News from February 2023

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
NRCS in N.H. Opens Application Period Under Inflation Reduction Act Funding
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Connecticut charging a Connecticut man and a foreign national with conspiracy, multiple counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme to pay bribes to Brazilian officials to win contracts with Brazil’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (Petrobras).

By DOE Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
NEWS NRCS State Technical Committee to Hold Meeting February 22

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Rangeland and Riparian Health in the Eastern Grasslands of Custer County Project Announces Application Date

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
EWS USDA-NRCS and Audubon Southwest Collaborate on a Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) project in New Mexico

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Custer County Resilient Forest Landscapes Project Announces Application Date

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Public Meeting on March 8 – Bonds Creek Watershed Dam Site 1 Rehabilitation Project

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Local Working Group Meetings Planned
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Public Meeting on March 7– Brush Creek Watershed Dam Site 12 Rehabilitation Project

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
USDA Invests $9.4 Million in Compost and Food Waste Reduction Projects

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Texas NRCS Watershed Program Scheduling 2023 Quarterly Updates
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOHN DIGGS (“J. DIGGS"), age 62, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, and JAMES WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS"), age 68, of Gibson, Louisiana, were both sentenced Feb. 14, 2023 to 10 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Lance M. Africk...

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Kansas NRCS Announces Availability of Environmental Quality Incentive Program Act Now Funding

By State Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Dear Secretary-General Guterres: I write concerning the United Nations’ (UN) response to gross financial mismanagement at the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). As I stated when I first wrote to you regarding this issue on May 16, 2022, the UN’s response will be watched closely as a...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Troy Rivetti, First Assistant to former United States Attorney to Cindy K. Chung, has been named Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania effective today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Brian Battle, 45, Jefferson, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 2 ½ years in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. Battle pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 24, 2022.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
USDA Expands Hurricane Insurance Protection to Include Certain Tropical Storms

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Biden-Harris Administration Provides $262 Million to Improve Access to Jobs, Health Care and Infrastructure Across the Rural Partners Network