News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


US Department of Labor cites Amazon for again exposing workers to ergonomic hazards, this time at Colorado Springs delivery station

News Release: WASHINGTON - Federal workplace safety inspectors, once again, found that the world’s largest e-commerce company exposed workers to hazardous conditions at one of its distribution centers.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Cumberland man who admitted to possessing approximately 665,728 methamphetamine-laced counterfeit Adderall® pills, the largest known seizure of its kind in the country, was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Foreign Minister Konakovic

Secretary Blinken’s Call with Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Foreign Minister Konakovic


Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel to The Bahamas and Germany

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel to The Bahamas and Germany


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen Before Their Meeting

Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen Before Their Meeting


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen

Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen


Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States on the Israeli Settlement Announcement

Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States on the Israeli Settlement Announcement





USDOJ-OJP-BJA grant application closes on April 19

BJA FY 23 Competitive DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program grant opened on Feb. 24.


Evidence of Russia’s War Crimes and Other Atrocities in Ukraine: Recent Reporting on Child Relocations

Evidence of Russia’s War Crimes and Other Atrocities in Ukraine: Recent Reporting on Child Relocations


News Release: Hemlocks, Tsuga species, are evergreen trees that can be found in forested ecosystems and in landscape plantings. They are in the pine family and often assume a conical shape. Hemlocks are not poisonous and may even be used as Christmas trees during the holiday season.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with European External Action Service Secretary General Sannino

Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with European External Action Service Secretary General Sannino


Energy Department discusses Combined Notice of Filings #1 on Feb. 23

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


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2.5 Billion to Cut Pollution and Deliver Economic Benefits to Communities Across the Nation

Release: Scaling Carbon Capture Technologies Will Boost Job Creation, Create Healthier Communities, and Strengthen American Energy and Economic Security


Joint Statement on the U.S.-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Ministerial Meeting

Joint Statement on the U.S.-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Ministerial Meeting


News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on Feb. 23, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel M. Traynor sentenced Kolawole Bamidele Akande, age 37, from Nigeria, to serve 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $348,000 in restitution for committing the offense of Mail...