Secretary Raimondo and Deputy Secretary Graves kicked off Public Service Recognition Week by hosting an in-person and virtual discussion with Commerce employees on the Department’s recently released strategic plan. In tandem with President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget, the 2022-2026 strategic plan was released on March 28, 2022 and summarizes key strategies that will drive progress in five goal...

A joint blog by ITA Under Secretary Marisa Lago & NOAA Under Secretary and Administrator Richard Spinrad For more than half a century, communities worldwide have gathered in late April to take part in acts of science, service and stewardship in celebration of Earth Day. At the Department of Commerce, Earth Day—and Earth Month—offer an important moment to shine a spotlight on the global ocean, the...

Photos above submitted by (top row left to right): Lydia Wasmer, NOAA; Libby Gilbert-Horvath, NOAA; Jennifer Leo, NOAA; (bottom row left to right): Diane Pancoska, NOAA contractor; Krishnan Menon, USPTO; John Kim, USPTO Happy Earth Day from the Department’s Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Programs (OSEEP)! OSEEP received more than 100 inspiring submissions in the 2022 Earth Day...

Every Earth Day we pause to appreciate all that our home planet provides humankind. Earth Day is also a time to recognize the serious challenges Earth faces. Last year alone, the nation experienced 20 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters . And global climate change has caused a ripple effect of negative impacts on Earth, its life-sustaining ecosystems and natural resources. Yet...

The following is a cross-post by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) In honor of Earth Day and Citizen Science Month, consider helping NOAA predict, observe and protect our changing planet by making your own contributions toward a greater understanding of our Earth and its diverse systems. Whether it’s helping count whales in Hawaii or reporting on weather right outside your...

Taken every 10 years since 1790, the United States census provides a snapshot of the nation's population. Because of a 72-year restriction on access to the records, the most recent census year currently available is 1950 . On April 1, 2022, the 1950 Census was released, and users can access it for free through a dedicated website at 1950census.archives.gov . This population census is the 17th...

The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has announced the results of its fiscal year 2021 manufacturing client survey, as well as the impacts of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) funding through January 2022. “The survey shows that, even while navigating...

Pictured above is a glimpse of the photos submitted in the 2021 Earth Day Photo Challenge. These photos were submitted by: Top row, left to right: Luke Evancoe, NOAA; Brenda Altmeier, NOAA; Bottom row, left to right: Joyce Hill, PTO; Marifrancis Hardison-Moschopoulos, NOAA; and Nhan Dang, NOAA. The Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Programs (OSEEP) is excited to bring back its virtual...