News from March 2023

By Karen Kidd | Mar 30, 2023
U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching an Interagency Working Group on Competition and Intellectual Property in Seeds and Other Agricultural Inputs.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 30, 2023
U.S. Department of Commerce recently requested the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration start a process to consider designating U.S. waters around the Pacific Remote Islands as a national marine sanctuary.

By Juliette Fairley | Mar 30, 2023
The Chamber of Digital Commerce hosted its annual D.C. Blockchain Summit March 21 in Washington, D.C., which included the participation of three GOP congressmen.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 30, 2023
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Commerce are working to develop a framework for the implementation of the march-in provision in the Bayh-Dole Act, which allows the federal government to grant a license for a company to produce a patented drug, if the owner of the patent declines to grant permission.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 30, 2023
The U.S. Economic Development Administration approved a $1.3 million grant to Greenville, Texas, to improve the roadway infrastructure needed for the expansion of the region's aerospace sector.

By Sam Jackson | Mar 30, 2023
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Smithsonian and multiple other federal agencies have combined their efforts to seek suggestions to update a key climate literacy guide.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 30, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently entered into a cooperative agreement with Oregon to expand the consumption of local foods in school meals.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 30, 2023
A man and a woman from San Antonio were recently given sentences for using SIM swapping in November 2021 to gain access to and transfer more than $250,000 from the cryptocurrency accounts of their victims.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Scott, and other members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the Federal Reserve's supervisory and regulatory oversight of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).1

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 29, 2023
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management recently announced it is seeking applications for its artist-in-residence program

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 29, 2023
The United States Department of State has authorized $350 million in additional military aid to Ukraine to defend against the Russian invasion, marking the 34th drawdown of U.S. arms and equipment for the country since February 2022.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 29, 2023
Six more Oath Keepers members and associates were found guilty in the District of Columbia on March 21 for their participation in the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 29, 2023
The Transportation Security Administration is hiring for employees to work at Albany International Airport.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 29, 2023
A recent U.S. Environmental and Protection Agency analysis showed an overall decrease in the release of toxic chemicals into the environment in 2021.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 29, 2023
Two prominent members of a drug-trafficking organization who are also related to the cartel's ringleader have been sentenced to "significant amounts of time" in prison.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 29, 2023
More than three dozen police K-9 teams from South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina took part in the U.S. Police Canine Association's annual spring canine detection trials in Aiken.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 29, 2023
Christine Dziedzina and Cathryn Todd have been named the newest human resource policy office managers at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 29, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have teamed up in an effort to treat and prevent a fungal disease destroying bats in North America.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 29, 2023
A federal court in the District of Columbia unsealed two indictments accusing numerous defendants of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Arms Export Control Act for their roles in various schemes to obtain and export American technology to Iran between 2005 and 2013.