Tag: Commerce

A recent New York Post story said that Census employees were fabricating unemployment data to mislead the public for political purposes. (iStock)

House GOP: Commerce ‘ambushed’ whistleblower interview

Luke Rosiak · September 18, 2014 2:29 pm

Currently, the Panama Canal can fit ships carrying between 400,000 and 550,000 barrels of light sweet crude through it. The remodel, slated to open in late 2015, would enable ships large enough to haul as much as 680,000 barrels of crude to enter the canal.

Energy and Environment

Panama Canal expansion would boost U.S. energy exports

Zack Colman · September 17, 2014 8:52 pm

The latest research from the Brookings Institution and NERA Economic Consulting said ending the oil export restrictions could provide an economic boost of between $600 billion and $1.8 trillion, while lowering gasoline prices 9 cents per gallon in 2015ÃÂ (iStock Photo).

Energy and Environment

House GOP not ready to embrace oil exports

Zack Colman · September 10, 2014 9:01 am

Economy grows faster than expected

Economy grows faster than expected

Joseph Lawler · August 28, 2014 1:00 pm

With too little work and too much free time, paralegal employees at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office were paid more than $5 million while doing nothing for four years.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Here’s who the patent office paid millions to do little or no work; officials feared union fury

Kelly Cohen · July 29, 2014 8:09 pm

How Obama gave hope to supporters of oil exports

Energy and Environment

How Obama gave hope to supporters of oil exports

Zack Colman · June 26, 2014 10:00 am

FILE - This Jan. 18, 1996 file photo shows President Bill Clinton meets reporters in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. Former President Bill Clinton mused that congressional Republicans wanted to abolish a federal agency because it was headed by a black man, and his administration voiced concerns about the mass killings in Rwanda, according to a new batch of records released Friday. Documents show that during a practice session for his 1996 State of the Union speech, Clinton unloaded on GOP lawmakers who wanted to kill the Commerce Department. Clinton suggested they wanted to get rid of the department because the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown did a better job than corporate executives who had served. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)

Clinton papers: Concerns over Commerce, Rwanda

Ken Thomas · June 7, 2014 2:53 am

Designated as Ã¢â¬Åmanufacturing communities,Ã¢â¬Ã¯Â¿Â½ the Commerce Department stated that each region is part of a federal initiative to "help communities attract and expand private investment in the manufacturing sector and increase international trade and exports." (AP Photo)

Commerce Department sees Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago as a ‘manufacturing center’

Josh Peterson · June 2, 2014 2:15 pm

The 2020 census may still have a hefty price tag despite efforts by the Commerce Department to cut costs, a new report shows. (AP Image)

Census Bureau struggles to cut costs for the 2020 headcount

Kelly Cohen · May 23, 2014 3:29 pm

Treasuries little changed after $29b 7-year note auction

Treasuries little changed after $29b 7-year note auction

Washington Examiner · April 24, 2014 4:00 am

Coalition of states opposes language in Chemicals in Commerce Act

Coalition of states opposes language in Chemicals in Commerce Act

Bryan Cohen · April 21, 2014 7:06 pm

Federal inspectors general are supposed to protect whistleblowers, but a House panel has accused Department of Commerce inspector general Todd Zinser of doing the opposite. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

House panel calls on Commerce inspector general to fire officials who forced ‘gag clause’ on whistleblowers

Michal Conger · April 8, 2014 4:00 am