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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and upcoming Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced the first hearing of the 118th Congress in the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. It will focus on...


Commerce Department discusses 2023 Annual Determination To Implement the Sea Turtle Observer Requirement on Jan. 25

The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, announced the release of the 2021 Current Population Survey (CPS), Civic Engagement and Volunteering (CEV) Supplement Microdata File. It is the most robust longitudinal survey about volunteerism and other...



BE-30: Quarterly Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign Expenses of U.S. Carriers discussed on Jan. 25 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.7 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to provide near real-time data on how the COVID-19 pandemic, and changes in social and economic conditions are affecting people’s lives to inform federal and state response and recovery planning.


BE-45: Quarterly Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance Companies With Foreign Persons discussed on Jan. 25 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Committee Issues Inaugural Oversight Request

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) and Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) led a letter to congressional appropriators, requesting that any year-end funding package prohibit federal funding for the listing of the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In part, the members wrote.




The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Comer Supports Bipartisan Bill Bringing Transparency to Closed Door Agency Agreements

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of the bipartisan (H.R. 300 ), a bill introduced by Representative Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) that requires federal agencies to submit information regarding consent decrees and settlement agreements to a public, electronic database.


2020 Census Count Question Resolution Operation Errata Tables Released

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the first errata tables for the 2020 Census Count Question Resolution (CQR) operation. The purpose of the 2020 Census CQR is to provide a mechanism for governmental units to request a review of their official 2020 Census results and to help ensure that housing and...


NIST Joins Alliance to Promote Open Wireless Technologies and Supply Chains

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has joined the O-RAN Alliance, a nonprofit organization made up of mobile network operators, vendors, and academic and government institutions working to make radio access network (RAN) technologies more open, intelligent and interoperable.



News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.8 million grant to the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority, Middletown, Pennsylvania, to make roadway access improvements needed to support...



U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.5 Million for Water Infrastructure Improvements to Support Business Growth in Hawkins County, Tennessee

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $960,000 grant to the city of Vallejo, California, to conduct an infrastructure study of Mare Island. This EDA grant will be matched with $540,000 in local investment.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.