News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


News Release: Learn about Fishing in Rocky. One of the most popular activities in Rocky Mountain National Park, sport fishing is permitted in balance with efforts to restore and perpetuate natural aquatic conditions. Since the 1970s, the park has worked to restore native cutthroat trout populations. Today, the park...


Camden Man Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Role as Supervisor in Drug Trafficking Organization

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 140 months in prison for his role as a shift supervisor of a drug trafficking organization and conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, and crack in the city of Camden, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore - In honor of George Washington’s birthday and to increase recreational access to public land, the Bureau of Land Management is waiving recreation standard amenity and day-use fees for visitors on Feb. 20, 2023. The BLM invites the public to visit the unique and diverse natural landscapes and visitor facilities on BLM-managed lands to celebrate the life of the first U.S. President George Washington.


Manchin, Committee Examine the Department of Energy’s Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) implementation of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the bipartisan infrastructure law (BIF). U.S. Senator Joe Manchin ...


News Release: Hundreds of dams and levees across the country that were built in the past century and a half are starting to show their age, with resulting wear and tear. Ensuring the resilience and reliability of these structures into the next century and beyond requires sustainable modernization of the critical infrastructure...


Federal marshals arrest New York restaurant owner who ignored  court orders, demands for records in US Department of Labor investigation

News Release: CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - The operator of two Long Island restaurants may have thought they only had to take orders from customers, but now has learned that ignoring the orders of federal investigators and a federal court will get you arrested.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The life of a typical US Navy ship begins with two ceremonies, the ship's launching and the ship's commissioning. In the Charlestown Navy Yard, the Commandant of the Yard presided over these ceremonies, often accompanied by other Navy personnel, special guests, shipyard workers and the public. Boston newspapers frequently reported on these ceremonies.


Department of Labor launches effort to alert teachers, farmworkers, care workers, others of new workplace protections for nursing mothers

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor is launching an effort to alert families throughout the nation of changes in federal law that now extend the rights to pump breastmilk at work to more women, including those employed as teachers, farmworkers and care workers.


News Release: Defendants Arrested for Allegedly Peddling Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, and PCP


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today launched the committee’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19 for the 118th Congress.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


What Do These Changes Mean for Life in Coastal Alaska?

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Amenities. 10 listed. Benches/Seating, Electrical Outlet/Cell Phone Charging, Grill, Parking - Auto, Pet Waste Disposal, Pets Allowed, Picnic Shelter/Pavilion, Picnic Table, Restroom - Seasonal, Trash/Litter Receptacles. Open seasonally, early-April...


News Release: “… propitiously located for commercial wheat farming and the conversion of wheat to flour. The fertile limestone-based soils of the river bottom lands were supremely well suited for the production of wheat.".


Virginia Man Sentenced on Felony Charges For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Joined Mob in Destroying Media Equipment.


DOE Invests More Than $130 Million to Lower Nation’s Carbon Pollution

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $131 million for 33 research and development projects to advance the wide-scale deployment of carbon management technologies to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution. The projects will address technical challenges of capturing CO2...


District Man Found Guilty of Bias-Related Assault on African-American Woman

News Release: WASHINGTON - Gueorgui Iskrenov, 33, of Washington, DC, has been found guilty on charges stemming from a hate crime in which he spit in the face of a female neighbor in Southwest Washington.



News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the Department of Energy’s implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.