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News Release: Today, the Biden-Harris Administration released the final National Strategy to Develop Statistics for Environmental-Economic Decisions, a historic roadmap that will kick off a multi-year effort to put nature on the nation’s balance sheet for the first time, with an emphasis on better data to understand nature’s critical contributions to the U.S. economy and to guide policy and business decisions moving forward.
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Spinrad: 'NOAA is fortunate' to have new lab director
The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration announced Dr. DaNa L. Carlis, Ph.D., a meteorologist and scientific leader, has been named the director of its National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla.
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Business Trends and Outlook Survey Data Release
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.
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Commerce Department discusses Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting; Correction on Jan. 19
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Readout of Deputy Secretary Graves’ Meeting with Japan’s Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Takeaki Matsumoto
News Release: Yesterday, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves met with Japan’s Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Takeaki Matsumoto. The two leaders presided over the signing of a new Memorandum of Cooperation between the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Ministry ...
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Raimondo appoints U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board members
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo recently announced the appointment of 32 leaders from organizations from the domestic travel and tourism industry to the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board.
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Artifacts, Begone! NIST Improves Its Flagship Device for Measuring Mass
News Release: In a brightly lit subterranean lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sits a room-sized electromechanical machine called the NIST-4 Kibble balance.
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Westerman Welcomes Committee Members for 118th Congress
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8393, the Puerto Rico Status Act, with a vote of 233-191. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
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“HONORING MATTHEW DAVID ANDERSEN” published by the Congressional Record on Jan. 10
“HONORING MATTHEW DAVID ANDERSEN“ was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on page E11 on Jan. 10
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Comer Welcomes New and Returning Members to the Oversight Committee
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today welcomed new and returning Republican members to the committee for the 118th Congress...
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Chair Rodgers: GAO Gain-of-Function Research Report Affirms Our Concerns with HHS P3CO Framework
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) offered the following statement after the Government Accountability Office issued a report titled “HHS Could Improve Oversight of Research Involving Enhanced Potential Pandemic Pathogens, " which is commonly referred to as “gain-of-function" research.
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Comer: Anonymous Chinese Donations to UPenn Potentially Influenced Biden Administration Policies
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is calling on University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) President M. Elizabeth Magill to provide information about anonymous Chinese donations to UPenn and the Penn Biden Center. Given the Biden family’s financial...
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Business Formation Statistics Monthly Data Release
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new Business Formation Statistics (BFS) for December 2022. The BFS provide timely and high frequency information on new business applications and formations in the United States. The BFS are a standard data product of the Census Bureau, developed in research collaboration...
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NOAA awards $20.5 million for ocean and coastal resource management
News Release: In a first-of-its-kind deployment under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds, today NOAA announced the award of approximately $20.5 million for the coordinated management of ocean and coastal resources around the country. The recommended federal funds will significantly enhance existing collaboration between states, tribal governments and the federal government, and provide needed capacity to advance their work.
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Jainey K. Bavishi begins as deputy NOAA administrator
News Release: Jainey K. Bavishi, a distinguished expert in the field of climate adaptation and resilience, started today as the assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and deputy NOAA administrator. The U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination on December 22.
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House Passes Republican Bills Honoring Congressman Young, Reducing Crime Against Native Americans, Designating Historic Trail
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three Republican bills under suspension of the rules. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
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Westerman Confirmed Committee Chairman for 118th Congress
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Republican Conference ratified a resolution confirmingU.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) as chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources for the 118th Congress. Westerman issued the following statement in response.
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Comer Statement on Appointment of Special Counsel
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Hur to investigate President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents.
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Comer Demands Answers from NARA and Biden White House About Classified Docs Stashed at Penn Biden Center
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is requesting information from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the White House Counsel’s Office about President Biden’s failure to return highly classified records from his time...
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Comer Calls on White House to Release Biden’s Wilmington Residence Visitor Log, Questions Why Biden Aides Continue to Search Properties in Wake of Special Counsel
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain to release the visitor log for President Biden’s Wilmington residence and provide documents and communications about all properties and locations searched, including the identities of the Biden aides conducting the searches.
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