News and reports from the Department of Commerce.

Commerce News

Commerce
Release: Thank you, Andres, for that introduction. Welcome to the Commerce Department’s Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Summit. I’m thrilled to be joined by Deputy Secretary Graves and Under Secretary Cravins. And most importantly, thank you all for participating today.
Commerce

Commerce Department discusses Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Hearings on Oct. 20

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Commerce

Comer, Oversight Republicans Probe the Biden Administration’s COVID Test Contract with China

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and several Oversight Committee Republican lawmakers are launching an investigation into the Biden Administration purchasing $1.3 billion worth of COVID-19 testing kits manufactured in China. Republicans are also conducting...
Commerce

U.S. Winter Outlook: Warmer, drier South with ongoing La Nina

News Release: This year La Niña returns for the third consecutive winter, driving warmer-than-average temperatures for the Southwest and along the Gulf Coast and eastern seaboard, according to NOAA’s U.S. Winter Outlook released today by the Climate Prediction Center - a division of the National Weather Service. Starting...
Commerce

Aviastar-TU, 5 b. 7 Leningradsky prospekt g. Moskva, 125040, Moscow, Russia; Order Renewing Temporary Denial of Export Privileges discussed on Oct. 20 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Commerce

Biden Continues Deflecting Responsibility for U.S. Energy Crisis

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. President Joe Biden announced he is releasing 15 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in an attempt to lower gas prices. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
Commerce

Blumenauer Statement on Conclusion of Congressional Delegation Visit to Chile

News Release: SANTIAGO, Chile-Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) released the following statement upon conclusion of the congressional delegation’s visit to Chile...
Commerce

Commerce Department discusses New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting on Oct. 20

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Commerce

Notice published on Oct. 20 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Commerce

Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves at the Faith-Based National Partnership Summit

Release: Thank you, Secretary Raimondo, for that introduction. It’s an honor to be here with you and Under Secretary Cravins. And thank you all for being here today.
Commerce

Top Oversight & House Administration Republicans Blast D.C. Bills Allowing Illegal Immigrants to Vote and Expanding Automatic Mail-In Ballots

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), and Subcommittee on Elections Ranking Member Bryan Steil...
Commerce

International Trade Administration set to publish a new notice on Oct. 21

There are five releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 21.
Commerce

Chair Grijalva Statement on SCOTUS Denial of Fitisemanu v. United States

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement...
Commerce

New U.S. Strategy for combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

News Release: Today, NOAA and its partners released the “National Five-Year Strategy for Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing." Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing is a global problem affecting ocean ecosystems, threatening economic and food security and putting law-abiding fishermen and seafood producers at a disadvantage. The strategy details U.S. priorities and plans over the next five years to combat IUU fishing and promote maritime security worldwide.
Commerce

U.S. Departments of Transportation and Commerce to Establish Joint Task Force with Ukraine to Help Support Ukraine’s Infrastructure Resilience

News Release: Today U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov announced that they have signed a joint statement of intent to create a U.S.-Ukraine Infrastructure Task Force focused on Ukraine’s critical war-time ...
Commerce

New notice from National Institute of Standards and Technology to be published on Oct. 21

There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 21.
Commerce

NOAA awards $18.9M for harmful algal bloom research, monitoring

News Release: NOAA is announcing $18.9 million in funding for harmful algal bloom (HAB) research projects and monitoring activities throughout U.S. coastal and Great Lakes waters.
Commerce

Biden-Harris Administration Releases New Framework for Diverse, High-Paying Telecom Jobs

News Release: The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a new Workforce Planning Guide for states and territories to use when planning high-speed Internet deployment projects. The high-speed Internet deployment and digital equity projects funded through the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All initiative will create over 150,000 of good-paying jobs.
Commerce

Oversight Committee and Black Maternal Health Caucus Leaders Release New Report Revealing Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic on Black Maternal Health Crisis

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, in partnership with Rep. Lauren Underwood and Rep. Alma S. Adams, Ph.D., Co-Chairs of the Black Maternal Health Caucus; Rep. Robin Kelly, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust; Oversight...
Commerce

2020 Island Areas Censuses Data on Demographic, Social, Economic and Housing Characteristics Now Available for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

News Release: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released a demographic profile of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) from the 2020 Island Areas Censuses. The demographic profile provides basic demographic, social, economic and housing characteristics for the Northern Mariana Islands and lower levels of geography.
Your news, delivered.
Subscribe and personalize your weekly Newswire round-up.