Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Hagiuda Koichi convened the first Cabinet-level meeting of the Japan-United States Commercial and Industrial Partnership (JUCIP) to assess the work, progress, and achievements of JUCIP since its launch in November 2021. The Secretary and Minister noted progress facilitated by JUCIP, particularly in...

Today, the Department of Commerce hosted the launch of the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC). Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo noted in her address to the NAIAC members that the committee will assist the federal government by providing insights into AI-related issues and complement the Department’s work with international partners – including the U.S.-EU Trade and...

Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it has awarded 19 grants as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. Andy Berke, NTIA’s Special Representative for Broadband, will announce the grants at an event in the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona. The grants, totaling nearly $77 million, are being awarded in...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have awarded more than $7.6 million in grants to fund research that will improve the ability of buildings, infrastructure and communities to hold strong against natural hazards. The agencies are funding 20 projects to be conducted across 24 institutions through the...

Thank you, Miguel, for that introduction and for your leadership at MBDA. And thank you to Cedric Richmond for joining us from the White House. And thanks to all our attendees for joining, and for your work to support minority business enterprises, which are crucial to our nation’s economic well-being, global competitiveness, and closing the wealth gap. At our previous MBDA stakeholder meeting, we...

As the Nation gears up for another hurricane season in both the Atlantic and Pacific basins, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves addressed the impacts that hurricanes have on the U.S. economy and the need to combat the climate crisis at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) and U.S. Air Force Reserve’s (USAFR) Hurricane Awareness Tour at Reagan National Airport. The...

Thank you, Lori, for that kind introduction. And thank you, NOAA Administrator Dr. Rick Spinrad and National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham for inviting me to join you today. I’d also like to welcome our interagency colleagues from the Air Force as well as FEMA Deputy Associate Administrator David Bibo. Their presence today proves that predicting, preparing for, and responding to hurricanes...

In 1978, a joint congressional resolution established Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week. The first 10 days of May were chosen to coincide with two important milestones in Asian/Pacific American history: the arrival in the United States of the first Japanese immigrants (May 7, 1843) and contributions of Chinese workers to the building of the transcontinental railroad completed May 10, 1869. In...