News from February 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Law Enforcement Seize Nearly 200 Pounds of Drugs, 69 Guns, and $300,000 in Cash
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Virtual Kidnapping Schemes Target Spanish-Speaking Arkansans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: A federal jury convicted two Florida doctors today for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $31 million in claims for expensive durable medical equipment (DME) that Medicare beneficiaries did not need and that were procured through the payment of kickbacks.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Energy Department published a six page proposed rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing titled “Launching Into the State of the Satellite Marketplace."
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: Went down with the USS Grunion submarine, posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart Medal. Place of Birth: Quincy, Massachusetts. Date of Birth: July 11, 1903. Place of Death: At sea near Kiska Island, the Aleutian Islands, AK. Date of Death: Aug. 2, 1942. Place of Burial:...
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Advancing Environmental Journalism in the Southeast Asia Region. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009360. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:...
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani co-chaired the Global Discussions working group, within the fifth annual U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue today in Doha.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
Release: I am taking action today to impose additional visa restrictions on certain current or former Taliban members, members of non-state security groups, and other individuals believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, repressing women and girls in Afghanistan through restrictive policies and violence...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District, in conjunction with the South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership, is preparing to conduct a prescribed burn at Warner Wetlands, approximately five miles northeast of Plush, Oregon. Depending on weather and fuel moisture conditions, the prescribed burn could begin on February 6. Approximately 274 acres of BLM land will be treated to improve waterfowl habitat.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), and Patrick Freaney, ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board (the Board) Chairman Lauren McFerran in opposition to the Board’s proposed rule which weakens employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), makes the interests of unions a priority, and strips employees of vital protections.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A St. Louis man was sentenced to 235 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons after admitting to his involvement in a methamphetamine operation in southern Illinois.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
Release: Hello, everybody. I appreciate the opportunity to address the third annual International Religious Freedom Summit, and to reaffirm the United States’ strong and enduring commitment to advancing religious freedom for all. The diversity of this gathering reflects the collaboration these challenges demand...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: RALEIGH, NC - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $287,923 in back wages and liquidated damages for 152 workers after its investigation found that an Asheville gift and novelty wholesaler ran afoul of federal law by denying some workers the full overtime pay they earned.
By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 3, 2023
The U.S. Department of Commerce held its first Congress of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Councils to advance equitable services and a supportive work environment.
