News published on Federal Newswire in March 2023

News from March 2023


News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) announced today it will be undertaking two important reviews: one related to the Memphis Police Department (MPD) and one that will examine the use of specialized units within law enforcement.


DOS-MAR grant application closes on April 10

Intercultural TechCamp for Climate Change grant opened on March 10.


President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Disaster Declaration for Tennessee

News Release: WASHINGTON - FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Tennessee to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storm during the period of Dec. 22-27, 2022.


USDA-NRCS offers new grant application process starting March 10

AL NRCS Outreach and Education, FY2023 grant opened on March 10.



Seasonal Closure of the Mutton Snapper Spawning Aggregation Area in Federal Waters off St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Seasonal Closure of the Mutton Snapper Spawning Aggregation Area in Federal Waters off St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands


News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information From a Bank Robbery in Ft. Lauderdale.


The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Today - on International Women’s Day - the United States is taking action in coordination with the European Union, United Kingdom, and Australia to promote accountability for the Iranian regime’s continued human rights abuses, particularly those against women and girls, including those conducted in the ...


EPA Settlement Resolves Alleged Hazardous Waste Management Violations at Fall River, Mass. Facility

News Release: BOSTON – Under a recent settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Precise Packaging LLC. (a subsidiary of Delaware-based PLZ Corp.) of Fall River, Mass. will now perform training, oversight, and reporting to regulators necessary to comply with federal and state laws regulating the management of hazardous waste.




Rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on March 9

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



News Release: Today marks the 16th anniversary of the abduction of Robert A. “Bob" Levinson from Kish Island, Iran, on March 9, 2007. Bob, who served his country as an FBI special agent for 22 years and a Drug Enforcement Administration agent for six years before that, retired in 1998. Bob is remembered this day, and every day, by his FBI friends and colleagues.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a subcommittee markup of 13 bills.


Rodgers, Pallone Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Encourage Investment & Innovation in Satellite Communications

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on forward-looking, bipartisan legislation seeking to promote competition, innovation, security, and American leadership in the thriving commercial satellite communications industry...


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Romanian Foreign Minister Aurescu

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.



News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee’s markup to consider H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights, and H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act...