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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 26, 2018
Allegheny Technologies is warning U.S. Commerce Department officials that 100 high-paying local jobs will be eliminated and the viability of a vital Defense Department supplier jeopardized unless the Pittsburgh specialty metals producer gets relief from tariffs on imported steel. The company is seeking anÃâà...
RCR Wireless News
April 26, 2018
The U.S Department of Commerce will allow ZTE to present additional evidence after the agency recently issued an order banning American firms from selling components and software to the Chinese technology firm, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to the report, the Department of CommerceÃâà...
Aviation Week
April 26, 2018
The thousands of smallsats heading to launchpads in 5-10 years promise seamless, global connectivity, near real-time Earth imagery and navigation services for our self-driving cars. But whether they will deliver depends in part on how well the birds share increasingly congested low Earth orbit (LEO).
CNBC
April 17, 2018
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it has made a preliminary determination that aluminum sheet imports from China are being subsidized. The Commerce Department calculated preliminary subsidy margins ranging from 31.20 to 113.30 percent of the value of the imported common alloyÃâà...
CNBC
April 17, 2018
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced more details Tuesday about how his department will become "a one-stop shop" for regulating the burgeoning space industry. The Commerce Department also plans to work with the existing regulations enforced by the Federal Aviation Administration andÃâà...
WBUR
April 17, 2018
One of China's biggest tech companies will no longer be able to buy components from the U.S. The Commerce Department banned China's ZTE, which makes smartphones and other products, from buying US parts because the Department says the company did not punish employees who violated U.S.Ãâà...
CNBC
April 16, 2018
"This new policy directs the Department of Commerce to provide a basic level of space situational awareness, for public and private use, based on the space catalog ... The new rules are intended to take weight off of the Pentagon, moving the regulatory authority instead to the Commerce Department.
Route Fifty
March 29, 2018
The Commerce Department further found “limited empirical evidence exists” proving a citizenship question would decrease response. “While it is possible this belief is true, there is no information available to determine the number of people who would in fact not respond due to a citizenship question beingÃâà...
KXLY Spokane
March 22, 2018
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington Department of Commerce announced $57.6 million in loans and grants from the state's Housing Trust Fund for 42 affordable housing projects in communities throughout the state. More than $53 million will go to multifamily/rental projects and $4.4 million to homeownershipÃâà...
MetalMiner
March 21, 2018
However, any individual or organization in the U.S. can file objections to exclusions, but the Department of Commerce will only consider information directly related to a specific exclusion request. In other words, the DOC will ignore trade associations, lobbying groups, and media objections to an exclusionÃâà...
Bicycle Retailer
March 20, 2018
"These procedures will allow the Administration to further hone these tariffs to ensure they protect our national security while also minimizing undue impact on downstream American industries," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement on Monday. "Domestic industry will be able to apply forÃâà...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
March 16, 2018
This week the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) met with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) General Counsel Peter Davidson and Senior Counsel James Uthmeier to discuss the implementation of whistleblower laws in their agency. NWC was represented by Executive Director Stephen M.
Lexology
March 14, 2018
Secretary Ross complied with the directive and, in a rare move, the Department of Commerce self-initiated the Section 232 investigations. In the history of ... As expected, in both Section 232 investigations, the Commerce Department concluded that imports of steel and aluminum threaten national security.
Montgomery Advertiser
March 13, 2018
But at least one has set the Alabama Ethics Commission in conflict with the Alabama Department of Commerce. ... The bill has the support of the Commerce Department — Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield did not return messages seeking comment last week — and Johnson and other supporters arguedÃâà...
SpaceNews
March 5, 2018
That includes setting up the combined office in the main headquarters building of the Commerce Department. Ross and Bruno Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (left) watching the March 1 launch of NOAA's GOES-S weather satellite on an Atlas 5 with United Launch Alliance President and CEO ToryÃâà...
TheBlaze.com
March 1, 2018
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis released a report on Thursday showing the highest spike in Americans' real disposal income since 2012. The report credited the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by President Donald Trump in December for the jump.
Washington Examiner
February 28, 2018
Four appointees who had temporary security clearances no longer have positions at the Commerce Department because of issues related to their background checks, according to a new report. Sources told the Washington Post that the political appointees should not be allowed access to classifiedÃâà...
Lawfare (blog)
February 26, 2018
On Feb. 16, the U.S. Commerce Department released two highly anticipated reports on its investigations into the impact of steel and aluminum imports on U.S. national security. The investigations were carried out pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. Ãâç1862), whichÃâà...
National Hog Farmer
February 23, 2018
The Department of Commerce is recommending to the White House that significant tariffs and quotas be placed on steel and aluminum imports. This follows the recent action taken by the administration in putting tariffs on solar panels and washing machines. The Commerce Department is recommending aÃâà...
CNBC
February 16, 2018
The recommendations include a 24 percent global tariff on steel imports, or a charge of at least 53 percent on steel from a dozen countries. Commerce recommended a 7.7 percent tariff on aluminum imports, or a 23.5 percent tariff on aluminum products from China, Hong Kong, Russia, Venezuela andÃâà...
MarketWatch
February 16, 2018
The U.S. Commerce Department has recommended a 24% tariff on steel imports from all countries, and a 7.7% tariff on aluminum imports, among other options. President Donald Trump is required to make decisions on the recommendations in April. The Commerce Department said the imports "threaten toÃâà...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
December 31, 1999
But U.S. companies that import steel or aluminum from other nations must pay the penalties while they petition the U.S. Department of Commerce for relief. If the imports are exempted, their payments will be refunded. The agency expects to make a decision on each exclusion application within 90 days.
wreg.com
December 31, 1999
(CNN) — In a controversial move, the Commerce Department announced Monday that the question of citizenship will again be included in the 2020 Census. The move comes at the request of the Justice Department, first made in the early days of the administration, saying it was needed to better enforce theÃâà...
American Journal of Transportation
December 31, 1999
If the Commerce Department makes a negative final determination or the ITC makes a negative final determination of injury, the investigation will be terminated and no order will be issued. The U.S. Department of Commerce's Enforcement and Compliance unit within the International Trade Administration isÃâà...
Bloomberg BNA
December 31, 1999
The U.S. Commerce Department is looking into possibly reversing its handover of technical internet oversight to the nonprofit manager of the domain name system. Assistant Commerce Secretary David Redl said March 6 he is working with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to “find a way to get moreÃâà...