Stories by Karen Kidd on Federal Newswire


Bronaugh: 'Davis will join a team of talented, hard-working USDA employees' as diversity, inclusion officer

U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced the appointment of its first permanent chief diversity and inclusion officer.


Buttigieg: DOT 'ready to provide assistance as needed' in flood-ravaged California

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his department are monitoring the flooding situation in California where an atmospheric river inundated cities during a recent storm, prompting many residents to flee.


Busch: 'America's investing in rail – and we are investing in America'

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is pleased with a German technology engineering company's announcement that it will spend more than $220 million to build a rail car manufacturing facility in North Carolina.


Locascio: 'We are committed to ensuring the safe operation' of NIST's research reactor

U.S. Department of Commerce announced the National Institute of Standards and Technology will restart its research reactor.


McCollister: 'We can fund grants that enable programs such as the Green for Greene Program to succeed'

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister attended a graduation ceremony for the Green for Greene Program at Ozark Correctional Center near Springfield, Mo.


Regan: 'DOE and EPA are uniting our long-standing efforts to ensure a robust and resilient system'

The U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed a joint memorandum of understanding to help guide new clean energy opportunities.


Duffy: 'Guns are not permitted through any airport security checkpoint'

Transportation Security Administration officers at Westchester County Airport recently stopped a Florida man from bringing a loaded handgun on a flight.


Mayorkas: 'President's budget seeks to protect the security of the American people'

President Joe Biden's budget for fiscal year 2024 will provide U.S. Department of Homeland Security with billions in discretionary funding to address terrorism and other threats.


Escalona: Birmingham couple sentenced for 'senseless and horrendous acts of violence against young children'

Two Birmingham, Ala., residents were sentenced for kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap a minor.


Gauché: 'We are proud to supply safe and reliable fuel for the research reactor community'

A French nuclear reactor company recently announced the completion of the first fabricated metallic fuel element for a widely used class of nuclear research reactor.


Granholm: DOE, EPA work together to 'deliver affordable, clean electricity to all Americans'

The U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency signed a joint memorandum of understanding to increase new clean energy opportunities to support access to reliable, affordable electricity.


Graves: 'This lengthy sentence gets a dangerous predator off the streets' in Maryland

Two Maryland residents were recently sentenced for their part in a sex trafficking operation involving teenage victims.


Romer: 'For too long, underserved communities have suffered the harmful effects of pollution'

The $16 million in new grant opportunities to help states and Tribes develop pollution prevention (P2) practices is aimed at advancing environmental justice in historically underserved communities.


Cash: Settlement means Gloucester, Mass. 'final major city in the eastern U.S. to install secondary treatment at their wastewater treatment facilities'

A coastal New England city's $150 million settlement of violations at a water-treatment facility that discharged undertreated effluent will lead to a cleaner Massachusetts Bay, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) official said in a news release.


Regan: Funds will 'expand access to clean water and safeguard the environment' in DC

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $11.3 million award to the District of Columbia for water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades to expand clean water access.


Cosby: 'USDA is committed to removing barriers for underserved producers to all USDA services'

U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for a share of $70 million to fund projects improving outreach to underserved food producers and communities about the department's conservation programs and services.


Nance: Texas cleanup 'improved public health and the environment'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is removing a former Texas metal plating shop from the National Priorities List of Superfund sites.


Akin: 'Partnership with HSI-Kansas City has been instrumental in our efforts to combat human trafficking'

Sheriff Will Akin received Homeland Security Investigations Kansas City's 2023 Agency Partnership Award on behalf of the Clay County Missouri Sheriff's Office.


Vilsack: USDA makes 'forward-thinking investment in the nation’s reforestation pipeline'

U.S. Department of Agriculture announced nearly $10 million for forest nursery and native seed partnerships.


Buttigieg: 'We will hold the line on railroad safety and accountability'

Embattled U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a social media post last week that he's "happy" to talk about timing of his then-upcoming visit to a toxic Ohio derailment site, but won't bow to distractions that he says "some in Washington" want.