Working to Strengthen Economic Relationship, Secretary Pritzker Concludes...
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker visited Islamabad, Pakistan this week as part of the Administration’s efforts to boost bilateral trade and investment with Pakistan and strengthen the...
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Increased Exports and the Jobs Supported by Exports Are Keys to Heightened...
Guest blog post by Stefan M. Selig, Under Secretary of Commerce for International TradeWhen we look back at 2014, it will be seen as the year our country regained its economic confidence, symbolized by...
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Lab to Market: When One Plus One Equals Three
Guest blog post by Paul R. Zielinski, MS, MBA, Director, Technology Partnerships Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology & Chair, Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology...
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U.S. Census Bureau Releases Key Statistics in Honor of Women's History Month
National Women’s History Month’s roots go back to March 8, 1857, when women from New York City factories staged a protest over working conditions. International Women’s Day was first observed in 1909,...
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North Carolina Attracts FDI in Manufacturing and Textiles
Cross blog post by Stefan M. Selig, Under Secretary of Commerce for International TradeOn Wednesday afternoon, I delivered remarks in Hilderbran, North Carolina at a ribbon-cutting ceremony where we...
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Secretary Pritzker Addresses Importance of Data to the Digital Economy and...
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today participated in three separate events at the 2015 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas underscoring the importance of entrepreneurs and...
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U.S. Census Bureau Releases Key Statistics in Recognition of St. Patrick's Day
Congress proclaimed March as Irish-American Heritage Month in 1991, and the President issues a proclamation commemorating the occasion each year.Originally, a religious holiday to honor St. Patrick,...
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NIST’s MRI Measurement Tools to Help Diagnose Veterans’ Traumatic Brain Injuries
More than 300,000 U.S. veterans have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in recent years, a legacy of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. But these numbers don’t tell the whole story. While...
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Making U.S. Manufacturing Stronger
Guest blog post by Phillip Singerman, Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)During his visit to Cleveland, Ohio, today,...
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Reinvesting in America’s Supply Chain Innovation
Guest blog post by Sue Helper, U.S. Department of Commerce, Chief EconomistIt’s springtime, and during this season of growth and renewal another important renaissance is underway: a remarkable...
View ArticleMBDA Expands Economic Footprint of Minority Businesses—Strengthening the Economy
Guest blog post by Carmen West, MBDA Business Development SpecialistFor over 45 years MBDA has been working aggressively to expand the economic footprint of minority business enterprises, also known as...
View ArticleSelectUSA 2015 Investment Summit Highlighting United States As Premier...
There is no time like the present to invest in the United States. In fact, the U.S. is rated #1 in the latest A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index for the second year in a row, with...
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SelectUSA Works for Puerto Rico
Guest blog post by Alejandro J. García-Padilla, Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto RicoAlmost a year after we announced that Lufthansa Technik would establish an aircraft maintenance, repair and...
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International Trade Agreements Are Vital to Wisconsin Firm’s Continued Growth
Guest Blog Post by Jim Corkery, President of ACSRecently I had the opportunity to meet Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and several US Senators and Representatives to talk about global trade. I...
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Innovation and Software are the Reasons to Select the USA
Guest blog post by Eric A. Spiegel, President and CEO, Siemens USAToday, as part of the Select USA Investment Summit, I had the honor of joining an impressive group of business leaders, international...
View ArticlePromoting Broadband Across the Federal Government
At the U.S. Department of Commerce, we have witnessed first-hand the power of broadband to drive economic growth and innovation, open up new employment opportunities for Americans across the income...
View Article2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit Off to a Roaring Start
Guest blog post by Vinai Thummalapally, Executive Director of SelectUSAWith more than 2,600 people from more than 70 markets, and economic development organizations from all corners of the United...
View ArticleUSPTO to Host Patent Quality Summit March 25-26
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is holding a Patent Quality Summit on March 25 and 26 at its headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, and public participation is key to its success. The...
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The Innovative and Useful U.S. Cluster Mapping Tool (Video)
When you think of business and investment opportunities in the United States, where’s the best place to start? America is made up of 50 states plus territories and each location has its own unique...
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Former Secretaries of Commerce Urge Congress to Pass Trade Promotion Authority
Guest blog post by William M. Daley, former Secretary of Commerce (1997-2000)Free trade agreements are critical to strengthening American competitiveness, spurring economic growth, and bolstering job...
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