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Four Years of Transformation at the Department of Commerce

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During her tenure as Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo oversaw more than $90 billion invested in targeted programs to safeguard U.S. national security, spur innovation, stimulate job creation in good-paying careers, and bolster U.S. competitiveness. Washington, D.C. — Under the Biden-Harris Administration and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo’s leadership, the Department of Commerce took a...

Space to grow: American leadership in space commerce

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Growing up, I felt like I could access the universe by just crossing the street. Steps from my childhood home in Cleveland, Ohio stood the Warner and Swasey Observatory, an astronomical hub and resource center revered as a “plumb line to the heavens.” At an early age, I became fascinated by the observatory, started building my own model rockets, and dreamed of one day becoming an astronaut. Where...

U.S. Department of Commerce Announces CHIPS Incentives Awards with Corning, Edwards Vacuum, and Infinera to Increase Domestic Production Capacity of Chips and Equipment Critical for U.S. Technological Leadership

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Awards in New York, California, and Pennsylvania Will Strengthen U.S. Supply Chain Resiliency CHIPS Announces Amended Award with GlobalFoundries to Support Advanced Packaging Capabilities Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it finalized three separate awards under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s Funding Opportunity for Commercial Fabrication Facilities. The Department awarded Corning...

Department of Commerce Finalizes Long-Term Partnership with Natcast to Operate the National Semiconductor Technology Center

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CHIPS for America award will support critical research and development to drive U.S. leadership in semiconductor innovation, economic growth, and national security Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded Natcast up to $6.3 billion to operate the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) under a long-term agreement...

Department of Commerce Announces Preliminary Terms with Analog Devices, Coherent Corp., Intelligent Epitaxy Technology, Inc. and Sumika Semiconductor Materials Texas Inc., to Strengthen U.S. Semiconductor Leadership

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Proposed CHIPS Investments in Massachusetts, Oregon, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Texas, would Advance Key Semiconductor Technologies Capabilities to Support U.S. Economic and National Security Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the signing of four separate non-binding preliminary memoranda of terms (PMT) under the CHIPS and Science Act to provide up to $105 million in proposed...

U.S. Department of Commerce Announces $1.4 Billion in Final Awards to Support the Next Generation of U.S. Semiconductor Advanced Packaging

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Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce has announced that CHIPS National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP) has finalized $1.4 billion in award funding to bolster U.S. leadership in advanced packaging and enable new technologies to be validated and transitioned at scale to U.S. manufacturing. These awards will help establish a self-sustaining, high-volume, domestic, advanced...

United States and Norway Issue Innovative Report Creating Greater Transparency in Critical Mineral Supply Chains

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WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries issued a thorough, innovative report presenting our shared understanding of non-market policies and practices (NMPPs) of certain third-party countries that may distort critical mineral markets (“NMPP Report”). The NMPP Report marks an important milestone in the United States and Norway...

Biden-Harris Administration Awards Additional $210 Million Tech Hub Grants

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Additional funding for the Tech Hubs program was made possible through the bipartisan FY25 NDAA passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden. WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced today that it plans to award approximately $210 million in implementation grants, ranging between approximately $22 million and $48 million, to...

U.S. Department of Commerce Awards $25 Million in Latest Installment of Good Jobs Challenge Funding to Strengthen Workforce Training Programs Across the Nation

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New awards expand program that has trained and placed more than 12,000 American workers into good jobs WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $25 million in Good Jobs Challenge program funding to eight grantees to support high-quality, locally-led workforce training programs that create a...

U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Preliminary Terms with MACOM to Help Strengthen Supply Chain Resilience for U.S. Defense and Telecommunications Industries

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Proposed CHIPS Investment Would Support Expansion and Modernization of MACOM’s Facilities in Massachusetts and North Carolina Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”) to provide up to $70 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. The proposed CHIPS funding would support...