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Administration Officials Testify on U.S. Counterterrorism Policy During Subcommittee Hearing

News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, held a hearing to examine the worldwide threat posed by al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and other foreign terrorist organizations. The hearing also examined the Biden Administration’s whole-of-government approach, in coordination with international allies and partners, to counter the evolving foreign terrorism threat.


Maloney, Norton, Van Hollen, Carper, Brown Express Disappointment that Final NDAA Does Not Give D.C. Mayor Control Over D.C. National Guard

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), and Representative Anthony Brown (D-MD) expressed disappointment that the final National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA) does not give the D.C. mayor control over the D.C. National Guard and vowed to keep fighting to enact this important and necessary reform into law.


Neal Statement on House Vote to Avoid Medicare Sequester and Enable Debt Limit Action

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tonight, Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed S. 610, the Protecting Medicare & American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act...


New NOAA report shows U.S. ocean enterprise sector grew 60 percent since 2015

News Release: The U.S. Ocean Enterprise Report, released by NOAA today, shows significant growth in businesses that provide the technological means to observe and measure ocean dynamics. Called the Ocean Enterprise, this cluster of businesses, which provides essential support to the $2 trillion global Blue Economy...


The Opportunity Project Summit: Open Innovation for All

News Release: WHAT: On December 13 through 15, the Census Open Innovation Labs will host The Opportunity Project (TOP) Summit: Open Innovation for All. TOP helps companies, nonprofits, and universities turn federal open data into new technologies that solve real world problems. This multiday virtual conference will...



NIST Awards More Than $3.5 Million to High-Tech Small Businesses to Support Innovations in Manufacturing, Medical Diagnostics and More

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $3.5 million in funding to 17 U.S. small businesses for advancing technologies in manufacturing, privacy, medical diagnostics and more.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


NIST Names Pravina Raghavan New Director of Manufacturing Extension Partnership

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected Pravina Raghavan as the new director of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), which helps small and medium-size U.S. manufacturers develop new products and customers, expand and diversify markets, adopt new technology, and improve supply chains.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Oversight and Homeland Security Committees Release Update on Georgia ICE Facility Investigation, Inquire on DHS Action to Protect Migrants

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Border Security, Facilitation, & Operations Subcommittee, and Rep. Jamie Raskin...


Chairman Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member Cloud Send Bipartisan Letter to FDA Seeking Information on E-Cigarette Approvals

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Rep. Michael Cloud, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting information about the agency’s progress in reviewing the premarket tobacco product...


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.