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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced a new rule today ensuring U.S. industry?s ability to more fully contribute to standards-development activities in the telecommunications sector. International standards serve as the critical building blocks for technological development by enabling functionality, interoperability, and safety. U.S. participation and leadership in standard-setting influences the future of 5G, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
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Recently, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a 120-day pilot program to curb illegal online sales of unapproved opioids. Under the program, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will work with three domain name registries, Neustar (.us), Verisign (.com, .net) and Public Interest Registry (.org), to suspend the domain names of websites found to be illegally selling unapproved opioids.
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has initiated an investigation into whether the present quantities or circumstances of vanadium imports into the United States threaten to impair the national security. This decision follows review of the petition filed by domestic producers, AMG Vanadium LLC (Cambridge, OH), and U.S. Vanadium LLC (Hot Springs, AR), on November 19, 2019, requesting that the Department of Commerce launch an investigation into vanadium imports under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended. Secretary Ross sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper informing him of the investigation.
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Recently, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce?s International Trade Administration (ITA) and U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service (USFCS) are temporarily reducing or eliminating the costs of several of their export services, providing relief to U.S. businesses affected by COVID-19. These efforts are intended to encourage the export of non-COVID-19-treatment-related ?Made in the USA? products around the world in this moment of economic transition and recovery.
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About 90% of the U.S. population has graduated high school, a dramatic improvement in educational attainment that began when?compulsory education?was adopted by every state a century ago. But the most striking social shift is the shrinking of the high school attainment gap between Blacks and the national average.
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Faced with daunting challenges throughout her life, Martine Rothblatt learned to push past the idea of the insurmountable. Her long?list of accomplishments includes creating and commercializing satellite radio, founding a biotechnology company that seeks?to provide an unlimited supply of transplantable organs, setting world records for electric flight, becoming a leading advocate for transgender rights, and delving deep into the future of artificial intelligence with her work on digital immortality.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is seeking nominations for the 2020 National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week Awards. These annual awards are designed to honor businesses, organizations, and individuals that have demonstrated leadership and commitment in advancing the minority business community and our Nation?s economy.?
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NTIA is releasing results of its latest NTIA Internet Use Survey, which show that nearly 4 out of 5 Americans were using the Internet by November 2019, and are increasingly using a larger and more varied range of devices. Even as seniors and other demographic groups reported encouraging increases in Internet use, the data show that a persistent digital divide still exists based on income levels, age groups, and race, among other factors.
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The first comprehensive assessment of the U.S. marine economy reveals a dynamic picture.?Developed by NOAA and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, new?ocean economy statistics?provide the most accurate picture yet of America's marine economy. With activities dependent on the ocean, coasts and Great Lakes, NOAA is uniquely positioned to support the growth of the marine economy. This story map tracks the new statistics and includes a brief look at the enormous scope of NOAA's agency-wide contributions.
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As a fluid dynamicist and mechanical engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), I?ve devoted much of my career to helping others see things that are often difficult to detect. I?ve shown?the complex flow of air that occurs when a dog sniffs. I?ve helped develop ways to?detect drugs and explosives by heating them into a vapor. I?ve explored how?drug residue can contaminate crime labs. I?ve even shown how to?screen shoes for explosives.
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