News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News Release: Detroit, MI - The U.S. Marshals Service Missing Child Unit in the Eastern District of Michigan is pleased to announce that they have successfully recovered and reunited a critically endangered 14-year-old from Port Huron, MI that had been missing for over one year.

Chairman Smith Opening Statement: The Greatest Theft of Taxpayer Dollars – Unchecked Unemployment Fraud

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) shined a spotlight today on how Democrats, at every turn, blocked investigations into the greatest theft of taxpayer dollars in American history. In the new majority, Republicans are investigating what exactly is being done or not done to determine the size, scope, and severity of stolen unemployment insurance funds.

Homeland Security Department discusses National Maritime Security Advisory Committee; March 2023 Virtual Meeting on Feb. 9

By Homeland Newswire | Feb 10, 2023

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

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

F23AS00249 National Fish Passage Program Base Funding Fiscal Year 2023 grant opened on Feb. 10.

Chairmen Jim Jordan and Mike Turner Send Letters to Intelligence Officials Who Called Hunter Biden's Laptop Russian Disinformation

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) sent letters to various intelligence officials about the public statement signed in October 2020 that falsely implied the New York Post’s reporting about Hunter Biden was the product of Russian disinformation.

Gary Hoyle

News Release: * Return to The Civil War.

DOS-ARM grant application closes on April 11

U.S.-Armenia Professional Partnership in Journalism (PPJ) grant opened on Feb. 10.

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

DRL: Advancing Survivor Centered Transitional Justice in Ethiopia grant opened on Feb. 10.

DOI-BLM grant application closes on April 11

IIJA Bureau of Land Management Utah Aquatic Resource Management grant opened on Feb. 10.

Mission Point Trail

News Release: * Return to The Civil War.

Hey kids! Let’s go birding!

News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and N.C. Department of Transportation, opened the Bonner Bridge Pier on Oct. 1, 2021. The 1,046-foot-long remnant section of the Bonner Bridge, located next to the south end of the Basnight Bridge, is managed...

Passaic County Lawyer Charged with Fraud in Connection with COVID-19 Relief Funds

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, attorney was arrested today for fraudulent acts he committed in connection with COVID-19 relief funds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Secretary Blinken to Convene Human Trafficking Task Force Meeting

Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will convene the next meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF) at 2:00pm EST on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

DOI-BLM grant application closes on April 11

IIJA Bureau of Land Management Utah Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands grant opened on Feb. 10.

Fact Check: President Biden’s Rhetoric Doesn’t Match His Results, Economy Continues to Fall Short of Expectations

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Biden did not let the facts get in the way of his speech Thursday in Springfield, VA. While Biden claimed the economy is growing strong, the latest report on economic growth reveals that the economy under his Administration’s policies has fallen short of expectations on seven...

Following Deadly Earthquake in Syria, Risch Joins Shaheen, Graham, Menendez in Legislation to Address Conditions of Displaced Persons Camps

News Release: WASHINGTON - Following a fatal earthquake that has killed thousands of people in Syria and Turkey, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) ...

Justice Department publishes notice on Feb. 9

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

USDOJ-OJP-OJJDP offers new grant application process starting Feb. 10

OJJDP FY 2023 Invited to Apply - Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program grant opened on Feb. 10.

Twice Convicted Federal Felon Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud As Federal Trial Was About To Begin