News from March 2023
By Federal Newswire | Mar 26, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Federal Department News | Mar 26, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy is committing more than $200 million to modernize and expand hydropower and advance marine-energy technologies across the country.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 26, 2023
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $3 million for New Jersey to plan ways to reduce pollution and build clean energy economies.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 26, 2023
Michigan State University has been awarded 1.3 million node hours of computation time on the world’s fastest supercomputer by the Department of Energy to study galaxies at an unprecedented level.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 26, 2023
A former New York-area bank employee is being charged in an almost two-year-long, $2 million fraud and embezzlement scheme.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 25, 2023
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the first round of grants, worth more than $94 million, for 59 projects through the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday published its order denying the application by Custodia Bank, Inc., of Cheyenne, Wyoming to be supervised by the Federal Reserve. The Board previously announced its denial of the application, and its order is now available following a review for confidential information.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 25, 2023
The Missouri Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) will receive additional funding through the Inflation Reduction Act to boost the start of climate-friendly initiatives under the Conservation Stewardship Program (CPS), providing opportunities to farmers and the owners of forested land to take part in the program and back climate-mitigation projects.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 25, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week announced several efforts designed to increase support for and access to school meal programs for children in need, including $50 million in grants to jumpstart collaboration between schools, suppliers and food producers in an effort to provide nutritious food.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service recently signed a cooperative agreement with the Forest County Potawatomi Community.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $9.5 million available for Compost and Food Waste Reduction pilot projects for 2023.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
Gotta water leak? A couple of days remain to get it fixed and make it part of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 15th annual "Fix a Leak Week," EPA's WaterSense program's way to encourage consumers and businesses to find and repair plumbing leaks in homes and improve landscaping irrigation systems.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday released the 2022 combined annual audited financial statements for the Reserve Banks. An independent public accounting firm engaged by the Board issued unqualified opinions, asserting that its audit found the financial statements for the Board and the Reserve Banks to be free of material misstatements in accordance with the applicable auditing standards. The Board released preliminary income and expense data earlier this year.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
Public comment is now underway over a draft operations plan for Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Miss.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy Legacy management recently installed six new aerial-survey quality-control monuments at the Falls City, Texas, disposal site.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy recently announced funding to renew the four Bioenergy Research Centers.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced antidumping and countervailing duty suspension agreements on white grape juice concentrate from Argentina.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 25, 2023
Utah’s FrontRunner transit system would receive more than $315 million in federal funding in the Department of Transportation's proposed spending plan.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 24, 2023
Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development recently announced more than $3 million in Tribal Tourism Grant Program funding.

By Karen Kidd | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Office of River Protection and Washington River Protection Solutions are resuming processing tank waste at the Hanford Site using the Tank-Side Cesium Removal System.