News and reports from the Department of Commerce.

The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The IRS claimed to have no records for a massive budget increase that would have funded 87,000 new agents and a requirement for taxpayers to report transactions as low as $600; however, through litigation the Functional Government Initiative (FGI) has found the IRS has thousands of pages of documents detailing these exact issues.

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced the Full Committee Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress.

The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Here’s a pop quiz for cybersecurity pros: Does your security team consider your organization’s employees to be your allies or your enemies? Do they think employees are the weakest link in the security chain? Let’s put that last one more broadly and bluntly: Does your team assume users are clueless?

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) slammed U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for refusing to allow Chief Patrol Agents of four U.S. Border Patrol sectors to testify at an upcoming hearing on the border crisis.

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold the first Oversight Committee hearing of the 118th Congress titled “Federal Pandemic Spending: A Prescription for Waste, Fraud, and Abuse," to focus on investigating the rampant waste of taxpayer dollars in COVID relief programs.

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark) completed a tour of federal lands and resources in Nevada and California. U.S. Reps. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.), Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) and Young Kim (R-Calif.) joined Westerman for visits in their home districts.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the city of Somerset, Kentucky, to provide upgrades for two wastewater treatment facilities, supporting economic growth and job creation. This EDA grant will be matched with $750,000 in local funds, and is expected to help create 379 jobs, retain 580 jobs, and generate $179 million in private investment.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $3.2 million in the state of North Carolina to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to support current and future business needs.

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released 5-year national and regional geographic mobility and migration estimates from the 2020 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC).

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the release of data for Oklahoma and adjusted college graduate earnings to 2020 dollars in the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) experimental data product. PSEO now includes data on 680 institutions, which cover approximately 26% of all college graduates.