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The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Representatives Ann Kuster (D-N.H.), and David Trone (D-Md.) today led over 100 democrats in the Senate and House in reintroducing the Comprehensive Addiction...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $675,180 grant to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Boston, Massachusetts, to provide roadway and stormwater infrastructure improvements needed to support additional development of the Devens Industrial Area and former Fort Devens Military Base.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Committee Member Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus’s Abortion Rights and Access Task Force, issued the following statements in response to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ...


Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new estimates on the characteristics of nonemployer businesses. According to the 2018 Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D), approximately 41.0% (10.9 million) of businesses without paid employees were owned by women, with $300 billion in receipts and 32.7% (8.7 million) of businesses owned by minorities, with $306.1 billion in receipts.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and senior Committee Member Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, issued the following statements after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected Purdue Pharma’s plan of reorganization, ...


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.3 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Support Business Growth in Brooklyn, New York

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Brooklyn Alliance, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, to provide technical assistance to small and medium-sized businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from Phase 7 of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), which measures the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as other major events such as hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses. SBPS complements existing Census Bureau data by providing detailed, near real-time information on challenges faced by small businesses.


Finance Republicans Raise Privacy Concerns with IRS Collaboration

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Finance Committee Republicans are asking the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for information on a recent collaboration with the non-profit group Code for America (CFA), a partnership aimed at helping Americans file for child tax credits.


News Release: - The median estimated poverty rate for school-age children in all U.S. school districts in 2020 was 13.2%, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Representatives Ann Kuster (D-N.H.), and David Trone (D-Md.) today led over 100 Democrats in the Senate and House in reintroducing the Comprehensive Addiction...


Pallone Applauds Biden Administration's Lead Action Plan

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Biden Administration’s new Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan...


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


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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


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


The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Oversight Committee Member, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland requesting information about whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to resume federal executions and procure pentobarbital sodium for use in such executions.


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