News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023



U.S. Department of Energy Announces $68 Million For Small Businesses Developing Technologies to Cut Emissions and Study Climate

Release: Funding Awarded to 53 Businesses Across 23 States That Are Developing Innovations in Clean Energy and Climate Research


The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Springfield woman was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in prison for witness tampering that occurred at the onset of a multi-week federal trial against four individuals relating to a murder, violent gang enterprise, and a drug trafficking conspiracy operating in Virginia, California, and several other states.


Political Consultant Sentenced for Scheme Involving Illegal Foreign Campaign Contribution to 2016 Presidential Campaign

News Release: A Texas man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in funneling illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian national to a 2016 presidential campaign.


National Park Service to Establish Charismatic Megaflora Seedbank

News Release: Bineshiiyag (“birds" in Ojibwemowin) are a constant presence along the gichi onigamiing from Lake Superior to the Pigeon River. Indeed, they are the most commonly seen or heard wildlife by visitors to the area. Songbirds give voice to the northern forest. They contribute to nagamowin akiing, the singing land.


Damian Williams and Breon Peace Announce New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy for United States Attorney's Offices

News Release: Earlier today, Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC) and Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and the Chair of the White Collar Fraud Subcommittee of the AGAC, announced...


Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Addressing Hate-Based Crimes in Moldova. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009445. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type of Solicitation:...


Bureau of Land Management seeks public input on proposed Dry Lake East Energy Center Solar Project

News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comments to inform development of an environmental assessment and regional mitigation strategy for the proposed Dry Lake East Energy Center Solar Project in Clark County, Nevada. The proposed project is located on 1,635 acres of public land 10 miles northeast of Las Vegas in the Dry Lake East Designated Leasing Area. This area was selected as a preferred location for solar energy development in 2020.


Release: THE WASHINGTON FOREIGN PRESS CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C.


Semiannual Regulatory Flexibility Agenda discussed on Feb. 22 by Federal Reserve System

The US Federal Reserve System published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: FBI Seattle Announces Recovery of Missing 8-Year-Old Boy from Vancouver, Washington.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent decision to roll back the previous administration’s mercury and air toxics standards (MATS) power plant regulations.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing of a criminal Complaint today charging JONATHAN GHERTLER with...


Jean Lafitte National Park First to Reclaim Wells in New NPS Initiative

News Release: John Wesley Powell River History Museum Exhibit Audio Description.


Two Maryland Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Armed Home Invasion and Attempted Robbery in Northeast Washington, D.C.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Jose Gonzalez Pacheco, also known as “Jose Gonzalez," 48, and Kenneth Demetrius Harris, also known as “Kenneth Vann," 43, both of Silver Spring, Maryland, were sentenced to federal prison yesterday for their roles in an armed robbery on July 16, 2021.


News Release: A man who sexually abused a 14-year-old victim and later assaulted his then-girlfriend has pleaded guilty in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Charleston Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. Dillon Shane Browning, 31, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I would like to convey my warmest wishes to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan and all the people of Japan on the occasion of His Majesty’s 63rd birthday this February 23.


Court orders Salinas labor contractor to pay $460K in damages, penalties to 542 farmworkers after Department of Labor investigation, litigation

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment that orders a Salinas labor contractor - who withheld final paychecks and transportation expenses - to hundreds of farmworkers to pay more than $460,000 in damages and penalties, following the department’s investigation and litigation.