News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


News Release: A federal jury today convicted Keith Wyche, also known as “Marco," of distributing fentanyl which resulted in the fatal overdose of a 43-year-old Staten-Island resident on April 18, 2017. Wyche and co-defendant Oneil Allen were also convicted of distributing heroin to a 28-year old woman on Oct. 27...


Federal Reserve System discusses Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company on Feb. 23

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: MR GOLDBERG: Good morning to all of you in the United States. Good afternoon or good evening to those of you who are joining us from Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe and other places. Very, very happy to have all of you here.


News Release: U.S. Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice Desirée Cormier Smith will travel to Amman, Jordan February 23-28 to deliver keynote remarks at U.S. Embassy Amman’s Black and White Gala for Black History Month. The annual gala brings together members of the diplomatic community, local partners, ...


Touton: Engineer of the Year’s work ensured ‘construction activities are performed in a timely matter’

An electrical engineer who led two modernization projects at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s high voltage switchyards has been named Bureau of Reclamation's Engineer of the Year.


Cosby: USDA uses 'collaboration and strategic investment' to fight climate change

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it will invest more than $48.6 million through the Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership.


Rollins: 'We will aggressively prosecute hate crimes and other civil-rights offenses'

A Massachusetts man was indicted Feb. 15 for allegedly committing a hate crime.


Regan: 'Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund will unlock historic investments to combat the climate crisis'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shared its initial guidance on the design of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund program.


Baker: DOE aims to 'place Black, Indigenous, people of color and low-income communities at the core of our energy transition'

U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Economic Impact and Diversity hosted a Black History Month observance ceremony Feb. 14.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON ― The total correctional population in the United States fell 1% from yearend 2020 to 2021, according to statistics in Correctional Populations in the United States, 2021 - Statistical Tables and Probation and Parole in the United States, 2021, two reports released today by the Bureau of Justice...


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Two government contractors were sentenced this week for their involvement in separate bribery schemes in which they gave payments to the mayor of the municipality of Cataño, Puerto Rico, in exchange for the mayor’s awarding of municipal contracts to their respective companies.


Transportation Department discusses National Transit Database Safety and Security Reporting Changes and Clarifications on Feb. 23

The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: A man was arrested today in the Northern District of Florida on criminal charges related to a murder on a U.S. Army base in Germany 21 years ago.


DOS-DRL grant application closes on April 25

DRL Enabling Civil Society Efforts to Address the Misuse, Diversion, and Abuse of Arms Exports grant opened on Feb. 24.


New Orleans Resident Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TONI JONES, age 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on Feb. 16, 2023 to a violation of the Federal Drug Control Act, Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).


Man Pleads Guilty to $55M Investment Fraud Scheme

News Release: A Florida man pleaded guilty today to orchestrating an investment fraud scheme that defrauded more than 10,000 victims of over $55 million.



DOS-UGA grant application closes on March 31

U.S. Embassy Kampala Media Literacy and Counter Disinformation Programs grant opened on Feb. 24.