News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Bangladesh. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing its end-of-year report within a reasonable period. It also made its executive budget proposal and enacted budget widely and easily accessible to the public, including online.


Buttigieg: Arkansas receives DOT funding, helping 'modernizing America’s transportation systems'

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced the awarding of $24.6 million from the Biden-Harris administration's Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program to the state of Arkansas.


Foxx: Workers Deserve Choice, Freedom not Union Boss Tyranny

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on the Biden administration’s campaign to put all workers, regardless of their preference, under the thumb of union bosses...


Rueter: 'UCOR is proud to be part of another significant cleanup milestone on the Oak Ridge Reservation'

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management has started the demolition of a former reactor facility for the first time in Oak Ridge history.


Duggan: 'What we’d like is to knit the community back together'

The Biden-Harris administration announced the awarding of $105 million to the state of Michigan to aid with the removal of the Interstate-375 freeway, shortening the project's timeline by approximately two years.


Locascio: Google, NIST collaboration 'aims to unleash the innovative potential of researchers'

Google and the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the U.S. Department of Commerce have entered into a cooperative research and development arrangement.


Bonavolonta: 'Sexual assaults against children remain an ongoing, pervasive problem'

A Maine man pleaded guilty Sept. 1 to federal child exploitation offenses in a Boston federal court.


Walsh: Indo-Pacific Economic Framework 'builds labor issues into our cooperation'

The Department of Labor declared its support for the negotiations of commitments under the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity's Trade, Supply Chain, Clean Economy and Fair Economy Pillars, which aim to strengthen international worker standards and advance labor rights.


Vilsack: 'High-speed internet is an important part of USDA Rural Development’s work'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting loan and grant applications for a $1 billion program to increase high-speed internet in rural areas.


Release: Private exporters reported sales of 136,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2022/2023 marketing year.



DOT-DOT X-50 offers new grant application process starting Sept. 19

Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program grant opened on Sept. 19.


Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Tajikistan. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing an audit report of the entire, annual executed budget that contained substantive findings, recommendations, and narratives. The government also made its executive budget...


Release: On behalf of the people and the Government of the United States of America, I warmly congratulate the people of Nepal as you celebrate your Constitution Day on September 19.


2022 Fiscal Transparency Report: Pakistan

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Pakistan. During the review period, the government made its enacted budget and end-of-year report widely and easily accessible to the public, including online. It did not publish its executive budget proposal within a reasonable period. The government published limited...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $156 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for a first-of-a-kind facility to extract and separate rare earth elements (REE) and critical minerals (CM) from unconventional sources like mining waste.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Azerbaijani President Aliyev

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Secretary Blinken welcomed a halt to recent hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He urged President Aliyev to adhere to the ceasefire, disengage military forces, and work to resolve all outstanding issues between Armenia and Azerbaijan through peaceful negotiations.


2022 Fiscal Transparency Report: Uzbekistan

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Uzbekistan. During the review period, the government made significant progress by including in the budget information on expenditures to support executive offices and by publishing basic information on natural resource extraction awards. The government made its enacted...


Swansboro Man Sentenced to More Than 41 Years in Prison for Production and Distribution of Child Pornography


Beloit Man Charged with Transporting Minor Across State Lines & Producing Child Pornography