News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

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...

2022 Fiscal Transparency Report: Burma

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Burma. On Feb. 1, 2021, the military staged a coup d’état that reversed fiscal transparency improvements made between 2012 and 2021. The return of military rule dramatically decreased overall fiscal transparency. While the previous government published its executive...

2022 Fiscal Transparency Report: Palestinian Authority

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Palestinian Authority. During the review period, the Palestinian Authority made its enacted budget public, but not within a reasonable period, and the data was incomplete. The budget was not approved by the legislature. It published monthly budget execution reports...

Pallone, Neal Applaud Biden Administration’s Final Public Charge Rule

By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2022

News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) applauded the Biden Administration’s final rule restoring longstanding policy on the treatment of noncitizens seeking government assistance. Soon, legal immigrants will...

Malden Man Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for Drug and Firearms Conspiracy Involving Machine Guns

News Release: BOSTON - A Malden man was sentenced yesterday in connection with his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy in which he possessed over 150 grams of cocaine base and other controlled substances and conspired to possess firearms.

McCabe: EPA helps 'build back our country’s economy with major investments in Brownfields cleanup'

By Trina Thomas | Sep 10, 2022

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency leaders visited West Virginia sites that are part of the Brownfields program to build back the United States economy with vital cleanup improvements.

District Man Sentenced to 11½ Years in Prison for Killing Man on Busy Street in Northeast Washington

News Release: Victim, Former Morehouse College Football Player, Accosted on Street Just Six Days Before Christmas.

Remarks to Traveling Press Before Departing Poland

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) and in many ways was meaningful because it took place coincident with the beginnings of this counteroffensive that Ukraine is engaged in to liberate the land that has been seized by Russian forces as a result of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

2022 Fiscal Transparency Report: Maldives

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Maldives. During the review period, the government made budget documents widely and easily accessible to the public, including online. Budget documents provided a substantially complete picture of the government’s planned expenditures and revenue streams, and budget...

Finance Committee Favorably Reports Nomination of Doug McKalip to serve as Chief Agricultural Negotiator

Finance Committee Favorably Reports Nomination of Doug McKalip to serve as Chief Agricultural Negotiator

“NOMINATIONS” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on Sept. 6

“NOMINATIONS“ was published in the Senate section on pages S4447-S4449 on Sept. 6

Release of “Foreign Relations of the United States,” 1981–1988, Volume I, Foundations of Foreign Policy

News Release: The Department of State released today Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981–1988, Volume I, Foundations of Foreign Policy.

Jacksonville Brothers Indicted For Child Exploitation Offenses

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Jonathan William Brown (25, Duval) with receipt and possession of child sexual abuse files. His brother, Joshua Thomas Brown (27, Duval), has been charged in a separate indictment with possession...

British Citizens Sentenced in Death of Scuba Diver

News Release: Miami, Florida - After more than 10 years on the run from authorities, Christopher Jones and Alison Gracey were sentenced in Miami federal court today for their role in the involuntary manslaughter death of a scuba diver in 2011.

When and How Often People Marry Changes by Birth Cohort

When and How Often People Marry Changes by Birth Cohort

United States and Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Partners Announce Negotiation Objectives

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2022

News Release: Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai hosted counterparts from the 13 Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) partner countries – representing over 40% of the global economy – at the first official in-person Ministerial meeting. The ministers had positive and constructive discussions, and announced a substantial milestone in their pursuit of a high-standard and inclusive economic framework.

Committee Republicans Call Out Majority for Overly Broad, Irrelevant Subpoena

Committee Republicans Call Out Majority for Overly Broad, Irrelevant Subpoena

FirstNet Expands 5G and In-Building Connectivity for First Responders

FirstNet Expands 5G and In-Building Connectivity for First Responders

Biden-Harris Administration Awards $2.9 Million to Louisiana in First of "Internet for All" Planning Grants

Biden-Harris Administration Awards $2.9 Million to Louisiana in First of "Internet for All" Planning Grants

NIST Report Outlines Strategic Opportunities for U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing