News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I wish to extend my congratulations to the Republic of Nauru as you celebrate the 55th anniversary of your independence.


News Release: Washington D.C. - On Nov. 6, a concerned neighbor conducted a welfare check on an elderly man not seen in weeks. At the home, located in the 200 block of Jennifer Lane, Seneca, South Carolina, the neighbor made the grisly discovery of a decomposing body and called authorities. During the death investigation, authorities made their own discovery - the dead man was 15 Most Wanted fugitive Frederick Cecil McLean who had been on the run for more than 16 years.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Robert C. Kissane Named Special Agent in Charge of the Counterterrorism Division at the New York Field Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced that TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will appear before the committee to testify on TikTok’s consumer privacy and data security practices, the platforms’ impact on kids, and their relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. It will be Chew’s first appearance before a Congressional committee.


Buttigieg: DOT is working 'to help rebuild transportation systems'

Kalispell, Mont., recently received $25 million in federal funding via the Rural Surface Transportation Grant, which will dramatically improve the city in northwest Montana.


Nauru National Day

Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I wish to extend my congratulations to the Republic of Nauru as you celebrate the 55th anniversary of your independence.


USDA-FS offers new grant application process starting Jan. 31

2023 Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program grant opened on Jan. 31.


The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Saudi Arabian man was charged for transporting a stolen school bus across state lines, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


Release: APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of fresh Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) for consumption from Viet Nam into the United States and Territories. The assessment describes potential pests associated with the commodity.


Ranking Member Boozman Applauds Section 32 Purchase of Catfish

News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approval of Section 32 purchase of up to $42 million of catfish products for distribution to various food nutrition assistance programs, including charitable institutions.


What did Commerce Department publish on Jan. 30?

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


McCaul Demands Answers From USAID on Alarming Failure to Address $110K Grant to Terrorist-Linked Nonprofit

News Release: Dear Administrator Power: I am writing to express my deep concern that USAID received information from my office more than eight months ago regarding credible allegations that one of its grantees is associated with designated terrorist organizations, but the agency took no action. This award must immediately...


Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm and Drug Trafficking Charges Stemming from Shootout at New Orleans Hotel

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today, that MALIK FERNANDEZ, age 23, from New Orleans, pled guilty on Jan. 24, 2023 to various firearm and drug charges. His guilty plea stems from his participation in a Dec. 28, 2020, shootout at the Jung Hotel on Canal Street.


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) released the following statement regarding the ongoing political violence in Peru.


News Release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected him Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the 118th Congress...


Meriwether County Disaster Recovery Center to Open

News Release: ATLANTA - A FEMA disaster recovery center will open Tuesday, Jan.31 in Meriwether County to provide one-on-one assistance to people directly affected by the Jan. 12 severe storms, straight line winds and tornadoes.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks today at the National Press Club’s Headliners Newsmaker to discuss how under Republican control, he is returning the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability to its primary mission to root out waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the federal government and hold the Biden Administration accountable.