News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Island in the Sky district, Canyonlands National Park. Significance: trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Trailhead. Many features in this region bear imaginative names. Does this long sandstone dome looked like a giant whale to you? This trail walks along its side, then climbs from its "tail"...


Anthony Martin - Enslaved to USCT

News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 2 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Tactile Exhibit. Diplodocus longus is a species of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America. Diplodocus is one of the most abundant sauropods (long-necked dinosaurs) in the Morrison Formation. Its pencil-like...


Biden-Harris Administration Announces Almost $19 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Nevada to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the availability of $2 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water across the ...



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 Vermont. This investment, which is allocated ...


News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Republican Leader Bill Cassidy, M.D., (R-LA) led 32 House Republicans and 35 Republican Senators in calling on U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to rescind the Biden administration’s radical income-driven repayment proposal, which will severely exacerbate rising college costs and excessive borrowing.


News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park. Significance: trail. Amenities. 5 listed. Parking - Auto, Picnic Shelter/Pavilion, Picnic Table, Toilet - Vault/Composting, Trailhead. This is the steepest trail in this district of Canyonlands, descending over a thousand feet of scree...


News Release: PIERRE – 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 South Dakota.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Department of Labor recovers $38K in back wages for 55 workers after Goldsboro non-profit failed to meet standards to allow subminimum wages

News Release: RALEIGH, NC - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $38,891 in back wages for 55 adult employees with developmental disabilities after finding their Goldsboro non-profit employer had not renewed their federal certification to pay them subminimum wages but continued to do so.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen Before Their Meeting

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to have Foreign Minister Rasmussen here today at the State Department in Washington. Denmark and the United States are the closest of partners, of allies. We are working together on regional challenges, on global challenges, and ...


Sara Sink named as new national wildland fire training specialist

News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Stegosaurus is a plant eating dinosaur with plates on its back and spikes on its tail. Stegosaurus ungulatus is a species of ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, found in the Morrison Formation. Stegosaurus...


Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $19 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Rhode Island

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 Rhode Island. This investment, which is ...


Chairman McCaul: Biden’s Handling of CCP Spy Balloon is ‘Betraying the Nation’

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined both Fox News‘ “Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo and CBS‘ “Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan to discuss the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) spy balloon, how the United States should be confronting the China challenge, oversight of the Biden administration, and the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOC-NIST offers new grant application process starting Feb. 14

Precision Measurement Grant Program (PMGP) grant opened on Feb. 14.


News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $40,675,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Illinois drinking water. This investment, which is allocated to states and territories, ...


DOI-BLM grant application closes on April 14

IIJA Bureau of Land Management California Forest and Woodlands Resource Management grant opened on Feb. 14.