News published on Federal Newswire in October 2021

News from October 2021


Defendant Pleads Guilty to Theft of Funds in Connection with COVID-19 Fraud Case

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Burnell Gabriel Zachary, 37, of Arnaudville, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Carol Whitehurst to receiving Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments to which he was not entitled.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Former IRS Employee Charged with Tax Fraud

News Release: Former IRS Employee Charged with Tax Fraud.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed four public health bills...


News Release: Bowling Green, Kentucky- Two Honduran nationals, Jonny Alexander Reyes-Martinez and Jorge Santos Caballero-Melgar were sentenced on Monday in U.S. District Court in Bowling Green. Reyes was sentenced to 262 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit a series of armed robberies throughout...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a hearing to assess the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s ongoing and proposed responses to the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals in our environment, particularly in our nation's waters.


The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. - A former Air Force Airman pleaded guilty to two counts of impersonating an officer after he pretended to be a federal agent at various times, including making a traffic stop, offering to solve a crime, and appearing at crime scene investigations armed while claiming to be an agent.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Marshall Legacy Institute Clearing the Path Gala

Release: Good evening, all. Thank you, Perry for inviting me to speak this evening and Tom for the kind introduction. It is an honor to address this distinguished crowd both in this room and those attending virtually at home. It feels as if we are at a crossroads of new beginnings and change. I am happy to speak...


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on bills that passed the House today with bipartisan support.


News Release: WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Oct. 18, 2021, Darryl Corradini, age 63, and Vicki Hackenberg, age 57, both of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before Chief District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann to conspiring to commit...


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) on Wednesday, October...


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, today.


The Department of the Interior grants Nevada and California $348 million for conservation projects to ‘benefit communities and improve the overall quality of life for residents and visitors’

More than $348 million worth of funds will be allocated to Nevada and California by the Department of the Interior for conservation and safety projects in areas surrounding Lake Tahoe.