News from February 2023
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Tanzania. Overview: In 2021, the Government of Tanzania and the United States engaged in limited counterterrorism and countering violent extremism cooperation. Counterterrorism has risen in importance for the Government of Tanzania, as Tanzania faces terrorist threats within the country and along three...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Democratic Republic of the Congo. Overview: More than a dozen significant armed groups and about 100 criminal gangs and local militias operate in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ISIS maintains links with local affiliate ISIS-DRC, locally known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), and...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Today, the Department of State issued the 2021 Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT), which provide a detailed look at the counterterrorism environment in 2021. Each year, the CRT provides insight on important issues in the fight against terrorism and helps the United States make informed decisions about policies, programs, and resource allocations as we seek to build counterterrorism capacity and resilience around the globe.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today that the United States has finalized a Settlement Agreement with James L. Luketich, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMC"), and University of Pittsburgh Physicians (“UPP"), to resolve the lawsuit the United States filed against those Defendants in September 2021.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement today in advance of the World Health Organization’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body meeting this week.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH), and Subcommittee Vice Chair Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) sent letters today to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) requesting information about their response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Abbotts Lagoon Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore. Geo-coordinates: 38.1236, -122.9355. Amenities. 2 listed. Beach/Water Access, Scenic View/Photo Spot. A 2.5-kilometer (1.5-mile) walk through coastal scrub, across a footbridge over a stream between two lagoons, and over sand dunes...
By Bob Pepalis | Feb 28, 2023
The U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs heard from leaders with the State and Commerce Departments and international development agencies on how they are “Combatting the Generational Challenge of CCP Aggression” during a hearing on Feb. 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury in Maryland has convicted Diape Seck, age 29, of Rockville, Maryland for his role in a bank fraud scheme in which he and his co-conspirators obtained or attempted to obtain almost $2 million by fraud, including by stealing checks from the mail of churches and religious institutions. The guilty verdict was returned late on Feb. 24, 2023.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 28, 2023
Sheriff Will Akin received Homeland Security Investigations Kansas City's 2023 Agency Partnership Award on behalf of the Clay County Missouri Sheriff's Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: The photo at the top of the page was taken on Feb. 12, 1919, as soldiers from the 369th Infantry Regiment were waiting to disembark in New York on their way home from the Great War in Europe. This photo is one of several iconic photos of the 369th Infantry. Few of them, however, were accompanied...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: ERIE, PA - A resident of Fairview, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court on Feb. 24, 3023, to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Shawn Johnson, 35, of West Seneca, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 48 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Tamara Browning | Feb 28, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy announced more than $68 billion for 53 businesses in 23 states to help solve scientific problems that include developing tools for climate research and materials and technologies for clean energy conversion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Robert M. DeWitt Named Special Agent in Charge of the Charlotte Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, TYRESE HARRIS, age 19, a resident of Orleans Parish, pled guilty to a five-count superseding indictment for conspiracy, carjacking, and weapons violations. Count 1 charged HARRIS with conspiracy to commit...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Brazil. Overview: Brazil and the United States maintained strong counterterrorism cooperation in 2021, building on collaborative efforts under way since the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Brazilian Federal Police (PF), Brazil’s lead CT agency, worked closely with the United States and other nations’ law...
By Tamara Browning | Feb 28, 2023
Two carbon management programs that aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation and certain industrial operations have received $2.52 billion in funding through the U.S. Department of Energy.
