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Driving Innovation for Disaster Planning, Response, and Recovery

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Jeremy Zollo, Chief Market Engagement Officer, First Responder Network Authority Every hurricane season, first responders face great challenges as they protect their communities during these storms. The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) remains committed to ensuring responders have the tools they need to face these storms. From support offered by the FirstNet Authority to...

NIST, NSF Award More Than $7.6 Million to Support Disaster Resilience Research

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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...

Deputy Secretary Don Graves Stresses the Economic Impact of Hurricanes and Severe Weather Events at First Stop of the 2022 Hurricane Awareness Tour

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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...

U.S. Census Bureau Releases Key Stats in Honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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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...

Secretary Raimondo Kicks Off Public Service Recognition Week with Address to Employees on Department’s Strategic Plan: “Service is at the Core of What We Do”

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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...

Earth Day Spotlight: Our Ocean, Our Blue Economy

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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...

Happy Earth Day!

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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...

How NOAA Science, Service and Stewardship are Put into Action Every Day

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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...