News from February 2023

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at hearing to consider the nomination of Daniel Werfel to be Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Memphis, TN - Jose Anastacio Osorio Diaz, a/k/a Kenneth Rodriguez, 48, from Mexico, has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess illegal narcotics with intent to distribute. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentence today.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: A Royal Walk Exhibit Audio Description.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with the City of Lansing, Michigan, that will resolve the department’s religious accommodation and retaliation lawsuit.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Don’t Let a Criminal Break Your Heart and Your Bank Account.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park. Significance: Trail, Overlook. Amenities. 3 listed. Restroom, Scenic View/Photo Spot, Trailhead. Two short but steep hikes lead to overlooks of a spectacular and colorful geologic feature: Upheaval Dome. Within minutes of starting, the...

By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: AVON, OH - Despite being warned in September 2021 that the hours worked by 14- and 15-year-old employees at its Slim Chickens’ franchise in Streetsboro violated federal law, the owner continued the illegal practices for several months at a second location in Avon, the U.S. Department of Labor has found.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: A man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to a December attack on his girlfriend, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former office manager of a New Jersey medical practice admitted conspiring with the doctor who owned the practice to distribute prescription amphetamine to patients without a legitimate medical reason, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 15, 2023) – On Monday Feb. 13, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $26,676,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Tennessee. This ...

By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today’s joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee field hearing titled “President Biden's Border Crisis Is a Public Health Crisis."
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met virtually with the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (Committee) to welcome newly appointed members and to provide progress updates regarding Committee recommendations. Over the next three months, the Committee will work with the interagency ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: The Quarry Exhibit Hall allows visitors to view the wall of approximately 1,500 dinosaur bones in a refurbished, comfortable space. Here, you can gaze upon the remains of numerous different species of dinosaurs including Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus, Diplodocus, and Stegosaurus along with several...

By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: The following statement was released by the governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: The Plug Hat Butte picnic area is located along Harpers Corner Road on the Colorado side of the monument. Pinic tables are dispersed among the juniper and pinyon pine trees. A short, paved walking trail loops from the picnic area. Leave No Trace principles are to be practiced and all trash must be carried out.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
Release: By Cindy Long, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID) introduced the Nuclear Fuel Security Act (NFSA). The bipartisan legislation ...