News from February 2023

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Memphis, TN - Good afternoon. Thank you so much for being here.

By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
Release: I. Requested Objectives for Statements of Interest.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A Seminole man was arrested Thursday in El Paso on criminal charges related to his alleged bribery of a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY RICCARDI, an owner and manager of the Connecticut insurance firm Employee Benefit Solutions LLC (“EBS"), pled guilty today in White Plains federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Woodland, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 120 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release on her convictions of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
Release: AMBASSADOR TSUNIS: (In Greek.). Welcome, everyone. It is truly an honor to have you here today. It is especially an honor to have someone that, in all fairness, I have to categorize as my friend but also my boss, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken, with us today. It is well established that Greeks ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Recipient: Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.

By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Oglala Sioux Tribe to supplement tribal recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storms and snowstorm from Dec. 12-25, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA has provided more than $1 billion for 380,000 Florida survivors of Hurricane Ian, as part of the $5.5 billion in federal support the Biden-Harris administration has provided to help families and communities in Florida jumpstart their recovery.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Dear Mr. Koskinen: Congratulations on your recent confirmation as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Your bi-partisan Senate confirmation marks a new beginning for the agency. We are glad that the IRS has implemented all of the recommendations proposed by the Treasury Inspector General for...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
BJA FY 23 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustments to BJA Previously Funded Awards 2 grant opened on Feb. 22.

By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
DRL Youth Empowerment in Serbia grant opened on Feb. 22.

By USDA Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va., Feb. 21, 2023 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $59 million across the country (PDF, 153 KB) to increase independent meat and poultry processing capacity, expand market opportunities for farmers and create jobs in rural areas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Introduction. Volcanic fields are clusters of volcanoes or areas covered by volcanic rocks. Monogenetic volcanic fields consist mostly (or exclusively) of monogenetic volcanoes. These volcanoes (cinder cones, maars, tuff rings, and eruptive fissures) each experience one period of activity. Most monogenetic...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A South St. Paul felon has been charged in a federal indictment for illegal possession of ammunition, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: FOREIGN MINISTER DENDIAS: (Via interpreter) Dear Minister, for the second time today I’d like to welcome you to Athens.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Washington man on Feb. 17 of using a firearm in connection with murder and robbery.

By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
Good morning. Thank you for joining us, both in person and via livestream, for this important event marking Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.

By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
The Justice Department announced today that it filed a complaint and proposed consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to resolve allegations that the Minnesota Department of Corrections (MNDOC) violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
The Justice Department announced today 49 awards to states, territories, and the District of Columbia as part of the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program.