News from February 2023
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
IIJA Bureau of Land Management Idaho Wildlife Program grant opened on Feb. 15.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: Hines, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management announced today that the Steens Mountain Advisory Council (SMAC) has scheduled a meeting for Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The public is welcome to attend in person or online through the Zoom for Government platform.:.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: Michael S. Flynn was sentenced on Feb. 10 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to fifteen months’ imprisonment and restitution of $1,062,155 for his participation in bid-rigging and fraud schemes targeting public and private entities in Connecticut. This is the seventh sentencing arising out of the investigation into the insulation contracting industry.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced initial guidance on the design of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) program, created by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. EPA published two Federal Assistance Listings outlining key parameters of the grant competitions ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Royal Gorge Field Office has issued a decision on a camping and travel management plan for Chaffee County, Colo. This decision is based on the results of an environmental assessment and input from the public.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
IIJA Bureau of Land Management California Plant Conservation and Restoration Management Program grant opened on Feb. 15.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an award of $2.5 million to support an initiative to assess and expand the successful Fair Food Program model with a pilot project to promote human and labor rights focused on cut flower farms in Chile, Mexico and South Africa.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Mountain View, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for murdering his estranged wife during an argument when they met in a national park.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined Republican members of Congress on field tours and a hearing to hear from Americans in New Mexico and Texas about how onshore energy leasing revenues benefit their communities.
By DOI Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management is spending over $600,000 in northwest Colorado to "better manage" the overpopulated herds of wild horses in the Sand Wash Basin.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will hold a public witness hearing on Thursday, March 23, 2023.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: Cleveland, OH - The U.S. Marshals Service has conducted the second phase of a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative, Operation North Star II (ONS II), focusing on the country’s most violent offenders in 10 locations. The sites selected were Albuquerque, New Mexico; Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
Release: The Conflict Observatory, a program supported by the U.S. Department of State, released an independent report today detailing a vast network of Russia-run sites and processes used to relocate thousands of Ukraine’s children to areas under Russian government control. The unlawful transfer and deportation ...
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
Release: The United States stands with our Philippine allies in the face of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Coast Guard’s reported use of laser devices against the crew of a Philippine Coast Guard ship on February 6 in the South China Sea. The PRC’s conduct was provocative and unsafe, resulting in the temporary...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: LAKE MARY, Fla. - More than 379,000 households are receiving help from FEMA as they recover from Hurricane Ian. The assistance comes in many forms.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore - The Bureau of Reclamation, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (collectively, the Services), announced today it will direct temporary adjustments to Iron Gate Dam effective immediately.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: BALTIMORE, MD-Many romance scams, also called confidence fraud, promise love and happiness, but criminals are looking to rob victims of their savings. This February, the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office is warning the public to watch out for con artists seeking to target and take advantage of people looking for romantic partners or companionship online.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: From the Town of Lost Springs, KS, go west on 340th St approx. 2.4 miles. Significance: Site of road ranche, mail stage station, and post office on the Santa Fe Trail. MANAGED BY: The Shields Family Trust. The “original" Lost Spring is located on Lyon Creek, approximately ¾ mile...
