News published on Federal Newswire in March 2023

News from March 2023


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Uzbekistani President Mirziyoyev

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a seven-count indictment charging 20 men and four women with trafficking cocaine in the District of Puerto Rico, beginning in 2017. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) oversees the investigation, with the collaboration...


News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment, unsealed today, charges a Coraopolis, Pennsylvania man with running a counterfeit drug conspiracy that sold fentanyl and methamphetamine disguised as Oxycontin, Xanax and Adderall on a Darknet Marketplace. Jacob Blair, 25, is also charged in a parallel indictment in the Western...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nomination hearing for Vivek Hallegere Murthy, nominee to be representative of the United States on the executive board of the World Health ...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Members Reps. Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) released a Request for Information (RFI) in preparation of the upcoming Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) reauthorization due by Sept. 30, 2023.


“Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 1159” published by the Congressional Record in the House section on Feb. 24

“Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 1159“ was published in the House section on page H875 on Feb. 24


DOS-DZA offers new grant application process starting March 2

U.S. Embassy Ghana University Partnership Initiative Notice of Funding Opportunity grant opened on March 2.


USDA Announces March 2023 Lending Rates for Agricultural Producers

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for March 2023, which are effective March 1, 2023. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs.



The FBI Northwest Ohio Safe Streets Task Force, Findlay Police Department, and Hancock County Sheriff’s Office Announce Arrest of Suspect in Multiple Bank Robberies

News Release: CLEVELAND, OH-The FBI Northwest Ohio Safe Streets Task Force, together with the Findlay Police Department and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office announce the February 24th arrest of Gage Daniel Shafer Haws. Haws was arrested without incident by the Findlay Police Department SWAT team at a residence in Findlay, Ohio, in conjunction with five area bank robberies dating back to Dec. 31, 2022.


Biden-Harris Administration Invests $315 Million to Advance Reliable Clean Energy in Rural and Remote Communities

Release: DOE Announces Initial Funding for New $1 Billion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Program to Improve Energy Systems in Areas with Less Than 10,000 People


Reps. Hudson and Eshoo Request Information in Preparation for Pandemic Bill Reauthorization

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Members Reps. Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) released a Request for Information (RFI) in preparation of the upcoming Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) reauthorization due by Sept. 30, 2023.


USDA-NIFA offers new grant application process starting March 2

Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program grant opened on March 2.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered opening remarks at today’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce subcommittee hearing titled “Promoting U.S. Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National Standard for Data Privacy."


News Release: Addressing Firearms Trafficking is a U.S.-Caribbean Priority


News Release: Amistad National Recreation Area archeologist Joe Labadie received the first annual John L. Cotter award for excellence in NPS archeology at ceremonies held in Philadelphia on April 4, 2000. The award was presented by Francis McManamon, NPS Chief Archeologist, and David Orr, Chief of the Valley Forge Cultural Resource Center.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken At an English Language Learning Event

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, thank you for letting me join your class today. Now, I was listening very carefully to the first question, about what would you do if you were president; what are the hard parts, what are the easy parts. I have a chance to sit with the president of Uzbekistan later today.


Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery

News Release: The 2002 NPS Cotter Award has been given to archeologist Ken Wild. In 2001, Wild guided to conclusion a multiyear project of archeological and supporting studies at Cinnamon Bay, St. Johns Island, Virgin Islands National Park.


DOS-ECA offers new grant application process starting March 2

FY 2024 Fulbright Teacher Exchange Programs grant opened on March 2.


Release: NORFOLK, Va. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Norfolk International Airport prevented a Nevada resident from bringing her handgun onto her flight on Monday, Feb. 27. The.45 caliber gun was unloaded, however there were seven bullets in a magazine among the womans carry-on items alongside the gun.