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News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.7 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to provide near real-time data on how the COVID-19 pandemic, and changes in social and economic conditions are affecting people’s lives to inform federal and state response and recovery planning.
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BE-45: Quarterly Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance Companies With Foreign Persons discussed on Jan. 25 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Committee Issues Inaugural Oversight Request

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) and Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) led a letter to congressional appropriators, requesting that any year-end funding package prohibit federal funding for the listing of the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In part, the members wrote.
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Commerce Department discusses National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test Network: Citizens Broadband Radio Service Sharing Ecosystem Assessment Test Plan Community Outreach on Jan. 25

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Vidal: Quadrupling number of U.S. inventors 'can grow our economy and GDP by $1 trillion'

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has extended its submission deadline for public comments on the latest draft of its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan.
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Commerce Department discusses Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting on Jan. 24

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Comer Supports Bipartisan Bill Bringing Transparency to Closed Door Agency Agreements

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of the bipartisan (H.R. 300 ), a bill introduced by Representative Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) that requires federal agencies to submit information regarding consent decrees and settlement agreements to a public, electronic database.
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2020 Census Count Question Resolution Operation Errata Tables Released

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the first errata tables for the 2020 Census Count Question Resolution (CQR) operation. The purpose of the 2020 Census CQR is to provide a mechanism for governmental units to request a review of their official 2020 Census results and to help ensure that housing and...
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NIST Joins Alliance to Promote Open Wireless Technologies and Supply Chains

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has joined the O-RAN Alliance, a nonprofit organization made up of mobile network operators, vendors, and academic and government institutions working to make radio access network (RAN) technologies more open, intelligent and interoperable.
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Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021 discussed on Jan. 24 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $794,472 to Boost Business Growth in Coal-Impacted and Other Underserved Communities in Georgia

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.8 million grant to the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority, Middletown, Pennsylvania, to make roadway access improvements needed to support...
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Commerce Department discusses In the Matter of: Jermaine Craig Rhoomes, Inmate Number: 71655-018, U.S. Penitentiary, 3901 Klein Blvd., Lompoc, CA 93436; Order Denying Export Privileges on Jan. 24

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.5 Million for Water Infrastructure Improvements to Support Business Growth in Hawkins County, Tennessee

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $960,000 grant to the city of Vallejo, California, to conduct an infrastructure study of Mare Island. This EDA grant will be matched with $540,000 in local investment.
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Commerce Department publishes notice on Jan. 24

The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Marine Mammals; File No. 22156 discussed on Jan. 24 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting discussed on Jan. 24 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Chair Rodgers Responds to Granholm’s Baseless Claims About H.R. 21

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding misleading statements made by Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm at yesterday's White House briefing on H.R. 21, the Strategic Production Response Act.
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Comer Supports Bipartisan Bill to Modernize Government Job Candidate Evaluation

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of the bipartisan (H.R. 159 ), a bill introduced by Representative Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) that ensures government agencies are equipped with the tools to provide objective, skills-based assessments to evaluate job candidates.
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U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.5 Million for Water Infrastructure Improvements to Support Business Expansion in Eden, North Carolina

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $19.6 million grant to the Department of Finance of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to fund construction of disaster-resilient infrastructure needed to ensure continuity of government operations and support business growth. The EDA grant is expected to create 1,500 jobs.
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