News published on Federal Newswire in March 2023

News from March 2023


Wyden to Convene Budget Hearing with Treasury Secretary Yellen

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a committee hearing on Thursday, March 16, 2023 on “The President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget." The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.


Congress told 'we don't have the guardrails in place' for an AI tech revolution: Hickok

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) set the tone for a hearing on “Advances in AI: Are We Ready For a Tech Revolution” with an opening statement that no human wrote.


News Release: To expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security and economic prosperity and meet the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to support increased diversity and inclusion in higher education and international exchanges, the U.S. Department ...


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the nuclear fuel life cycle. During the hearing, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) discussed the need to reduce the United States’ and our allies’ dependence on Russian nuclear fuel and the significant investments the U.S. is making in advanced nuclear reactors and other technologies that will help strengthen energy security and independence.


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Hearing Wrap Up: Waste and Mismanagement at OPM is Reducing Services and Raising Costs for Taxpayers

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Yesterday, Danny Werfel, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, sent a letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform explaining that confidential tax information was not shared with the White House in violation of Section 6103 of title 26 of the U.S. Code, contrary to allegations made at the Committee’s hearing last Wednesday.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Rodgers, Johnson Announce Hearing on East Palestine Train Derailment with EPA, State, and Local Officials

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) today announced a subcommittee hearing to address the environmental response to the train derailment in East Palestine, ...


DOS-DRL offers new grant application process starting March 10

DRL FY 2022 Award Management Support for DRL Partners in the Western Hemisphere grant opened on March 10.


Release: The following is the text of a Joint Statement following a meeting between Lithuanian Foreign Minister Landsbergis and Secretary Blinken in Washington, D.C.


Binance responds to ‘misinformed accusations’: ‘We see it as an opportunity to engage the public’

Media entities have recently tried to equate the movement of cryptocurrency between wallets with illicit misuse of customer funds. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, explained in a blog post that moving assets between hot and cold wallets is a regular function of crypto exchanges that serves to protect user funds while ensuring liquidity, which is different from the criminal misuse of funds perpetrated by the now-bankrupt exchange FTX.


EPA Announces Significant Air Pollution Reductions from Permian Basin Company Settlement

EPA Announces Significant Air Pollution Reductions from Permian Basin Company Settlement


2023 Small-to-Small Business Virtual Vendor Outreach Matchmaking Event

News Release: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is hosting a Small-to-Small Business Virtual Vendor Outreach Matchmaking Event (VOME) on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Meetings will occur between 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. In support of...


Bipartisan E&C Leaders Disappointed FCC’s Spectrum Auction Authority has Been Allowed to Lapse

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Doris Matsui (D-CA) expressed disappointment today over the...


News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Please take a seat. And it is a special honor for me to be able to say, welcome to the White House. (Applause.) And welcome especially to the 2023 International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony to all of you participating here in person and tuning in from around the world.


Chair Rodgers Announces Full Committee Markup of 20 Pieces of Legislation to Secure our Energy Future and Competitive Edge

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced a Full Committee markup on 20 pieces of legislation.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Doris Matsui (D-CA) expressed disappointment today over the...


Minnesota congressman: New digital asset reporting requirements 'will send crypto innovation and opportunities oversees'

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which President Biden signed into law in Nov. 2021, introduces two new reporting requirements for individuals and businesses that conduct transactions using digital assets.


Department of Justice Fiscal Year 2024 Funding Request

News Release: Note: Read the Department of Justice FY2024 Budget Fact Sheets here.


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