News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


Crypto Council for Innovation CEO: 'This isn't about tech, it's about bad actors committing fraud'

Sheila Warren, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, an organization of crypto industry leaders, said that the collapse of FTX has prompted some to call for more regulation of the crypto industry.


Dickman: 'Hazardous weather conditions continue in northern California'

Streamflows in some Northern California waterways are reaching record highs, the U.S. Geological Survey said.


Phillips: Marine academy capital improvement plan 'prioritizes projects that will address the academy’s most urgent needs'

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration, alongside the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, released the USMMA Capital Improvement Program annual report for fiscal year 2022.


News Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Mexico City, Mexico, January 9-10 to participate in the 10th North American Leaders’ Summit, where he will engage in trilateral conversations regarding climate and clean energy action and cooperation.


Release: Counselor of the Department Derek Chollet will travel to the United Arab Emirates, North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia from January 8-13.


Cho: HSI Kansas City is working 'to eradicate human trafficking in our community'

Homeland Security Investigations Kansas City is taking part in its annual January collaboration with other law enforcement agencies to inform the American public about human trafficking, its signs and how to report and avoid it.


PAMS-SC grant application closes on April 10

FUSION ENERGY SCIENCE - REACHING A NEW ENERGY SCIENCES WORKFORCE (FES-RENEW) grant opened on Jan. 9.


News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman-Elect James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on Ranking Member-Elect Jamie Raskin’s (D-Md.) cancer diagnosis...


FEMA Awards University of Rhode Island Over $4.3 Million for COVID Testing Costs

News Release: BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $4.3 million to the State of Rhode Island to reimburse the University of Rhode Island for the cost of testing students, staff and faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic.


DOS-GEO grant application closes on Feb. 24

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2023) grant opened on Jan. 9.


DOS-POL offers new grant application process starting Jan. 9

Call for Programs that Support the Needs of Marginalized Communities in Poland grant opened on Jan. 9.


Granger on Speakership Election

News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Kay Granger (TX), Chairwoman-Elect of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (CA) election to serve as the 55th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.


PAMS-SC grant application closes on April 18

Advanced Scientific Computing Research - Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (ASCR-RENEW) grant opened on Jan. 9.


Release: Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 2617, an omnibus appropriations package to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year.


DOT-FTA offers new grant application process starting Jan. 9

FY 2023 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Areas of Persistent Poverty Program grant opened on Jan. 9.


DOS-ARG grant application closes on Feb. 10

Argentina and the U.S.: 200 Years of Friendship grant opened on Jan. 9.


DOS-MOZ grant application closes on April 30

U.S. Embassy Mozambique Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) Annual Program Statement grant opened on Jan. 9.


Calvert: 'China is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans'

While strained U.S.-China relations have halted progress on tackling the fentanyl crisis, Congressman Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) said the U.S. needs to take a strong approach in getting Beijing to cooperate with stemming the flow of fentanyl from China to Mexico.


News Release: Last October, LM Site Manager Nicole Keller presented on the history of the disposal cell in Edgemont, South Dakota, to the Council of State Governments' (CSG) Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee. It’s the first time LM has participated in the conference, which included staff from multiple program offices of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Transportation as well as tribal representatives and officials from 12 states.


ChinaAid details crackdown on Chinese Christians

Golden Lampstand Church, a Christian church in China, disclosed to ChinaAid in December that 12 members of the church had been arrested 16 months ago and have been held without a trial.