News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


NEWS: Amid Republican Threats to Social Security, Sanders, Warren, Schakowsky, Hoyle, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Increase Benefits and Extend Solvency Through 2096

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 - As Republicans threaten cuts to Social Security and other essential federal programs, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) in the U.S. House of Representatives, introduced legislation that would...


NEWS: Moderna CEO Agrees to Testify in Senate HELP Committee

News Release: Company Features Prominently in New Majority Staff Report on “Pharma Pandemic Profiteers"


DOT-FHWA grant application closes on March 24

Administration of the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Local Competition at Designated Institutions of Higher Education grant opened on Feb. 17.


Erie Man Gets 10 Years for Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine, Fentanyl Pills and Meth

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to demand accountability from the Department on its failure to respond to several Committee inquiries.


USDA-NIFA grant application closes on April 13

Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative grant opened on Feb. 17.



Two Florida Men Plead Guilty to Charges  For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: One Defendant Admits Guilt To Felony of Civil Disorder.


Energy Department discusses Idaho Irrigation District; New Sweden Irrigation District; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment on Feb. 16

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDOJ-OJP-OVW offers new grant application process starting Feb. 17

OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Solicitation grant opened on Feb. 17.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Khaled Abughanem, 50, and Waleed Abughanem, 32, both of Lackawanna, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to kidnap persons in a foreign country. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.


News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the hearing entitled “Farm Bill 2023: Nutrition Programs."


US Department of Labor seeking public comments on modernizing program that recognizes employers committed to best safety, health practices

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration is inviting the public and workplace safety stakeholders to share their comments on how the agency can best honor companies who make exceptional commitments to workplace safety and health, and encourage others to follow.



DOS-DRL grant application closes on April 19

Supporting Critical Open Source Technologies That Enable a Free and Open Internet grant opened on Feb. 17.


Manager of Key West Labor Staffing Companies Sentenced for Immigration and Employment Tax Fraud

News Release: A Florida man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for conspiring to harbor non-resident aliens and induce them to remain in the country and conspiring to defraud the IRS.


News Release: From March 1 to Sept. 15, the back beaches and sand dunes in this area are closed to hiking to protect the nesting area for the western snowy plover, a federally listed, threatened shorebird. Please remain on the wet sand (below mean high tide) or the road throughout this area during this time.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today 49 awards to states, territories, and the District of Columbia as part of the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program. This investment of over $231 million will fund state crisis intervention court proceedings, including but not limited to, extreme...


News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management released the final environmental impact statement and resource management plan amendment for the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project. If approved, this project will allow for the transport of up to 4,500 megawatts of electricity from central New Mexico to markets in Arizona and California.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.