By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following statement regarding the ongoing consultations between the United States and the United Kingdom on bilateral and multilateral issues related to steel and aluminum: "The United States and the United Kingdom are consulting closely on bilateral ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has released a final rule adding four foreign companies to the Entity List for engaging in activities that are contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. The four entities are located in Israel, Russia, and Singapore.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a Request for Information on People’s Republic of China (PRC) policies and influence in the development of international standards for emerging technologies.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the appointment of 11 leaders in public safety, technology and finance to serve on the Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority). Secretary Raimondo also named Stephen Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, as the FirstNet Authority’s new Board Chair.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo issued the following statement on the lifting of international travel restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers: “The travel and tourism industry is a vital part of the American economy, providing millions of jobs to Americans, supporting local businesses, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our kickoff Interagency Convening on Equitable Economic Growth.It’s great to be here with all of you.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a full Committee markup of 12 bills out of the Health, Communications and Technology, and Consumer Protection and Commerce subcommittees...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, the Department of Commerce honored 31 U.S. companies and organizations that export goods and services overseas by naming them winners of the 2021 President’s “E” Awards. This year’s winners hail from 20 states, and of the 31 honorees, 25 are small and medium-sized businesses, and 14 firms are manufacturers.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo will make her first official visit to Asia from Nov. 15-18, where she will meet with government officials and business leaders in Japan, Singapore and Malaysia.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: On November 9th, 2021, the Department of Commerce, in collaboration with the Ford Foundation; the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance; B Lab; Families and Workers Fund; and Ariel Investments, will host the Biden-Harris administration’s first ever Interagency Convening on Equitable Economic Growth, bringing ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-On Wednesday, November 17 at 10:00 a.m. ET, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and lawmakers will hold a forum on the impact of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in pharmaceutical markets with experts, pharmacists, physicians, and PBMs.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General examining the Trump Administration’s child separation policy...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
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 to consider the nominations of Maria Lago to be Under Secretary for International Trade, and Lisa Wang to be Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance at the Department of Commerce.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ahead of the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale tomorrow-the first new fossil fuel lease sale in 2021-Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today criticized the Biden administration’s choice to hold the sale without first explaining in detail to the American people how it intends to reform and modernize the federal oil and gas program, which DOI itself has described as riddled with financial and environmental flaws.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Today, NOAA released two Atlases compiling the best available science to inform the identification of Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) in the Gulf of Mexico and Southern California. NOAA previously identified these regions for their potential to host sustainable commercial aquaculture development...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--A new analysis by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) of the latest version of the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spend bill (H.R. 5376) confirms that it gives tax cuts to the wealthy; provides fleeting and limited tax relief to low- and middle-income earners; and, violates the President’s promise to not raise taxes on anyone with income below $400,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau will follow up with households beginning November 29 and will continue through March 2022 as part of the final in-person collection operation for the Post-Enumeration Survey (PES). This survey helps measure the accuracy of the 2020 Census by independently surveying a sample of the population.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a supplemental memo providing new insights into how the high-profile ransomware attacks on CNA Financial Corporation (CNA), Colonial Pipeline Company (Colonial), and JBS Foods USA (JBS) unfolded, and how legislation and policies responses may be developed to counter the threat of ransomware.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Lawmakers are urging the Biden Administration to provide greater information and analysis in their rush towards a drug pricing scheme that would dramatically change how the United States pays for drugs and upend the incentives that exist today for innovation and generic and biosimilar competition.
