U.S. Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves will travel to Bucharest, Romania for the convening of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2022 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) from September 25-29. Held every four years, the ITU PP-22 convenes member states to elect leadership, adopt strategic and financial plans, and determine policies and priorities related to telecommunication and...

First row: Dominica Zhu, Census; Erica Dintaman, NOAA; Commander Lecia Salerno, NOAA; Dr. Derek Manzello, NOAA; Dr. Matthew Lauretta, NOAA; LTJG Luke Evancoe, NOAA. Second row: Chris Doninger, USPTO; Greg Gabel, USPTO; Adam Yuhas, NIST; Avi Gopstein, NIST; Benjamin Bullock, NIST; David Yashar, NIST; Dawn Carroll-Amin, NIST. Third row: George Tehan, NIST; Phillip Neuberg, NIST; Saul Roberts, NIST...

Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with South Korea’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) Chang-yang Lee to reaffirm the importance of the bilateral economic relationship. Continuing the momentum from their May meeting in Seoul and their establishment of the U.S.-South Korea Supply Chain and Commercial Dialogue (SCCD), the Secretary and the Minister agreed to launch by the...

The CHIPS Program Office is excited to announce the first scheduled offerings of the CHIPS for America Webinar Series. The topic for the first set of webinars is to review the recently released CHIPS for America Strategy Paper. We also encourage you to submit questions in advance of the briefings via Slido to ensure that we maximize the Q&A portion of the briefings. REGISTER NOW: Thursday...

 Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced six new grant awards designed to create or sustain high-quality export jobs across the U.S. in key industries. The Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP), which is administered by Commerce’s International Trade Administration, is awarding more than $1.7 million in financial and technical assistance to promote U.S. exports and reduce...

Thank you, Under Secretary Cravins, for that introduction. We’re thrilled to have you on board as the Commerce Department’s first-ever Under Secretary for Minority Business Development. And I want to thank all of you − our minority business enterprises in particular – for being here for the first in-person MED Week Conference in two years. America has more than 9 million minority-owned firms that...

Additional funding from Biden Administration brings total up to $37 million to bolster services that will help minority-owned businesses expand and prosper across 34 states Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is extending an award for $4.72 million in federal funding to strengthen and expand its...

Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong in New York City. During their meeting, the Secretary emphasized the importance of the United States’ and Australia’s partnership and shared interest in a free and open Indo-Pacific region. She and Minister Wong also discussed Australia’s current foreign policy priorities. Raimondo thanked Wong...

The U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has extended awards for the Access to Capital Innovative Finance Grant to two projects that will address historical barriers faced by minority business enterprises (MBEs). Through potentially disruptive, scalable solutions, these projects will leverage non-traditional financial resources (such as non-bank lenders, minority...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Philippine Secretary of Trade and Industry Alfredo Pascual to follow up on the first official in-person Ministerial meeting of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). Secretary Raimondo expressed her gratitude for the Philippine government’s collaborative involvement in the processes leading up to and emerging from the...