Last month, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves called five organizations to congratulate them on receiving the 2024 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award , the nation’s only presidential award for performance excellence. Now that the initial celebrations have quieted, the real power of the Baldrige Award begins —sharing of best practices so that other U.S. organizations can learn and...

CHIPS Incentives Awards in New Hampshire and New Mexico Would Advance U.S. Supply Chain Security of Important Components for Defense Capabilities Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has finalized two separate awards under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s Funding Opportunity for Commercial Fabrication Facilities. The Department awarded BAE Systems...

Projects in Georgia, California, and Arizona aim to strengthen America’s leadership in cutting-edge substrate technology for critical industries like AI Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) is entering negotiations to invest up to $300 million in advanced packaging research projects in Georgia, California, and Arizona to accelerate the...

The Testing Risks of AI for National Security (TRAINS) Taskforce brings together experts from Commerce, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, NSA, and NIH to address national security concerns and strengthen American leadership in AI innovation. Today, the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

The Network will drive alignment on and build the scientific basis for safe, secure, and trustworthy AI innovation around the world. Ahead of the convening, the Network is announcing key developments including a joint mission statement, more than $11 million in funding toward synthetic content research, findings from the Network’s first multilateral testing exercise, and a joint statement on risk...

CHIPS Investment of Up to $1.5 Billion Will Support Multiple Projects in New York and Vermont and Create Approximately 10,000 Good Construction and Manufacturing Jobs Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded GlobalFoundries (GF) up to $1.5 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s Funding Opportunity for Commercial...

AI is a technology like no other in human history. Historically, when new technologies emerge, certain tasks are automated which leads to disruptions in the job market. But over time, workers find new jobs which ultimately made us more productive and more prosperous. But AI is different. AI won't just automate one tool or task. It has the potential to replace the human mind – and with that, all of...

Cutting-Edge Technology Allows for New, Collaborative Design and Research for the Semiconductor Industry Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Semiconductor Research Corporation Manufacturing Consortium Corporation (SRC) are entering negotiations for the Department to provide SRC $285 million to establish and operate a Manufacturing USA...