News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Illegal Annexation of Sovereign Ukrainian Territory

Release: Begin Text: We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, are united in our condemnation in the strongest possible terms of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and its ...


News Release: Introduction. Ash-flow tuffs (ignimbrites) erupted during caldera-forming eruptions or parts of caldera walls are present in several national park areas. These rocks are testaments to some of the largest volcanic eruptions in the history of North America. The eruptions of these calderas probably ranged...


News Release: WASHINGTON - As previewed in the January 5 border enforcement announcement to limit irregular migration and create additional safe and orderly processes, today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are issuing a proposed rule to incentivize the use of new and existing...


USDA-NRCS grant application closes on April 23

NRCS' Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2023 - Caribbean Area grant opened on Feb. 22.



DOS-XKX grant application closes on March 31

U.S. Speakers Program grant opened on Feb. 22.


Three Individuals Charged for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine on and Around the Red Lake Reservation

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Three individuals from northern Minnesota have been charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy that brought fentanyl and methamphetamine to the Red Lake Reservation and surrounding area, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


USDA-NRCS grant application closes on April 22

New Mexico Conservation Technical Assistance for Outreach and Education grant opened on Feb. 22.


Granholm: DOE seeks 'reliable energy infrastructure that harvests abundant American-grown clean energy'

A recent visit to Arizona by U.S. officials commemorated the groundbreaking of a low-cost electricity project for central Arizona and southern California.


DOS-DRL grant application closes on April 26

DRL Addressing Hate-Based Crimes in Moldova grant opened on Feb. 22.


USDA-NRCS offers new grant application process starting Feb. 22

Announcement for Program Funding for NRCS' Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2023 - Idaho grant opened on Feb. 22.


News Release: WASHINGTON ­-- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe to supplement tribal recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storms and snowstorm from Dec. 12-25, 2022.


Senator Stabenow Announces Staff Hires, Full Committee Team in Preparation of Farm Bill Process

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) announced today additional professional staff hires as the Committee gears up for the 2023 Farm Bill.


USDA-RMA-RME offers new grant application process starting Feb. 22

Risk Management Education Partnership Program grant opened on Feb. 22.


USDA-FAS grant application closes on April 28

McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program grant opened on Feb. 22.


Gomez: Investment provides 'everyone with the opportunity to be a part of the green economy'

The Los Angeles Conservation Corps (LACC) has been awarded a $500,000 Brownfields job training grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


Fermin Salas selected as superintendent of Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

News Release: Museum of Spanish Colonial Art - Trade Transforms Art Exhibit Audio Description.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Madani Ilara Tejan, a/k/a “Malik," “Mylik," and “Dani," age 30, of Washington, D.C., late on Feb. 17, 2023, for using a firearm in connection with murder and robbery, and for a drug distribution conspiracy.


News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court in El Paso Wednesday to 144 months in prison, along with an El Paso man who was sentenced to 200 months in prison, for violation of federal law concerning hostage taking.


G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement at the Munich Security Conference

Release: Statement by Hayashi Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan in his capacity as Chair of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Munich Security Conference.