U.S. Department of Commerce

Many employers across the country are pushing workers to return to the office. This shift from remote work has triggered concerns among workers who are parents and caregivers. Who will watch their children and aging parents? Their loved one with a disability? How will they afford care workers? Many Americans have put return-to-work plans on hold due to these concerns. According to the Census...

In the 1930s, during the worst economic depression in American history, President Franklin D. Roosevelt came together with Congress to address the deep electrical disparity rural communities had experienced for decades. The Rural Electrification Act brought an essential utility to millions of Americans and allowed them to fully participate in the modern economy at a time when good-paying jobs were...

by Don Graves, Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator The United States has long been a leader in space and will continue to do so. This is why in his first 100 days in office, President Biden renewed the National Space Council, which is led by Vice President Harris, to synchronize the nation’s civil...

The recent ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline was an all too familiar story to businesses across the United States. The pipeline, which supplies fuel to some 50 million people from the Gulf Coast up through the entire East Coast, was closed last Friday as a precautionary measure after a ransomware attack. The company and the U.S. government continue to investigate the extent of the impact...