The acceleration of the U.S. Census Bureau’s principal federal economic indicators has been a model of operational excellence for the agency and the U.S. Commerce Department...
The United States and China believe that innovation is a key driver for economic development, job creation, and shared prosperity, and innovation plays a vital role in...
As we are poised for winter, we are fortunate to have a tool that enables deeper understanding of the potential effects of climate events such as severe weather. The U.S...
On November 19, 2016, GOES-R, the nation’s most advanced weather satellite to-date, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 6:42 p.m. EST. After a thrilling countdown...
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today released the following statement on the November jobs report, which showed that U.S. employment rose by 178,000 while the...
Last month, we celebrated National Seafood Month, which highlights the contributions of America’s fishermen, fish farmers, and fishing communities to our economy each and...
In a keynote address and wide-ranging discussion with the Council on Foreign Relations last week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker discussed the need for government...
Recent advances in technology have changed how workers and employers interact in the 21st century labor market. Companies such as Uber, TaskRabbit, Airbnb, and others are...
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) Launch Ceremony at Cape...
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered a keynote address at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations on Privacy and Data in the Age of...
After serving their country, millions of military veterans contribute to the nation in another, important way: as entrepreneurs. Between 2007 and 2012, the ranks of veteran-...
Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary marking the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual...
Speaking before 200 participants at the 13th Annual Lockheed Martin Women’s Impact Network Leadership Forum, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker made the case for the...
Halloween, which dates back to Celtic rituals thousands of years ago, has long been associated with images of witches, ghosts and vampires. Today, Halloween has evolved into...
As “America’s data agency,” the Department of Commerce collects, processes, and disseminates approximately 36% of federal open data. That data fuels planning, research and...
One of the major advantages of NTIA's surveys on computer and Internet use stems from their very large sample size--approximately 53,000 households representing more...
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered opening remarks at the Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC) meeting. This was the fifth and final meeting of CDAC...
Simon Kuznets is not a household name. Born to a Jewish family in pre-Soviet Belarus in 1901, Kuznets studied economics in Ukraine until 1922, when Russian persecution led...
In 1956, an assistant professor at a university failed, and failed memorably, when trying to invent a "heart rhythm recorder." The failure occurred when, in trying...
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Technical Information Service (NTIS) announced today that it has selected 35 organizations through a merit-based process as eligible...
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker sat down with Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media at the Next Economy Summit in San Francisco to discuss the...
For more than 200 years — since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in America — the U.S. Census Bureau has described the state of America’s manufacturing. It all began as...
As millions of Americans prepare for Hurricane Matthew this week, the U.S. Census Bureau’s OnTheMap for Emergency Management tool provides federal, state and local emergency...
This week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews traveled to Silicon Valley to participate in two meetings of the Digital Economy Board of Advisors (DEBA). Today,...