News from February 2023

By Tamara Browning | Feb 7, 2023
The chair of the America First Policy Institute’s China Policy Initiative has taken his campaign against the Chinese Communist Party’s ownership of American farmland to the South Dakota capitol.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
News Release: FBI, Chesapeake Police Extending Timeline for Victims of Walmart Shooting to Identify Personal Belongings.

By DOE Newswire Report | Feb 7, 2023
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, questioned why the U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $200 million grant to a company with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rather than an American company during a committee hearing on energy expansion.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD ‒ Employees working for the same local contractor at two different Sioux Falls locations avoided tragedy after facing potentially deadly electrocution and trench cave-in hazards.

By State Newswire Report | Feb 7, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken imposed visa restrictions Feb. 1 on individuals including Taliban members responsible for repressing women and girls in Afghanistan.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons grant opened on Feb. 7.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
News Release: In mid-April 2022, the AmeriCorps/Conservation Legacy Veterans Fire Crew concluded their season at the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (NERI). The crew completed a four-month training/work program that provided five individuals with various experience involving typical work projects carried...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
News Release: Washington - In 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) continued to support the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to transform the food system by building more and better markets for U.S. farmers and ranchers and improving and modernizing resources...

By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2023 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Chief Scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Young applauded significant achievements in service to the American public made by Research, Education and Economics (REE) mission area employees during year two of the Biden-Harris Administration.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
Release: (As prepared). Good morning. I’m so pleased to return to Mining Indaba in South Africa. Good to see the faces of so many people I’ve engaged with in the last few months. Thank you for inviting me again. I offer my greetings to the many heads of state, ministers, corporate leaders, and other distinguished...

By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.

By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 7, 2023
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) said that China is now making attempts to outpace America in advanced communication technologies, specifically next-gen satellite tech in which they seek to embed their authoritarianism.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - David William McConnell, 39, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release, for traveling in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. McConnell must also register as a sex offender.

By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
2023 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO programs in Tanzania and Uganda grant opened on Feb. 7.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2023
News Release: FBI Pittsburgh Offers $5,000 Reward for Information in the Disappearance of Maria Miller.