News from February 2023

By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 14, 2023
Brian Armstrong, the CEO of crypto exchange Coinbase, said that although the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined another crypto company for not registering its staking services as a security, he believes staking services are not securities, and he is willing to go to court if necessary to defend that claim.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: BOSTON (Feb. 13, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $18,914,000 from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Maine. This investment, which is allocated ...

By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price

By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, John Cornyn (R-TX), and Alex Padilla (D-CA), reintroduced bipartisan legislation to authorize Federal Executive Boards (FEBs), which help improve collaboration among federal...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Barosaurus is a plant eater and the least common of all the sauropods (long-necked dinosaurs) found in the Carnegie Quarry. It is similar to Diplodocus, but has a longer neck and shorter tail. The forelimbs of Barosaurus are...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Garnell Eugene Graves, age 59, of Baltimore, to 50 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for four counts of sexual exploitation of a child related to his sexual abuse of five minor victims. The sentence was imposed late on Feb. 10, 2023.

By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: AUSTIN, TX - A federal investigation has found an Austin landscape supply company, where a 17-year-old employee suffered serious injuries in a forklift incident in June 2021, allowed them to work in hazardous and prohibited occupations in violation of federal child labor law.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
Release: APPLETON Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Appleton International Airport (ATW) Monday. It was the second gun stopped at the checkpoint in the past week.

By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News 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 DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: NEW YORK – U.S. EPA Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia was joined by U.S. Representative Frank Pallone and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Deputy Commissioner Sean Moriarty to announce that the Cornell Dubilier Electronics Superfund site in South Plainfield, NJ, is one of three sites ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Jerusalem, NY. Significance: residence of the Public Universal Friend, American preacher who defied binary gender norms. Designation: National Register of Historic Places. OPEN TO PUBLIC: No. The Friend’s Home was the residence of the Public Universal Friend, an American preacher.

By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
There were three press releases or notices published by the House Committee on Appropriations in January.
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced the Chairs and Ranking Members of the committee’s three subcommittees for the 118th Congress.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to enhance the resilience of the West to drought and climate change, the Department of the Interior today announced a $728 million investment to deliver clean, reliable drinking water to rural and Tribal communities, support water conservation ...

By Homeland Newswire Report | Feb 14, 2023
The Department of Homeland Security joined the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) earlier this month.