News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


Release: The United States is designating nine entities, pursuant to Executive Order 13846, that are involved in Iran’s petrochemical and petroleum products trade.


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


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein Before Their Meeting

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. FOREIGN MINISTER HUSSEIN: Good morning. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s a great pleasure to have my longtime friend Fuad Hussein, the foreign minister of Iraq, here at the State Department in Washington. We have worked together for many years - too many years. But ...


USDA Designates Wibaux County, Montana, 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...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the Ways and Means Republicans ongoing aggressive oversight of the Biden Administration and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) sent a letter today to Acting IRS Commissioner Douglas O’Donnell demanding the agency provide the Committee with a copy of its soon to be completed plan on how it will allocate the $80 billion in funds Democrats provided in their Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)...


News Release: * Return to The Civil War.


Release: PHOENIX - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is hosting some special guests this week who are helping to keep the public safe and secure leading up to and in the days after Super Bowl LVII.


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

IIJA Bureau of Land Management Utah Threatened and Endangered Species Program grant opened on Feb. 10.



Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH Gliders on Feb. 9

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


News Release: S&T is piloting smoke detection sensors ahead of the 2023 wildfire season


Nancy Haver

News Release: * Return to The Civil War.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s full committee markup of Energy and Commerce’s Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress.


Massachusetts serial violator The Roof Kings LLC faces $137K in new penalties for again exposing employees to life-threatening falls

News Release: BRAINTREE, MA - Four months after citing a Quincy roofing and construction contractor - with a long history of exposing its employees to dangerous fall hazards and who reneged on a 2017 federal settlement agreement - inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration discovered the employer again knowingly exposing workers to serious injuries or worse.



News Release: No Charges to Be Filed Against Metropolitan Police Sergeant.


Harlan W. Butt

News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: World War Two Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Honor Recipient. Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California. Date of Birth: May 26, 1916. Place of Death: Los Angeles, California. Date of Death: Jan. 30, 1963. Place of Burial: Arlington, Virginia. Cemetery Name: Arlington National Cemetery...


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today premiered a new daily data product: the Index of Economic Activity (IDEA). The index effectively combines 15 of the primary economic data series produced by the Census Bureau to yield a single time series as a weighted combination. IDEA will live at the top of the Census Bureau Briefing Room webpage at .


News Release: Gavin DeMali, National Park Service. Gavin DeMali has worked as a realty specialist focused on Navigability for the NPS Alaska Regional Office since July of 2021. He first came to Alaska in July of 2020 as a Natural Resource Management Assistant intern through the Scientists in the Park (SIP) program...


DOS-SWZ offers new grant application process starting Feb. 10

U.S. Embassy Eswatini Public Diplomacy Section Annual Program Statement grant opened on Feb. 10.