Tag: Commerce

The six groups made public Monday were part of the economic "bucket" of teams Trump's transition staff had previewed last week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump names landing teams for 6 more agencies

Sarah Bedford · November 21, 2016 3:08 pm

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker called for "a setting based on partnership, not punitive enforcement threats." (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Commerce secretary: Feds’ relationship with business ‘adversarial’

Rudy Takala · September 27, 2016 5:11 pm

The Commerce Department's marine fisheries agency on Tuesday proposed a ban on swimming with the Aloha State's indigenous spinner dolphins. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama bans swimming with dolphins in Hawaii

John Siciliano · August 23, 2016 6:47 pm

The Labor Department is quite simply putting the interests of labor unions before the common good and the need to grow jobs. (Getty Images)

New and dangerous labor rule hurts small businesses

Leslie Rutledge · June 8, 2016 4:02 am

Industry just recently has witnessed a 30-40 percent increase in what Larry Clinton refers to as "compliance costs" related to various government mandates on cybersecurity.

Regulations threaten industry-led approach to cybersecurity

Charlie Mitchell · May 24, 2016 3:27 pm

Despite the 2013 move to include the marital status of same-sex couples in the American Community Survey, neither of the two surveys ask individuals about their sexual orientation or gender identity. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Lawmakers push for census data on LGBT community

Anna Giaritelli · April 5, 2016 10:20 pm

In Wickard v. Filburn, a private farmer growing his own wheat for personal consumption was held properly subject to federal regulation via aggregation. (AP Photo)

The Constitution’s cancer clause

Tracie Groh · March 25, 2016 4:02 am

Former Commerce Secretary Don Evans with two Chinese boys he has mentored over 14 years, Li Hao, left, and Li Fan, right.

Washington Secrets

Don Evans’ secret to U.S.-China relations: ‘Go West,’ and a touch of love

Paul Bedard · March 14, 2016 3:31 pm

The Commerce Department said in an updated policy memo that a "license is no longer required to export crude oil." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Energy and Environment

Feds mark end of oil export ban

John Siciliano · December 22, 2015 11:35 pm

Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit for the same documents sought by Lamar Smith related to a study that disproved the belief that there had been a pause in global warming during recent years. Smith had been seeking communications from NOAA employees in an attempt to find a political slant to the study. (AP file photo/Steve Helber)

Energy and Environment

Watchdog group sues government over climate study

Kyle Feldscher · December 22, 2015 8:36 pm

Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, sent the letter Wednesday asking Penny Pritzker to force the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to comply with a subpoena he sent last month. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

GOP lawmaker presses Commerce chief over climate change subpoena

Kyle Feldscher · November 18, 2015 11:55 pm

"Commerce is a case study in Washington dysfunction," John Kasich said in a statement. "It's like a basement that politicians keep stuffing pet projects into and it never gets cleaned out." (AP Photo)

Kasich: Let’s close the Commerce Department

Ryan Lovelace · November 2, 2015 6:35 pm