News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


Buttigieg: Rural underpass project in Minnesota, ‘will increase safety, reduce emissions’

Underpass construction in Moorhead, Minn., is among several projects that will receive a part of $273.9 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation for improvement and expansion of transportation infrastructure.


Rapid City Man Charged With Illegal Possession of Firearm

News Release: RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Rapid City, South Dakota, man for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.


News Release: 4,000 BP. During the Archaic Period people were living in brush huts near the floodplain of the Rio Grande in what is now Keystone Park. Human occupation of the Rio Grande Valley dates to at least 12,000 years ago. 1521. Aztec ruler Moctezuma II surrenders Tenochtitlán to Spanish conquistador Hernán...


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: A Michigan man was convicted by a federal jury today in the Eastern District of Michigan on charges of providing, attempting to provide, and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, in connection with his support for ISIS in Syria from 2015-2018. He was also convicted of receiving military-type training from ISIS while in Syria.


Haaland: Lingering affects of federal Indian schools 'are heartbreaking and undeniable'

The Road to Healing cross-country tour is the first effort made by the federal government to listen to those who live with the intergenerational trauma caused by the forced relocation of Native children to the federal schools.


News Release: A honeybee (left), southern carpenter bee (middle) and bumblebee (right) collect sorghum pollen. (Photos by Karen Harris-Shultz).


Conspirators Sentenced in Multimillion-Dollar Reptile Smuggling Scheme

News Release: Today, Ka Yeung Marvin Chan, a Canadian national, was sentenced to a term of 14 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle reptiles from the United States to Asia.


Michigan Man Convicted on Charges of Providing Material Support to ISIS

News Release: DETROIT - A Dearborn resident was convicted by a federal jury today in the Eastern District of Michigan on charges of providing and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and attending an ISIS training camp.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Chairman Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered opening remarks today at the first hearing of the committee in the 118th Congress on flipping the switch and unleashing American energy.


The US Justice Department published a nine page rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - On Jan. 26, 2023, a 60-year-old Washington, D.C. man was sentenced to 60 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for sexually abusing his seven-year-old great niece, U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves announced.


Transportation Department discusses Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property at the Colorado Springs Airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado on Jan. 31

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Census Bureau Releases Proof of Concept for Upcoming 2020 Census Product

News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau released a “Proof of Concept " giving data users an opportunity to review how a new disclosure avoidance methodology would affect an upcoming 2020 Census data product.


News Release: Today, U.S. federal law enforcement transferred into U.S. custody four men detained in Haiti to face criminal charges in the Southern District of Florida related to their alleged involvement in the July 7, 2021, assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.


Release: Two years ago, Burma’s military regime usurped power from a democratically elected government - blatantly rejecting the will of Burma’s people, setting the country on a disastrous path that has killed and displaced thousands, reversing the hard-fought democratic progress achieved over the last decade.


DOS-LBN offers new grant application process starting Feb. 1

U.S. Embassy Beirut, Lebanon PDS Annual Program Statement grant opened on Feb. 1.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Launched in April 2021, the Western District of Oklahoma Coronavirus Fraud Task Force is getting results. The Task Force combines the efforts of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on programs...


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.