News and reports from the Department of Commerce.

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released data from the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS), a survey that measures business conditions on an ongoing basis. The BTOS is the successor to the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), a high-frequency survey that measured the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic and other major events like hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses.

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: Thank you for your response to my letter of Feb. 3, 2014, and for having Department officials meet with my staff on February 12 regarding my investigation of 111 higher education institutions that may have been contravening the requirements of the Higher Education Act by explicitly...

Michael Novogratz, CEO of crypto investment firm Galaxy, predicted in a YouTube video that members of Congress will grill Gary Gensler, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), over perceived failures of the agency to take actions that might have prevented crypto companies such as the now-bankrupt exchange FTX from misusing customer funds. Novogratz noted that he sees some Republican members of Congress as very pro-crypto, including Rep. Patrick McHenry (NC-10), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Rep. Tom Emmer (MN-06). Novogratz said he thinks large donations from the now-disgraced founder of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried have made Democrat lawmakers more hesitant to endorse the crypto industry, although Bankman-Fried donated to both sides of the aisle.

The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today launched the committee’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19 for the 118th Congress.

The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Leaders from NOAA, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) offsite link and the University of Maryland (UMD) Center for Technology and Systems Management offsite link held a summit today to discuss how the nation’s engineering profession can account for climate change in the design and construction of future building and infrastructure projects.

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 hearing titled “Launching Into the State of the Satellite Marketplace."

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Chairman Darrell Issa apologized to him for refusing to allow him to speak during yesterday’s hearing on the IRS...

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight Reform, released an independent legal analysis from two of the nation’s preeminent experts in Constitutional law and congressional contempt proceedings concluding that Committee Chairman Darrell Issa compromised any House contempt action against Lois Lerner when he rushed to adjourn the Committee’s hearing last Wednesday.

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.