News published on Federal Newswire in March 2023

News from March 2023


Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Libya

Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Libya


Granholm: 2024 energy budget provides ‘critical resources to transform the president’s historic clean energy investments’

The U.S. Department of Energy’s proposed fiscal year 2024 budget requests $52 billion that includes investments into reducing energy costs.



Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Interview with Michel Martin of NPR

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Interview with Michel Martin of NPR


Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Interview with Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Interview with Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC


Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Marking the One-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Brutal Invasion of Ukraine

Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Marking the One-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Brutal Invasion of Ukraine


Stone-Manning: Proposed $1.7 billion budget ‘will put people to work restoring our public lands’

President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget proposes $1.7 billion for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management that includes investments to accelerate clean energy development.


Remarks at the UN General Assembly Stakeout Following the Adoption of a Resolution on a Comprehensive Peace in Ukraine

Remarks at the UN General Assembly Stakeout Following the Adoption of a Resolution on a Comprehensive Peace in Ukraine


Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Interview with Brian Tyler Cohen of the “No Lie” Podcast

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Interview with Brian Tyler Cohen of the “No Lie” Podcast


Haaland: Biden’s 2024 budget supports the effort to ‘reduce wildfire risk throughout the country’

More than $4.2 billion of President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget has been proposed for the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture wildland fire and hazardous fuels management.


Two Disaster Recovery Centers in Dallas County to Close March 16

The two FEMA-state Disaster Recovery Centers in Dallas County will close permanently March 16.


Sturgis Man Indicted for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Sturgis, South Dakota, man for Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet, Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography, and Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor.


Granbury Man Convicted at Trial Following Child Porn Tip by Son

A Granbury man whose son reported him to law enforcement was convicted at trial of child sexual exploitation, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.


Wilmington Harbor Navigation Improvement Evaluation Continues

The US Army Corps of Engineers is withdrawing a previous Notice of Intent (NOI) which was published in the Federal Register in September 2019 for the preparation of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), for the Wilmington Harbor Navigation Improvement Project Feasibility Study.


Memphis District’s annual Mississippi River Channel Improvement meeting a success

Members of the Regional Channel Improvement (RCI) Team met in New Orleans, Louisiana, for their annual Mississippi River Channel Improvement meeting, Feb. 7 – 8, 2023 to discuss new channel improvement projects and other current channel improvement issues.


Corps begins Phase I floodfight activities on the White River near Georgetown, Des Arc

The Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has begun Phase I floodfight activities along the White River in Arkansas due to high river stages.


Small Business Industry Day highlights women-owned small business

Nearly 300 business owners and managers received extensive information about small business opportunities within the federal, state and local procurement systems during the Small Business Industry Day March 6, 2023, at the Tennessee State University Avon Williams Campus


LRD Programs Director retires after almost 40 years with USACE

On February 23, 2023, a retirement ceremony was held for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Program Director, Mr. Stephen Durrett, at the Federal Building in downtown Cincinnati, OH.


USACE, Miami-Dade host second charrette for re-initiation of Miami-Dade Back Bay CSRM Feasibility Study

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District and Miami-Dade County, its non-federal sponsor, hosted a second charrette Feb. 23-25 following a virtual public meeting for the re-initiation of the Miami-Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study​.


Statement by Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works on the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget

The Biden-Harris Administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.