News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


Elvira Shoals from Enslaved to Free

News Release: * Return to The Civil War.


USDOJ-OJP-OVC grant application closes on March 23

OVC FY 23 Invited to Apply - Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program grant opened on Feb. 10.


DRL Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): Advancing Access to Justice for Morocco’s Underserved Populations

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Advancing Access to Justice for Morocco’s Underserved Populations. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009362. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:...


DOC grant application closes on April 22

Alaska Marine Education and Training Mini-Grant Program grant opened on Feb. 10.


Release: Today, the United States welcomes 222 individuals who had been imprisoned by the Government of Nicaragua for exercising their fundamental freedoms and have endured lengthy unjust detentions. The release of these individuals, one of whom is a U.S. citizen, by the Government of Nicaragua marks a constructive...


USDA Designates Licking County, Ohio as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $3 Million in an Internet for All Grant to Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico

News Release: The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today it has awarded Universidad del Sagrado Corazón a $2,978,187.00 grant from the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CMC).


The US Homeland Security Department published a one page rule on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Jim Jordan Puts A Dozen Intel Veterans On Notice Over Hunter Biden Laptop Letter

News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is turning up the heat on 51 U.S. intelligence veterans who signed a letter suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop story could be part of a Russian disinformation operation.


Finance Committee to Hold Hearing on Werfel Nomination to Lead IRS

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a hearing on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023, on President Biden's nomination of Danny Werfel to serve as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. The hearing will take place at 10:30 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.


News Release: SAN DIEGO - Jaimee Ashley Koryn was sentenced in federal court today to 130 months in prison for selling the fentanyl pills that resulted in the fatal overdose of 23-year-old Sherie Gil on Sept. 30, 2021. Koryn pleaded guilty in October 2022, admitting that she sold Gil the fentanyl pills that caused her death.


DOI-BLM offers new grant application process starting Feb. 10

IIJA Bureau of Land Management Utah Wildlife Program grant opened on Feb. 10.


Combined Notice of Filings #3 discussed on Feb. 9 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


BLM Litchfield Corrals reopen for wild horse and burro adoptions

News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Corral near Susanville has reopened for animal adoptions and purchases after a closure due to weather-related issues.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced more than $24.6 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Indiana.


U.S. Assistance to Emergency Earthquake Response Efforts in Türkiye and Syria

News Release: The February 6th earthquakes that struck southeastern Türkiye and northern Syria have devastated millions. Within hours of the first quake, the United States, at the direction of President Biden, quickly mobilized federal agencies and partners to urgently provide life-saving assistance in close coordination with our Turkish Allies and partner organizations in Syria.


Former Correctional Officer Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Obstructing Investigation Into Smuggling of Firearm Into Metropolitan Correctional Center

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GREG MCKENZIE, a former Bureau of Prisons correctional officer, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for obstructing a federal investigation into the smuggling of a firearm into the Metropolitan Correctional...


News Release: RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken has sentenced a Wanblee, South Dakota, woman convicted of False Statements. The sentencing took place on Jan. 30, 2023.