News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


DOS-HND grant application closes on March 31

U.S. Embassy Honduras - PAS Notice of Funding Opportunity grant opened on Dec. 1.


E&C Republicans to NIH: Turn Over Previously Requested Information Ahead of New Congress

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today sent a letter to National Institutes of...


News Release: A Texas married couple was sentenced today for a $1 million Medicare fraud scheme, including violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.


News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It’s a pleasure to get a chance to meet with Foreign Minister Lahbib, really for the first time. We’ve spoken, and of course we’ve been at the various NATO meetings, but this is our first opportunity to really get together in person, and for me to say ...


News Release: Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West will travel to Japan, India, and the United Arab Emirates December 1-8. Special Representative West will consult with partners and Afghans regarding the humanitarian and economic crises in Afghanistan, protection of Afghans’ rights, and shared security ...


Connecticut Man Admits to Attempting to Travel to The Middle East to Join and Fight For ISIS

News Release: Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, 25, of West Haven, Connecticut, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.


USDOJ-OJP-COPS offers new grant application process starting Dec. 1

FY22 Community Policing Development (CPD) Invitational 2 Solicitation grant opened on Dec. 1.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Charles LeLande Boston (32, Orange Park) to six years in federal prison for receiving child sex abuse images. Boston was also ordered to serve a five-year term of supervised release and register as a sex offender. In addition...


House Committee on Appropriations publishes one press release or notice in November

There was one press release or notice published by the House Committee on Appropriations in November.


Guzman: New release 'demonstrates tangible progress towards reducing transborder pollution'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for project to mitigate transborder water pollution.


Release: Introduction This year marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of relations between China and the United States. For most of this period, the United States was committed to the idea that economic engagement with China would serve our mutual interests: first, as a counterweight to the Soviet Union, ...


Portman: Bill will 'stop bad actors from exploiting our open research community'

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) is calling for the U.S. government to stop allowing foreign governments, such as People's Republic of China and its Communist Party, from exploiting the U.S. education system and stealing technology and other research.


Chairman Carper’s Opening Statement: Hearing on Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Implementation

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Nov. 30, 2022, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing to examine private sector perspectives on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.


News Release: The United States government, in partnership with the Government of Japan, is sponsoring the fifth Indo-Pacific Business Forum (IPBF) on Jan. 12, 2023. The hybrid event will feature an in-person program in Tokyo and a robust virtual component timed to allow meaningful participation from across the Indo-Pacific region.


News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, hello, everyone. It’s, as always, a great pleasure to be with my friend Dmytro Kuleba. We had a very good session yesterday with the foreign minister – and all of our NATO colleagues – focused on the very resolute support for Ukraine from all of the countries represented here ...


Highlighting the U.S. Government’s Commitment to Preventing and Responding to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

News Release: The United States is committed to preventing and responding to all forms of gender-based violence globally, including conflict-related sexual violence. The forthcoming update to the U.S. Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally recommits us to these efforts. After taking part ...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Republican Leader John Barrasso (R-WY) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm raising concerns about potential damage to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) due to President Biden’s unprecedented drawdowns and DOE’s mismanagement of the national security asset.


E&C Republicans to NIH: Turn Over Previously Requested Information Ahead of New Congress

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today sent a letter to National Institutes of...


Boozman, Braun Introduce Bill to Protect Family Farmers & Ranchers from Burdensome SEC Climate Rules

News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and committee member Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) have introduced legislation to protect family farmers and ranchers from burdensome greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting rules proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).


Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Christiane Amanpour of CNN

News Release: QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, welcome to the program. I just wanted to ask you, because you’ve just been meeting with your Ukrainian counterpart — SECRETARY BLINKEN: Christiane, great to be with you.