By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Huron, Ohio, to reconstruct Sawmill Parkway, a critical roadway that serves Erie County’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the town of Shelburn, Indiana, to construct new water infrastructure and provide an adequate water...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Today, NOAA released the 2021 Biennial Report to Congress on Improving International Fisheries Management, identifying 31 nations and entities for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities and bycatch of protected marine life on the high seas, where nations lack conservation measures...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Joe Biden’s expected remarks about government price controls and the cost of prescription drugs.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: U.S. Census Bureau Delivers Data for States to Begin Redistricting Efforts.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Census Bureau released census redistricting data based on the 2020 Census...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: We now have a clearer picture of the lightning-fast molecular dance occurring within the membrane that encloses each cell in our body, revealed in part by neutron beams at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The findings may have applications in drug development, and they also address long-standing fundamental mysteries about why cell membranes move as they do.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5.1 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Hoonah, Alaska, to make critical infrastructure improvements to the Hoonah Marine Industrial Center Cargo Dock. This EDA grant is expected to create or retain nearly 270 jobs and generate $66.1 million in private investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the launch of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) STEM Talent Challenge to support programs to train science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent and fuel regional innovation economies across the nation.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, signed a letter led by Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) and other Republican senators pledging not to vote to increase the debt ceiling, “whether that increase comes through a stand-alone bill, a continuing...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) released the following statement after an agreement was reached to address allegations of worker rights concerns under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s (USMCA) Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM)...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) applauded the Department of Labor (DOL) for their swift action disbursing funding to states to modernize unemployment insurance systems, ensure that workers receive their earned benefits, and prevent fraud. In the American Rescue...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today voted against the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion reckless tax and spending spree, a filibuster-proof budget proposal that will do long-term damage to our economy. The proposal inched forward in the Senate by a party-line vote of 50-49.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Labor Department’s actions to modernize unemployment insurance technology...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: When it comes to passwords, the challenges are endless. We must create multiple passwords to manage our many online accounts, from email to shopping sites and social media profiles. We have to safely keep track of these many passwords and ensure they’re strong enough to reduce the risk of cyberattacks. All of these reasons emphasize why education and training are so important for strengthening passwords and protecting personal accounts.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.2 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. This phase of data collection includes new questions on the Child Tax Credit, sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), rent/mortgage arrears, utility arrears and restrictions, summer catch-up education activities for grades K-12 and preventative health care for children.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld in part the Committee’s subpoena for eight years of financial information from President Trump and his businesses...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Trade Subcommittee Republican Leader Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL), and Ways and Means Republicans today called on President Biden to end his Administration’s trade moratorium and begin consultations with Congress to renew Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2019 Community Resilience Estimates to measure the ability of a population to withstand adversity from the impacts of disasters, including weather- and disease-related events such as pandemics, forest fires and floods. Later this month, the new data will also be available through a tool that shows risk level by state, county and tract.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Three Key Numbers to Watch in July’s Jobs Report.
