News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


Sodium Nitrite From India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value discussed on Jan. 6 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price


Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Role in Connecticut Drug Ring

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MYRON BROWN, also known as “Farid," 49, of Chester, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: In this first week of 2023, the United States continues to stand strongly behind Ukraine and our European allies and partners by announcing more than $3.75 billion in new military assistance. This assistance includes a $2.85 billion drawdown from stocks of the Department of Defense to be provided immediately ...


2023 U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee

News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will co-host the 2023 U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and Japanese Defense Minister Hamada Yasukazu on Jan. 11, 2023, at the Department of State.


News Release: FBI Participating in Alaska HIDTA Initiative Campaign to Combat Drug Trafficking.


News Release: DETROIT, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the second anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol...


The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Valvilla Produce LLC (Valvilla) for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from Texas, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to three produce sellers in the amount of $1,493,960 from February 2020 through May 2020.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the commission and its four member tribes will seek to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.



EPA provides research funds to Colorado Small Businesses to develop technologies for wastewater reuse and microplastic identification

News Release: DENVER (January 6, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding two Colorado small businesses, Lafayette-based, Sporian Microsystems Inc., and Lakewood-based, J-Tech LLC, $100,000 each to develop promising environmental technologies related to microplastics identification and wastewater ...


USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Anderson County Livestock Exchange, LLC.,

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Anderson County Livestock Exchange, LLC., (ACLE), Texas, on Dec. 19, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation, ACLE waived its rights to a hearing and paid a penalty of $4,000.


Privacy Act Regulations discussed on Jan. 6 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Energy Department discusses Combined Notice of Filings on Jan. 6

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - On January 6, 2023, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas met with Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura to continue their previous discussion in Tokyo in October related to the expansion of cyber cooperation and prevention of the use of forced...


More Than $3.75 Billion in U.S. Military Assistance to Ukraine and Countries Impacted by Russia’s Brutal War

Release: In this first week of 2023, the United States continues to stand strongly behind Ukraine and our European allies and partners by announcing more than $3.75 billion in new military assistance. This assistance includes a $2.85 billion drawdown from stocks of the Department of Defense to be provided immediately...


Murder Suspect Captured by U.S. Marshals in Ripley, Tennessee

News Release: Dayton, OH - U.S. Marshal Pete Tobin is pleased to announce that during the early hours of Dec. 19, 2019 the U.S. Marshal’s Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST), with the assistance of the Dayton Police Department SWAT, arrested Walter Baker. Baker was wanted by the Springfield Police Department for Murder and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office for Rape.


Evaluation of American Samoa Coastal Management Program; Notice of Public Meeting; Request for Comments discussed on Jan. 6 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.