News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Virginia State's 'Off-the-Grid' High Tunnel Showcases Benefits of Out-of-the-Box Approaches

Virginia State's 'Off-the-Grid' High Tunnel Showcases Benefits of Out-of-the-Box Approaches


South Carolina's natural resource management agencies sign Shared Stewardship agreement

South Carolina's natural resource management agencies sign Shared Stewardship agreement


USDA Further Invests in Expanding the Reach and Resiliency of the Emergency Food System

USDA Further Invests in Expanding the Reach and Resiliency of the Emergency Food System


Trafficker Sentenced for Distributing more than 500 grams of Meth

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 40-year-old Three Rivers resident has been ordered to federal prison for distributing more than 500 grams of methamphetamine announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


USDA Launches New Virtual Nutrition Center of Excellence

USDA Launches New Virtual Nutrition Center of Excellence


United States Sues Michigan-Based NH Learning Solutions Corporation for Submitting False Claims for Inflated Post 9/11 GI-Bill Tuition Benefits

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against NH Learning Solutions Corp (NHLS). The complaint, filed in the Eastern District of Michigan, alleges that NHLS violated the FCA by knowingly submitting false claims to the Department ...


Biden-Harris Administration Announces an Additional $325 Million in Pilot Projects through Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, for Total Investment of $3.1 Billion

Biden-Harris Administration Announces an Additional $325 Million in Pilot Projects through Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, for Total Investment of $3.1 Billion


California’s Agriculture Leaders Commit to Innovative Strategy

California’s Agriculture Leaders Commit to Innovative Strategy


Minnesota Fiscal Year 2023 Grant Agreement Notice of Funding Opportunity

Minnesota Fiscal Year 2023 Grant Agreement Notice of Funding Opportunity


State Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Scheduled for January 10

State Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Scheduled for January 10


Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the application by Brookline Bancorp, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, to merge with PCSB Financial Corporation and thereby indirectly acquire PCSB Bank, both of Yorktown Heights, New York.



News Release: Washington, D.C. - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Ami Bera and Steve Chabot, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation Subcommittee, issued the following statement regarding today’s release of Japan’s new National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, and Defense Buildup Program...


Release: On International Migrants Day, we recognize the contributions of individual migrants, as well as their rights and struggles, and reiterate the United States’ actions to support safe, orderly, and humane migration around the world.


Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Uzbekistan on the occasion of the annual United States-Uzbekistan Strategic Partnership Dialogue.


Joint Statement from Secretary Vilsack and Ambassador Tai after Meeting with Mexican Government Officials

News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai released the following statement after Secretary Vilsack and Ambassador Tai met with a delegation of senior Mexican Government officials in Washington, D.C. today:


Judgment in the Appeal of Dominic Ongwen at the International Criminal Court

News Release: The United States welcomes the International Criminal Court (ICC) judgment affirming the conviction of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The conclusion of Ongwen’s appeal, filed against the February 2021 verdict that sentenced him ...


Reclamation awards $80,000 for improved precipitation measurement devices

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation selected eight solutions to each receive $10,000 and continue in the Counting Every Drop Challenge. This challenge is seeking precipitation measurement devices that are reliable, accurate, low maintenance, and able to operate in remote areas in extreme weather conditions.


Release: The United States welcomes the verdict in the case against Salih Mustafa, the first case at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers involving war crimes charges. Mustafa, a former commander in the BIA Guerrilla unit of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), was convicted of the war crimes of arbitrary detention, torture, and murder committed at a BIA detention and interrogation site in 1999 and sentenced to 26 years.


Developer Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Offering a Million-Dollar Bribe to Secure a $45 Million L.A. County Lease

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A real estate developer was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for offering to buy a million-dollar home for a Los Angeles County public official in exchange for the official’s assistance securing a $45 million county lease for the developer.