News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


Native American Boarding School Experience

News Release: Network's New SIP Intern. Abigail "Abby" Gonzalez is the 2022 Scientists in Parks (SIP) Ecology Intern at the Southeast Coast Network. Abigail grew up in Puebla, Mexico, where her childhood dream to work in the beautiful outdoors was born. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science at...


La Crosse Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Illegal Gun Possession

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Marcelle Davis, 22, La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to five years in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms. The prison term will be followed by three years of supervised release. Davis pleaded guilty to this charge on October 7, 2022.


Paradise Trails Orientation: Alta Vista & East Alta Vista Trail Junction

News Release: Mike Fleagle, Retired, Federal Subsistence Board.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at a hearing titled “Farm Bill 2023: Commodity Programs, Crop Insurance, and Credit." Live Video of the hearing is available here.


News Release: Chairman Smith Op-Ed: For America’s economy to work, we need a working-class agenda.


News Release: * Return to The Civil War.


Financial Advisor Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison On Fraud And False Statement Charges

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ADAM BELARDINO, the former chief executive officer of the Maddox Group, was sentenced in White Plains federal court to 42 months in prison for fraud in connection with separate schemes to defraud clients...


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

Annual Program Statement for Public Diplomacy Cultural and Educational Programs grant opened on Feb. 10.


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Benefit Appeals Report discussed on Feb. 9 by Labor Department

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


Westminster Man Sentenced to 124 Months in Federal Prison for Weapons and Drug Trafficking Charges

News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Michael Thomas Delguidice, age 62, of Westminster, was sentenced to 124 months prison and 3 years supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.


Port St. Lucie Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

News Release: MIAMI - Nicholas James Sorgenfrey, 38, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., who previously had been convicted of a sex offense, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material on his cell phone and cloud storage account.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Federal Reserve continued its interest rate increases at the fastest rate in 40 years - raising rates another 25 basis points, for a total of 4.5 percent, the eighth increase since March 2022 and cumulatively larger than the past 15 years combined...


News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Kambiz Attar Kashani, a dual citizen of the United States and Iran, was sentenced by United States District Judge Eric R. Komitee to 30 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to illegally export U.S. goods, technology, and services to end users in Iran, including...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing titled"Dependence on Foreign Adversaries: America’s Critical Minerals Crisis." Subcommittee Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)issued the following statement in response.


News Release: PRATTVILLE, Ala. - FEMA and the State of Alabama are opening a disaster recovery center Feb. 10 in Tallapoosa County to provide one-on-one help to people affected by the Jan. 12 severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes.


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


DOE Launches Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation

Release: DOE’s First Ever Agency-Related Foundation Will Accelerate the Development of New Clean Energy Technologies, Help Communities Unlock the Benefits of a Clean Energy Future


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Munhall, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms law, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: Washington, DC - In another instance of President Biden violating his pledge not to use the newly supercharged IRS against workers earning less than $400,000 a year, the tax collection agency announced a new dragnet to ensure workers properly report their tips. The program, according to an IRS announcement,...


MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Public Meeting to Discuss the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site Cleanup in Knoxville, TN 

News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Public Meeting to Discuss the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site Cleanup in Knoxville, TN Contact: EPA Region 4 Press Office - (404) 562-8400, region4press@epa.gov KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (February 9, 2023) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a virtual and in person public ...