News from February 2023
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON- Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced more than $2 billion in funding for eight fiscal year 2023 preparedness grant programs. These grant programs provide critical funding to help state, local, tribal, and territorial officials prepare for, prevent, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass legislation introduced by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to amend the Presidential Records Act. The legislation, the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments (H.R. 1233), institutes new guidelines and procedures to ensure the timely release of presidential records.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Today, I am announcing our contribution of more than $444 million, exemplifying the continued generosity of the people of the United States for the people of Yemen. As one of the largest donors, this brings our total to the humanitarian response in Yemen to over $5.4 billion since the conflict began. The United States’ commitment to alleviating the suffering of millions from the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains resolute.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: The White House Gender Policy Council today released its first progress report to the President on progress toward the ambitious priorities laid out in the first U.S. National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality (NGS) finalized in October 2021. The Office of Global Women’s Issues in July 2022 submitted ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 27, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its intention to award $1,350,000 in grant funding to Iowa State University to assess the relationships between climate-induced concerns related to water infrastructure and their effects on health in Alaska Native communities.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Austria. Overview: U.S.-Austrian law enforcement cooperation remained strong. U.S. law enforcement agencies continued to assist in investigations of the 2020 terrorist attack in Vienna, during which a 20-year-old Austrian of North Macedonia origin killed four persons and injured 23 others. Parliament ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Feb. 27, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $36.2 million to West Virginia from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that communities can use to upgrade essential water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure that protects public health and treasured water bodies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: St. Thomas, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced that Rafael Velez-Lopez of Puerto Rico pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller to one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced it will publish a final rule to amend how the Adverse Effect Wage Rates for the H-2A program are set to improve the rates’ consistency and accuracy based on the work actually performed by these workers and to better prevent H-2A workers’ employment negatively affecting the wages of U.S. workers in similar positions.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Tanzania. Overview: In 2021, the Government of Tanzania and the United States engaged in limited counterterrorism and countering violent extremism cooperation. Counterterrorism has risen in importance for the Government of Tanzania, as Tanzania faces terrorist threats within the country and along three...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: On behalf of the United States, I congratulate the people of the Dominican Republic on the occasion of your Independence Day. Our countries are deeply connected with one another, as more than two million people of Dominican descent call the United States their home, and more than three million Americans...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County man was arrested for possessing multiple images and videos of child sex abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Italy. Overview: Italy collaborated closely with the United States and other partners in its international counterterrorism efforts in 2021. Domestically, Italy investigated and prosecuted terrorist suspects and regularly deported foreign nationals for terrorism-related security reasons. As a member ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Davenport, IA - A Davenport man was sentenced to 174 months of imprisonment, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, for possessing a firearm as a felon and possessing a distribution amount of fentanyl.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for ramming into two law enforcement vehicles while attempting to flee while in possession of methamphetamine and firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Doris Matsui (D-CA) commended the passage of H.R. 1108 to extend the Federal Communication Commission auction authority deadline to May 19, 2023.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: North Macedonia. Overview: North Macedonia cooperated with U.S. counterterrorism efforts. With no terrorist attacks in 2021 and no reported departures to join ISIS, the main counterterrorism issue North Macedonia faced consisted of returned FTFs from Syria and Iraq, given these individuals’ ability to ...
