News and reports from the Department of Commerce.

Heidi Brock, president and CEO of the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), an advocacy group for manufacturers of paper and wood products, said the organization supports the recently introduced SHIP IT Act as it would increase flexibility and reliability for the paper and wood industries.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee hearing titled “The Federal Response to COVID-19."

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: The American people heard from President Biden on Tuesday evening for his State of the Union. Instead of addressing the many crises facing Americans, like inflation, unaffordable energy, his border crisis, and his weakness against China, President Biden doubled down on his wish list for more radical spending and a socialist agenda.

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Communication and Technology subcommittee legislative hearing titled “Liftoff: Unleashing Innovation in Satellite Communications Technologies."

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during debate on H.R. 185, a bill to end the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for people traveling to the United States.

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: We are writing to strongly condemn your actions at today’s Committee hearing. You began the hearing by spending approximately 15 minutes posing questions to former IRS official Lois Lerner, who stated, as she had nine months ago, that she was invoking her Fifth Amendment right not...

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Commerce Department published a five page proposed rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Lightweight electronics, meet the heavyweight champion for protecting your information: Security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have announced a victor in their program to find a worthy defender of data generated by small devices. The winner, a group of cryptographic algorithms called Ascon, will be published as NIST’s lightweight cryptography standard later in 2023.

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.