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NOAA awards $18.9M for harmful algal bloom research, monitoring

News Release: NOAA is announcing $18.9 million in funding for harmful algal bloom (HAB) research projects and monitoring activities throughout U.S. coastal and Great Lakes waters.


News Release: The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a new Workforce Planning Guide for states and territories to use when planning high-speed Internet deployment projects. The high-speed Internet deployment and digital equity projects funded through the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All initiative will create over 150,000 of good-paying jobs.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, in partnership with Rep. Lauren Underwood and Rep. Alma S. Adams, Ph.D., Co-Chairs of the Black Maternal Health Caucus; Rep. Robin Kelly, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust; Oversight...


2020 Island Areas Censuses Data on Demographic, Social, Economic and Housing Characteristics Now Available for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

News Release: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released a demographic profile of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) from the 2020 Island Areas Censuses. The demographic profile provides basic demographic, social, economic and housing characteristics for the Northern Mariana Islands and lower levels of geography.


News Release: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released a demographic profile of American Samoa from the 2020 Island Areas Censuses. The demographic profile provides basic demographic, social, economic and housing characteristics for American Samoa and lower levels of geography.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today praising President Biden’s announcement that he will release 15 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to provide relief to Americans facing high gas prices as a result of the latest manipulation of the global oil market by OPEC+:


2020 Island Areas Censuses Data on Demographic, Social, Economic and Housing Characteristics Now Available for the U.S. Virgin Islands

News Release: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released a demographic profile of the U.S. Virgin Islands from the 2020 Island Areas Censuses. The demographic profile provides basic demographic, social, economic and housing characteristics for the U.S. Virgin Islands and lower levels of geography.


News Release: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released a demographic profile of Guam from the 2020 Island Areas Censuses. The demographic profile provides basic demographic, social, economic and housing characteristics for Guam and lower levels of geography.


Comer, Oversight Republicans Question FTC Over Use of Unpaid Consultants

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and several Oversight Committee Republicans are pressing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Kahn over the FTC’s use of unpaid consultants and experts. An investigation by the FTC Inspector General (OIG) ...



News Release: On Monday, Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Puerto Rico Economic Growth Coordinator Don Graves met virtually with a group of private sector leaders in Puerto Rico, including affiliates from the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce, the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association, and the Puerto Rico Retailers Association, ...


News Release: SANTIAGO, Chile-Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) released the following statement on the congressional delegation’s visit to Colombia...


Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 164 Under Alternative Site Framework; Muskogee, Oklahoma discussed on Oct. 18 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) are raising concerns that Huawei infrastructure has yet to be removed from the U.S. cellular network despite its threat to national...




News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued the following statement in response to the Department of Justice (DOJ) filing complaints for permanent injunctions against six e-cigarette manufacturers on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).


Chair Grijalva Applauds Department of Interior’s Plan to Hold the First Pacific Offshore Wind Lease Sale

News Release: WASHINGTON - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) announcement of the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Pacific.


Wyden Announces Finance Committee Staff Changes

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced key committee staff changes.