News and reports from the Department of Commerce.

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today hailed an announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) outlining the timeline and mechanisms for Medicare drug price negotiation policies as it goes into effect this year...

Alan Lane, the CEO of Silvergate, the parent company of Silvergate Bank, which provides financial solutions to businesses in fintech and cryptocurrency, said in a statement the company has taken steps in response to lower deposit levels and shaken industry confidence in the fourth quarter of 2022, aiming to remain liquid by reducing the company's headcount and selling debt securities.

News Release: Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), proteins that can bind to specific targets in the body, can fight everything from cancer and rheumatoid arthritis to COVID-19. Since 2016, manufacturers of these powerful new drugs have been able to verify and improve their quality-control methods by using a reference material...

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.

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Today, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves met Japan’s Minister for Digital Transformation Taro Kono in Washington, DC. The two leaders discussed the digital agenda for Japan’s G7 presidency in 2023 and a proposal to operationalize Japan’s concept for Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT), a G20-endorsed ...

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the passage of H.R. 22, the Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act, out of the House by a bipartisan vote of 331-97.

News Release: A new report from the U.N., which includes key scientific contributions from NOAA and international partners, confirms that the recovery of Earth’s protective ozone layer is on track, and that the Montreal Protocol, the international treaty that guides the phase-out of ozone-destroying chemicals, has had the additional benefit of slowing global warming.

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Commerce Department published an eight page proposed rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: DaNa L. Carlis, Ph.D., a research meteorologist and experienced scientific leader, has been named the director of NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, Oklahoma. He will join the world’s preeminent research institution for observing and understanding severe thunderstorms and extreme weather on January 29. He is the first African American to be named a lab director in NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced a $3 million grant for the Western Wyoming Community College District in Rock Springs, Wyo.