Commerce Department

Agencies advised to think ahead when working PMA goals into strategic plans

Agencies are expected to incorporate President’s Management Agenda initiatives into their multi-year strategic planning, some of which, including the Commerce…

Management

Commerce’s outside advisory board for innovation is up and running again

Innovation in Government

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Commerce BIS, Coast Guard closing in on infrastructure modernization wins

Reporter's Notebook

YouTube

Federal banking agencies trying to ensure AI, ML benefit most rather than the few

Artificial Intelligence

NTIA

A former Commerce official on the internet policy work yet to be done

Technology

In this Monday, July 18, 2016, An Indonesian health official prepares a vaccine injection during a revaccination program for children who were earlier given fake vaccines, at a community health center in Jakarta, Indonesia. Vials of counterfeit vaccines filled with saline solution and antibiotics have been discovered at 37 hospitals and clinics in nine cities, according to the Food and Drug Agency. So far, 23 people have been arrested, including three doctors. The number of affected children is still being investigated. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Another court rules in favor of Navy sailors who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

Federal Newscast

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Commerce, HUD detail office reentry plans as lawmakers urge faster return to in-person work

Workforce

Why a 2010 Commerce Dept loan guarantee program for manufacturing never got off the ground

Agency Oversight

That competitiveness bill the House passed would deliver a lot of money to the government itself

Congress

SBA CIO Bluestein takes leave of absence

CIO News

Exclusive

OPM, Commerce to hold DEIA roundtable on equitable hiring

Hiring/Retention

Ross Nodurft, executive director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation. Nodurft joined ADI after nearly three years as senior director of cybersecurity services at Venable. From 2015 to 2017, he served as chief of the cyber team in the White House Office of Management and Budget. He also served as a staffer in the Senate, including as senior policy advisor from 2013 through 2014 to then-Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) when she was chairwoman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee.

Former White House, Senate staffer to lead cloud-based tech group

The former White House staffer plans to continue ADI’s advocacy for the Technology Modernization Fund, as well as “smart” cybersecurity policies.

IT Modernization

Commerce Department moves to close patent gap for women and minorities

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has for years operated a plan to help more women and minorities gain access to the patent system and fill the patent gap.

Management

While the Pentagon is doing more business with small companies, the list of candidates is shrinking

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department has spent more of its contracting budget on small businesses in recent years, but those dollars are going to a shrinking pool of companies.