News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Access Device Fraud in Connection with Transfer of Stolen Data

News Release: CONCORD - David Wiley, 53, of Georgia, pleaded guilty in federal court to access device fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.


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


U.S. Attorney Announces Results Of Local, State, And Federal Partnerships Combating Violent Crime In Ocala And Marion County

News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the results of a more than four-year gun violence reduction initiative between local, state, and federal law enforcement in Marion County. Since July 2018, the Ocala Division of the United States Attorney’s Office has partnered with ...


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

FY 2023 Study of the U.S. Institute for Student Leaders from Pakistan on Comparative Public Policymaking grant opened on Feb. 1.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statements after the House passed two Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee bills...


Illinois; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration discussed on Jan. 31 by Homeland Security Department

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


News Release: Officials from the United States and the Republic of India gathered, January 30-31, at the Department of State for the eighth meeting of the U.S.-India Civil Space Joint Working Group (CSJWG). The meeting was co-chaired by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jennifer R. Littlejohn and the National Aeronautics ...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 382, the Pandemic is Over Act...


Five Individuals Indicted for Child Abuse on the Red Lake Reservation

News Release: BEMIDJI, Minn. - Five members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians have been indicted for multiple child abuse charges including child torture and child neglect on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


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


Release: Today we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day by honoring the memories of the six million Jews and others persecuted and systematically murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. We also honor the survivors among us who bear witness and inspire us all to stand against antisemitism and other forms of hate in our world.


Passaic County Man Arrested for Attempt to Firebomb Synagogue

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for attempting to firebomb an Essex County, New Jersey, synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Pauls Valley Man Sentenced to Serve Five Years in Federal Prison for Involuntary Manslaughter From Collision Causing Deaths of Two Children

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, WILLIAM AARON DAVID PATCHELL, 26, of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve sixty months in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter in Indian country, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.


Lee’s Summit Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery of Cell Phone Store

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lee’s Summit, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the armed robbery of a T-Mobile store in Kansas City, Mo.


Public Hearing for the Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter discussed on Jan. 31 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement on the State Department’s report that Russia is in non-compliance with key aspects of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). McCaul made his concerns clear about Russia violating the New START in a January 23 letter to the State Department.


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


Man Charged with Hate Crime and Obstruction and Second Man Charged with Obstruction Offenses Following Murder of Transgender Woman in South Carolina

News Release: A five-count federal indictment was unsealed charging two South Carolina men with hate crime and obstruction offenses.


News Release: - Today the U.S. Census Bureau announced the beginning of data collection for the 2022 Economic Census. Businesses across the nation will begin receiving invitations to respond online to the economic census and will have until March 15 to submit their responses. The economic census is the U.S. government's official 5-year measure of American businesses and the economy.


BLM welcomes Marc Stamer as Barstow Field Manager

News Release: BARSTOW, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management California Desert District welcomes Marc Stamer as the new field manager for the Barstow Field Office. Stamer brings more than 25 years of natural resource management experience to the position where he will oversee management of over 2.7 million acres of public land in San Bernardino and Inyo counties.