News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $500,000 grant funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for an environmental job training program in Indiana. EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program grant will recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization ...


DOS-BFA grant application closes on July 15

U.S. Embassy BURKINA FASO PAS Annual Program grant opened on Dec. 15.


Johnson: 'Let's pass a CR'; EPA maintains updated contingency plan

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson's (R-WI) uneasy support for a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded into February may well come down to Senate action on Thursday.



News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal judge convicted a Norfolk man today on charges of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.


News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Washington County, Arkansas, man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.


The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOI-FWS grant application closes on Feb. 24

F24AS00003 - NAWCA 2024-1 US Standard Grants grant opened on Dec. 15.


News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: So this is a very good occasion, but it’s a particularly good occasion because we greatly value Ghana’s leadership and your leadership in West Africa, the important efforts on regional security. We’re strong partners, including on the UN Security Council, which we greatly value, partners ...


DOS-BFA offers new grant application process starting Dec. 15

U.S. Embassy BURKINA FASO PAS Annual Program Statement grant opened on Dec. 15.


News Release: Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Letitia James, New York State Attorney General, announced today a settlement agreement with a Brooklyn-based licensed home care service agency (LHCSA) White Glove Community Care, Inc. (White Glove). The settlement agreement...


DOS-CMR grant application closes on Jan. 13

Julia Taft Refugee Notice of Funding Opportunity, POL/ECON, U.S. Embassy Yaounde grant opened on Dec. 15.


News Release: ATLANTA - Clarence Boone, the former Senior Economic Development Manager of Stonecrest, pleaded guilty to conspiring with his wife, Lania Boone, and the former Mayor of Stonecrest, Jason Lary, to steal pandemic relief funds intended to support small businesses in Stonecrest.


Comer: We Must Fund the Police and End Soft-on-Crime Policies to Make America Safe

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing by condemning violence in all forms and warned against ignoring facts about the increase in crime in the United States. He emphasized that crime and violence has increased across the United States...


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Paul David Fairburn, of Hagerstown, Maryland, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: Seattle - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington and Tri-Med Ambulance LLC, have reached a settlement agreement aimed at improving services for patients who are deaf or hard of hearing, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. The settlement resolves an Americans with Disabilities...


News Release: HOUSTON - A 43 year-old Houston resident has been sent to prison for robbery of a Family Dollar store, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Peters: PFAS Runoff at Airports Act provides 'fiscally responsible means to reduce PFAS contamination'

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) said a bill he wrote that aims to lower the levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at commercial airports has now passed the Senate and been sent to President Biden to be signed into law.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Adding to the growing list of cooperative, or co-op, programs with colleges and universities, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM ) Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) has launched a new pathway to jobs on the Hanford Site.


USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Utah

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Utah for more than $1.9 million to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.