News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


USDA Expands SNAP Online Shopping, Adds New Retailers


USDA Invests Nearly $2 Billion, Leverages American Agriculture to Feed Kids & Families


Industry Webinar - Expanded Data Access for PHIS Industry Users


Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic Investment in Partnerships for 70 Climate-Smart Commodities and Rural Projects


FSIS to Host Field Service Laboratory Virtual Open House


APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine Implements Risk-Based Sampling for Bananas and Plantains at U.S. Ports of Entry


Annual Facility Certification for the Minimum Sanitation Protocol for Offshore Geranium Cutting Production


APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of fresh Hass Avocado from Guatemala


REMINDER: On Sept. 30, New USDA Database Will Replace Three Import Manuals and the Fruit and Vegetable Imports Requirement (FAVIR) Database


E&C Republicans: Biden Must Answer for Inflation, Energy, Border, Fentanyl, and Supply Chain Crises

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans delivered the following opening remarks during a markup of 18 Republican-led “Resolutions of Inquiry" that would require the administration to provide certain documentation for oversight of the Biden administration’s handling of crises such as surging inflation, rising energy costs, empty store shelves, chaos at the border, and record-high fentanyl poisonings and deaths.


Fourth and Final Co-Defendant in Brutal West Philly Sex Trafficking Case Sentenced to 17 and One Half Years in Prison

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Rafael Robinson, 35, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to seventeen years and six months in prison, ten years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $459,000 restitution by United States District Judge C. Darnell Jones II, for sex trafficking of an adult by force.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Reclamation waives day use fees at New Melones, Lake Berryessa, and Stony Gorge Reservoir for National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 24

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Bureau of Reclamation’s California-Great Basin Region will celebrate the 29th anniversary of National Public Lands Day at New Melones Lake, Lake Berryessa, and Stony Gorge Reservoir by waiving day use fees at all three recreation areas.


Glufosinate; Pesticide Tolerances discussed on Sept. 21 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page rule on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Craig Parham, 41, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for drug.


How politicians on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee dealt with bills on Sept. 21

There was activity on three bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Sept. 21.



Agriculture Department set to publish a new notice on Sept. 23

There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 23.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Fidelity Bonding Demonstration discussed on Sept. 21 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.