News from October 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the City of Colonial Heights, Virginia. Community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period.
By State Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Buenos días a todos. Wonderful to be here with all of you, with both of these remarkable teams, the teams behind the teams, because we know where the real work gets done. We’re grateful to all of you. And Marta Lucia, thank you so much for hosting us. I had the chance to welcome you to the State Department a few months ago, so I’m very grateful to be here in Bogota, to the Palacio San Carlos, and to be with all of you.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: SODA SPRINGS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a draft environmental impact statement that analyzes a plan submitted by Itafos Conda, LLC for the proposed Husky 1 North Dry Ridge Phosphate Mine. Itafos is proposing to develop several phosphate leases the company holds approximately 16 miles northeast of Soda Springs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area announced today that Mountain Road and the Buttermilk Falls Trail in Walpack Township, NJ will re-open, with access by vehicle, on Friday, October 22. “There has been a lot of much-needed work going on in this area over the last few months that...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, to purchase key tools and supplies to support the new Flight Test Research Center and...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A Davenport, Iowa, man, Demaine Marquelle Glenn, 30, of the 300 block of South Elmwood Avenue, has been sentenced to 71 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm as a felon.
By David Beasley | Oct 20, 2021
President Biden is restoring protections to three national monuments that were dismantled by the Trump administration, a news release said.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement on Catherine Lhamon’s confirmation as assistant secretary for the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Letter: Ways & Means Republicans Demand Answers on Dems’ Push for IRS Invasion into Americans’ Bank Accounts.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Grand Teton National Park hosted 3,493,937 recreation visits between January and September 2021, already surpassing the park’s busiest full year on record with three months to go in 2021. Previously, 2018 had the record for most recreation visits in a year with 3,491,151 visits. Of the past nine months, six have been record setting for visitation.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) from today’s hearing entitled, “Achieving Mission Balance: Positioning the Coast Guard for the Future":
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: On Monday, Nov. 1, at 9:00 a.m. HST, Pearl Harbor National Memorial will launch the Recreation.gov lottery for public access to view the livestream of the December 7th Pearl Harbor Commemoration Main Ceremony taking place on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Those who are successful in obtaining tickets...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Mexican national who admitted to using personal information stolen from another individual to live and work in the Billings community for years was sentenced today to 51 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By State Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
Release: MS BUENO: Buenos días. Good morning and welcome, Mr. Ambassador of the United States, authorities, members of San Francisco de Quito University, civil society, dear students. Welcome to Ecuador, Mr. Secretary, or as, humbled, that early father of environmentalism called us, welcome to the country of...
By State Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
Release: PRESIDENT DUQUE: (In progress) (Via interpreter) I would also like to greet Ambassador Goldberg, Mr. Brian Nichols, Mr. Juan Gonzales, and all the members of your delegation. Thank you. Thank you very much for supporting our country, Mr. Secretary, for being with us here. And I would like to extend a...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Matthew Bormann, age 35, of Sherburne, New York, pled guilty today to possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today marks the first anniversary of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT). The CCHT, led by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), is a DHS-wide effort dedicated to bringing human traffickers to justice, protecting victims of sex trafficking and forced labor, and preventing these terrible crimes from occurring.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: AMES, IOWA, Oct. 20, 2021 – Mexican Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development Victor Villalobos and United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued the following statement at the conclusion of their bilateral meeting in Ames, Iowa.
