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...

The Biden-Harris Administration adopted a comprehensive and collaborative approach to support Puerto Rico's economic recovery, emphasizing a whole-of-government strategy to address the island's unique challenges. This approach was informed by an acute awareness of Puerto Rico's pressing needs. The archipelago faces a severe fiscal crisis, having entered a $70 billion bankruptcy in 2016 , which...

Dear OFBNP Family and National Stakeholders, As we conclude this remarkable journey together, I want to extend my deepest gratitude to each of you for your unwavering support, dedication, and collaboration. It has been an honor to serve as the Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (OFBNP) under President Biden, Secretary Raimondo, and Deputy Secretary Graves’...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...