News published on Federal Newswire in March 2023

News from March 2023


Squaxin Island Tribe receives EPA approval to administer Clean Water Act programs on reservation and trust lands

News Release: SEATTLE (March 1, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the application from the Squaxin Island Tribe to administer the water quality standards and certification programs under the Clean Water Act. With this approval, the Tribe will assume Clean Water Act authority to manage and ...


US Department of Labor announces $48M in funding available to support pre-release job training, services for incarcerated people

News Release: WASHINGTON - With meaningful employment secured, formerly incarcerated people can fully integrate into their communities more successfully and avoid relapse. To help remove barriers to employment the U.S. Department of Labor today announces the availability of $48 million in funding to provide training and employment services to incarcerated individuals before their release from state correctional facilities, or county or local jails.


Statement from Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh on nomination  of Deputy Secretary Julie Su to be next secretary of labor

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on President Biden’s announcement of his intent to nominate Julie Su as the next secretary of labor


News Release: Wheatland, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Wheatland Off-Range Corral is reopening for wild horse and burro adoptions this spring after a yearlong closure. To celebrate its reopening, the BLM is offering approximately 700 wild horses and burros in an online adoption event scheduled for March 13-20. More wild horses may be included for adoption prior to the event.


USDOT Announces more than $12 Million in Funding for the U.S. Marine Highway Program

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity making $12,423,000 available in Fiscal Year 2023 funds through the United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP), previously named America’s Marine Highway Program.


Release: Major General Matthew McFarlane, the commanding general of the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dana Stroul provide an update on the ongoing D-ISIS mission, including the preceding month of Operation Inherent Resolve operations, the future of the mission, and the Syrian Democratic Forces partnership. They also take questions from participating journalists.


Supporting Green Shipping and Coastal Ecosystems in the Americas

News Release: The United States, as chair of the Summit of the Americas process, convened Summit governments on March 1 on the margin of the Our Ocean Conference in Panama to exchange experiences and discuss ideas to support green shipping and strengthen coastal ecosystems. Participants discussed implementing commitments ...


News Release: Tune in live today at 4:00 p.m. E.T. to watch Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Members of the House Republican Conference, and concerned parents discuss the lasting impact that the Parents Bill of Rights, which is being introduced today, will have on the American education system.



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.


Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards discussed on March 1 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Homeland Security Department discusses Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations on March 1

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.





The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Homeland Security Department on March 1

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Bad River Encounter

News Release: * Return to The Civil War.


Green Book Cleveland: Remembering Black Recreation and Resistance in Northeast Ohio

News Release: The annual John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in National Park Service Park Archeology was made to Jeffrey F. Burton, staff archeologist at Western Archeological and Conservation Center, Tucson, for his recent work at Manzanar NHS. A presentation was made on April 18, 2001, during an annual meeting of NPS archeologists in New Orleans.