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Commerce Department publishes notice on Feb. 16

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Feb. 18, 2022, Update: NIST Champlain Towers South Investigation Adds New Expert Team Members

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has added new experts to the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) investigating the June 24, 2021, partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside, Florida. NIST has also scheduled the next meeting of the NCST Advisory Committee for June.


News Release: THE CULTURE AT NIH. “The question before this Committee this morning, is whether to create a new agency, ARPA-H, partly driven by the growing concerns as to the culture at NIH. “Given Dr. Lander’s sudden resignation last night, it only raises more questions in my mind as to what is really going on at...


Finance Committee Republicans Voice Concerns with Recent OECD Developments, Stress Need for Additional Engagement

News Release: Washington, D.C.--Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), wrote U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raising questions and concerns with recent developments in global tax negotiations. The request for information follows a prior request, sent...


Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Guthrie Opening Remarks in Hearing on ARPA-H & Medical Research

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks in the Health Subcommittee Hearing on biomedical research.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.1 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Provide Technical Assistance to Small Businesses in South San Francisco, California

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million American Rescue Plan Economic Adjustment Assistance grant to the city of South San Francisco, California, to develop the North County Business Resource Center.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Commerce Department publishes notice on Feb. 14

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Crapo Statement at Hearing on IRS Customer Service Challenges

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Spotlighting IRS Customer Service Challenges.".


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Vern Buchanan...


News Release: The 2020 presidential election featured record turnout and record use of nontraditional voting methods, according to the “Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2020 " report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The report builds on detailed tables released last year. It’s based on...


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


NIST Researchers Link Cutting-Edge Gravity Research to Safer Operation of Construction Cranes

News Release: In the beginning, all that Stephan Schlamminger wanted to do was to write down an equation that would help him obtain a more precise value for G, the gravitational constant that determines the strength of the attraction between massive objects. To gauge that attraction, Schlamminger, a physicist at the...


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) urging the agency to consider terminating the Old Post...


Commerce Announces Competitive Grant Program to Promote U.S. Exports

News Release: Yesterday, the Department of Commerce announced it is now accepting applications for the 2022 Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP). These awards, administered by Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA), provide non-profit industry groups with up to $300,000 in federal funding for innovative and sustainable projects that help U.S. businesses generate or expand exports and create or sustain jobs.