U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo issued a statement on today’s release of a new Joint Statement of Principles in Support of International Education , which aims to increase the competitiveness of the U.S. education industry and attract more international students to educational institutions across the country. The announcement was made at the EducationUSA Forum by Secretary of State...

Thank you, Jen. And good afternoon, everyone. As President Biden often says, we are on the road to recovery. And today marks a real step forward in that recovery. The President signed the American Rescue Plan into law to get our country back on its feet. Thanks to that law, I’m thrilled to announce the launch of a transformative $3 billion economic development initiative today. And I‘m even more...

Historic investment from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan represents the largest economic development initiative in decades Communities across the country will be able to apply for funding immediately Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) will implement a series of programs, collectively called...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese will moderate a discussion at the White House with a diverse group of stakeholders representing the entire home building supply chain as part of the White House’s Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force. U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia L. Fudge, Director of the Domestic Policy...

The following is a cross-post from the U.S. Census Bureau The U.S. Census Bureau by August 16 is set to release in-depth demographic statistics from the 2020 Census that will be used to redraw legislative voting districts. These follow the April 26 release of the first results from the 2020 Census, which showed that the total population was 331.4 million. The first release determined each state’s...

The following is a cross-post from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Every day, Americans depend on space-based technologies, which power navigation services, accurate weather forecasts, rural Internet access, public safety communications, national security objectives, and more. All of these technologies depend on a key public resource – radiofrequency spectrum...

Recently, the Partnership for Public Service released the 2020 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings . And, for the ninth consecutive year, the Department of Commerce remained in the Top 5 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government ranking fifth among 17 large agencies. The results were based on the annual 2020 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) sent to 37,247 eligible...

Watch the full event HERE Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, TIME’S UP President and CEO Tina Tchen, and over 75 CEOs and senior leaders from the TIME’S UP Care Economy Business Council met for a discussion on how investments in a comprehensive caregiving infrastructure will build a stronger, more inclusive economy. Throughout the event, speakers highlighted the economic...