires.


Manhattan Man Pleads Guilty To $6.9 Million Scheme To Defraud Loan Program Intended To Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MARCUS FRAZIER pled guilty to carrying out a fraudulent scheme to obtain $6.9 million in government-guaranteed loans designed to provide relief to small businesses during the novel coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. FRAZIER pled guilty before United States District Judge Alison Nathan, to whom his case is assigned.


News Release: ROCKFORD - Two Thomson Penitentiary inmates have been sentenced to additional prison time for assaulting another inmate.


Troika Statement on Military Takeover in Sudan

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Troika: Governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Norway.


News Release: Indianapolis, IN - A man the FBI charged with money laundering and wire fraud here in 2012, but who absconded before pleading guilty in 2013, was arrested today by the U.S. Marshals in Provo, Utah.


News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy is hosting its second-ever virtual Program Review November 15-18, 2021. The annual event aims to bring together Indian tribes and Alaska Native communities to celebrate tribal energy successes and share information through a number of focused presentations.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, and Rep. Robin Kelly, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth, ...


The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.