Tag: Commerce

Officials sought to assure House members that the Internet will not be subject to control by governments around the world if the U.S. completes a planned transition of a vital component to the ICANN, an international body. (AP Photo/Tim Hales, File)

Obama administration sees daylight with Congress on Internet privatization

Nicole Duran · June 2, 2015 2:47 pm

Dish, along with T-Mobile and Sprint, are currently petitioning the FCC for special treatment. They argue -- despite massive revenues and growing market presence -- that without a large "set-aside" for small business, they can't compete. (Getty Image)

Why mega-corporation Dish Network is suddenly pretending to be a small business

Christopher Coursen · May 28, 2015 9:00 am

Government agencies with big spending also have big waste

Government agencies with big spending also have big waste

Ethan Barton · May 2, 2015 9:00 am

Todd Zinser, the inspector general at the Department of Commerce, abruptly cleaned out his office Wednesday evening amid a congressional investigation and public calls from lawmakers for President Obama to remove him. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Commerce watchdog spent quarter-million on private law firm

Sarah Bedford · May 1, 2015 4:02 pm

Department of Commerce Inspector General Todd Zinser mistreats whistleblowers in the federal bureaucracy and should be fired by President Obama, according to a trio of nonprofit government watchdogs. (Office of the Inspector General)

Whistleblower advocates tell Obama Commerce Department watchdog has got to go

Mark Tapscott · April 9, 2015 4:56 pm

The Gross Domestic Product expanded at a 2.2 percent annual rate in the last quarter of 2014, down from the 2.6 percent rate that had earlier been forecast, according to the Commerce Department. (AP Photo)

GDP expands at 2.2 points, down from forecasts

Sean Higgins · February 27, 2015 2:52 pm

In this Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 photo provided by WCHS-TV, fire burns at the scene of a train derailment, near Mount Carbon, W.Va. Fires burned for nearly nine hours after the train carrying more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed in a snowstorm, plunging at least one tanker into a river while sending a fireball into the sky, authorities and residents say. (AP Photo/WCHS-TV, Bob Aaron)

Energy and Environment

Feds begin full probe of West Virginia oil train explosion

Zack Colman · February 23, 2015 3:13 pm

The U.S. economy grew at a 2.6 percent pace in the fourth quarter of 2014, the Commerce Department reported Friday morning. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

U.S. economic growth slows to 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter

Joseph Lawler · January 30, 2015 2:02 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas arrives at the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ted Cruz puts senators in bind on oil-export measure

Zack Colman · January 18, 2015 10:00 am

The Obama administration unveiled new details of its plans to normalize relations with Cuba by announcing new regulations easing sanctions on the island nation that go into affect Friday. (AP Photo)

Obama admin unveils new Cuba regs

Susan Crabtree · January 15, 2015 5:07 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz is ready to chair the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Space and Competitiveness. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Ted Cruz: Obama’s ‘global warming pursuits’ have degraded NASA

Kelly Cohen · January 14, 2015 7:49 pm

Increase in federal gas tax on the table

Increase in federal gas tax on the table

Zack Colman · January 10, 2015 5:00 pm