Stories by Tamara Browning on Federal Newswire


Burke: Parents, educators ‘need to remind kids to be aware of potential threats’ online

An outreach program that includes the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements’ Homeland Security Investigations has tips to help youth stay safe online as the 2022-23 academic year begins.


Mayorkas: Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council will 'improve nation-to-nation relationships'

Individuals can submit nomination packages for membership on the first-ever Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council.


Agriculture secretary: WIC families can find baby formula 'they need’ through USDA flexibility

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will continue through Oct. 31 to cover the added cost of non-contract formula made available to families through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, also known as WIC.


Moffitt: Florida partnership ‘will improve food and agricultural supply-chain resiliency’

Food distribution in Florida will be expanded to underserved communities due to a signed cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service.


Cash: Settlement against Greenfield Global sends ‘a strong message’ to chemical companies

A privately owned company in Connecticut that provides chemical manufacturing and packaging will pay a penalty of $179,596 in settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating rules on managing chemicals safely and reporting on hazardous substances.


EPA, Belgium region pledge to share compliance data on PFAS 'for a healthier and safer environment for all our citizens'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and the government of Flanders, Belgium, have formally pledged to share enforcement and compliance assurance information on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other fluorocarbon chemicals.


Mayorkas: 'We are taking another step to do everything in our power to preserve and fortify DACA'

Certain noncitizens who were children when they came to the United States now have a chance to obtain a renewable, two-year work permit because of a final rule that preserves and strengthens the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.


Bronaugh: Rural communities ‘deserve investments that will strengthen’ climate change resilience

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $121 million in infrastructure to combat climate change in rural America.


Vilsack: New funding is ‘remarkable opportunity to restore and improve waterways’

More than $65 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and invested in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service will help improve water quality, trails, roads and fish habitats nationwide.


California state senator: ‘We must prioritize domestic garlic production,’ support ‘tariffs on garlic from China’

A California state senator who chairs the California Senate Agriculture Committee plans to encourage prioritizing domestic garlic production considering that garlic from China accounts for over half of garlic imported to the U.S.


Bradybaugh: 'Our deepest sympathy goes out to the friends and family of Jetal Agnihotri'

The National Park Service recently ended a search and rescue operation for an Arizona woman.


Newland: 'Reliable, high-speed internet access in Tribal communities enables many opportunities'

Eligible, federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal entities may apply for the 2022 National Tribal Broadband Grant Program through the Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development.


Haaland: 'Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is making historic investments to address water and drought challenges'

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton recently announced funding for the planning, design and construction of water reuse projects around the country.


Greer: 'I struggle to find something more important' than protecting children

An Iowa man faces 30 years in federal prison after admitting to sexually abusing a child.


Mouritsen: BLM committed ‘to investing in clean and reliable renewable energy projects’

The 230-megawatt Desert Sunlight Battery Energy Storage System near Desert Center in Riverside County, Calif., is fully operational.


Bureau of Reclamation’s Beaudreau is committed to 'build resilient communities and protect our water supplies'

The Bureau of Reclamation has set 2023 operating conditions for the reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, through a recently released 24-month study, as the drought crisis has prompted the Department of the Interior to address the long-term sustainability of the Colorado River System.


Polite: Joint Task Force Alpha investigates 'dangerous and prolific human smuggling activities'

Four Guatemalan nationals arrested for alleged involvement in a transnational human smuggling organization that resulted in a woman’s death have been indicted.


Basaltic Farms: ‘Garlic from China has many problems’

An organic farm near McArthur, California, that uses regenerative farming practices to grow organic garlic without using fertilizers or pesticides is reminding consumers that “garlic from China has many problems.”


Bowles Farming CEO touts benefits of California-grown garlic over Chinese product, 'People need to know where their food is coming from and who is producing it'

The president and CEO of a family owned and operated farming operation located near Los Banos in California’s Central Valley is reminding people that imported garlic from China is inferior to garlic grown in California.


Moore: Missouri man sentenced to 30 years for 'appalling criminal behavior' toward children

A southern Missouri high school teacher who pleaded guilty to a sextortion scheme last year was sentenced Aug. 2 to 30 years in federal prison without parole.