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The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Comer Slams Mayorkas for Preventing Chief Border Patrol Agents from Testifying on Biden’s Border Crisis

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) slammed U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for refusing to allow Chief Patrol Agents of four U.S. Border Patrol sectors to testify at an upcoming hearing on the border crisis.


News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold the first Oversight Committee hearing of the 118th Congress titled “Federal Pandemic Spending: A Prescription for Waste, Fraud, and Abuse," to focus on investigating the rampant waste of taxpayer dollars in COVID relief programs.


Biden Administration Blocks Development of World-Class Mineral Deposit

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark) completed a tour of federal lands and resources in Nevada and California. U.S. Reps. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.), Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) and Young Kim (R-Calif.) joined Westerman for visits in their home districts.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the city of Somerset, Kentucky, to provide upgrades for two wastewater treatment facilities, supporting economic growth and job creation. This EDA grant will be matched with $750,000 in local funds, and is expected to help create 379 jobs, retain 580 jobs, and generate $179 million in private investment.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $3.2 million in the state of North Carolina to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to support current and future business needs.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released 5-year national and regional geographic mobility and migration estimates from the 2020 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC).


Oklahoma Added to Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the release of data for Oklahoma and adjusted college graduate earnings to 2020 dollars in the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) experimental data product. PSEO now includes data on 680 institutions, which cover approximately 26% of all college graduates.



News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will speak at a National Press Club’s Headliners Newsmaker on Monday, January 30th at 10:00 AM ET.



Chairs Rodgers and Latta Announce First Communications and Technology Subcommittee Hearing of the 118th Congress

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and incoming Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a hearing on ensuring America continues to lead in the burgeoning satellite communications industry.


The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Bipartisan Senate Finance Committee Leaders Call for Full Enforcement of USMCA to Ensure Americans Benefit from Trade Deal

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, called for the administration to continue to press for strong enforcement of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to ensure American trading partners live up to their obligations, in a letter today to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.4 million grant to the Economic Development Alliance of St. Clair County, Port Huron, Michigan, to construct an 11,000-square-foot building for use...


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau released new social, economic, housing and demographic statistics for the 118th Congress from the 2021 American Community Survey (ACS). The four Data Profiles are available for all 435 congressional districts on the Census Bureau's FTP site and through a web-based lookup tool on the ACS website. The My Congressional District data tool has also been updated for the 118th Congress.


NIST Risk Management Framework Aims to Improve Trustworthiness of Artificial Intelligence

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0), a guidance document for voluntary use by organizations designing, developing, deploying or using AI systems to help manage the many risks of AI technologies.