News and reports from the Department of Commerce.

News Release: Yesterday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves met with Canadian Deputy Minister of International Trade Rob Stewart. The two leaders discussed ongoing collaboration under the U.S.-Canada Roadmap, a successful recent indigenous business group delegation visit to Washington D.C., and cooperation ...

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: The SHA-1 algorithm, one of the first widely used methods of protecting electronic information, has reached the end of its useful life, according to security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The agency is now recommending that IT professionals replace SHA-1, in the limited situations where it is still used, with newer algorithms that are more secure.

Montana received $5.6 million in its first grants from the Internet for All initiative, which aims to fund the widespread deployment of fast internet throughout the state.

The US Commerce Department published a nine page proposed rule on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau today released data from the 2021 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES) highlighting the industries with the largest total capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with employees in 2021. Data are based on the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

News Release: ― Retail sales (NAICS 44-45) for the nation increased 17.1%, from $5,572.0 billion in 2020 to $6,522.6 billion in 2021, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS).

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8393, the Puerto Rico Status Act, with a vote of 233-191. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.

News Release: - The median estimated poverty rate for school-age children in all U.S. school districts in 2021 was 14.5%, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Debbie Dingell, issued the following statements after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its preliminary analysis of women’s representation in the workforce and the status of the gender pay gap between 2018 to 2021...

News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau today announced modified confidentiality protections for the Current Population Survey Public-Use File (CPS PUF), which will be phased in beginning with the January 2023 panel. Earlier this year, the Census Bureau announced that it was deferring the application of proposed confidentiality...

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and U.S. House Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-Texas) led Congressional Republicans in criticizing the Treasury Department’s failure to defend U.S. business and economic interests in international tax negotiations.

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.