The Department of Commerce (DoC) announced on Tuesday that it is launching a competition with up to $1.6 billion in funding, authorized under the CHIPS and Science Act, to support research and development (R&D) activities for semiconductor advanced packaging. […]

The Biden administration, through the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), announced today $504 million in implementation grants for a dozen technology hubs across the country as part of the second phase of the Tech Hubs program. […]

The Department of Commerce (DoC) announced today it has reached a preliminary agreement with Rogue Valley Microdevices (RVM) for up to $6.7 million in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to support the construction of a new semiconductor factory. […]

The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) component could be doing more to help Tribal authorities with technical assistance as they seek to create and improve broadband services using $3 billion in funding from the Federal government’s Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP), according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]

The Commerce Department’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced a new National Strategy for Inclusive Innovation to connect more Americans with resources to spur innovation and entrepreneurship. […]

The Department of Commerce announced today it has reached a preliminary agreement with Entegris for up to $75 million in proposed Federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act to onshore critical semiconductor supply chain and manufacturing materials for leading-edge chip production. […]

The Department of Commerce announced today it has reached a preliminary agreement with Rocket Lab, the parent company of space power provider SolAero Technologies Corp., for up to $23.9 million in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to expand the production of compound semiconductors that power spacecrafts and satellites. […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is turning to artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, and high-performance computing technologies to better forecast and disseminate weather and climate information, NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said on June 4. […]

The Commerce Department said on May 23 that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Absolics to provide the company with $75 million of CHIPS and Science Act funding that will support the company’s construction of a facility in Covington, Ga., where it will develop substrates technology for use in advanced semiconductor manufacturing. […]

The Department of Commerce announced today that it has entered into a preliminary agreement with Polar Semiconductor to provide the company with $120 million under the CHIPS and Science Act to expand the company’s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Minnesota. […]

While the 2030 Census is still years away, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report reveals the U.S. Census Bureau still has some work to do to improve its IT modernization efforts critical to that mission. […]

The Department of Commerce announced today it has reached a preliminary agreement with Micron Technology for up to $6.14 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to build leading-edge memory semiconductors in the United States. […]

The Department of Commerce’s (DoC) Economic Development Administration (EDA) made public today the details of the 31 technology hubs’ proposals for the second phase of the new Tech Hubs program – revealing a collective request of $2 billion in funding for a total of 182 projects. […]

The Department of Commerce (DOC) is looking for input on the development of AI-ready open data assets and data dissemination standards, according to a new request for information (RFI) posted on April 17. […]

The Department of Commerce announced a preliminary agreement today for up to $6.4 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act for Samsung Electronics to bring advanced semiconductor manufacturing and research and development (R&D) to central Texas. […]

The Department of Commerce today announced a preliminary agreement with TSMC Arizona Corp. for up to $6.6 billion of CHIPS and Science Act funding that the company will use to make advanced semiconductors in its planned third U.S.-based semiconductor making facility by the end of this decade. […]

The United States and the United Kingdom signed a landmark agreement on Monday to collaborate on testing artificial intelligence models, becoming the first two countries to formally work together on AI safety. […]

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is calling for independent audits of high-risk AI systems as part of a series of eight recommendations in its new AI Accountability Policy Report released Wednesday.  […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) should adopt stronger fraud risk management practices to improve its trademark system, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a March 14 report. […]

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is relying on out-of-date and ineffective IT systems to carry out the vital task of managing radio-frequency spectrum use for the Federal government, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report released on March 19. […]

The Commerce Department said today it has reached a non-binding and preliminary agreement with U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturing giant Intel Corp. to provide the company with $8.5 billion of CHIPS and Science Act funding to support chip making projects in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon. […]

The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) component is well on its way to implementing the second phase of the agency’s migration to zero trust security architectures, ITA’s top technology official said. […]

With AI technology growing rapidly, it’s essential for the government’s private-sector partners to adopt three core principles for AI intended for government use, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) senior technology official said. […]

The Biden administration is taking a swing at the Chinese vehicle industry with the news late last week that the Commerce Department will probe the national security implications of China-sourced vehicle tech that could pose national security concerns. […]

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said today that over 600 semiconductor companies have requested more than $70 billion under the CHIPS and Science Act, meaning that the Department of Commerce (DoC) has “a lot of tough conversations” ahead to narrow down which companies receive funding. […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced it plans to negotiate with Accenture Federal Services the terms of a contract estimated at $70 million for work on the agency’s Patent Search Artificial Intelligence (PSAI) capabilities. […]

The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)  component has awarded its final grant totaling $42 million from the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund’s first Notice of Funding Opportunity this week – boosting the funding total thus far to $140 million. […]

The Department of Commerce is looking to push cloud providers to supply more in-depth knowledge of their foreign customer base, as part of President Biden’s executive orders on AI and cybersecurity. […]

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has issued a Federal Register Notice to find people interested in serving on the board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority Board). […]

The Department of Commerce (DoC) said today it has reached an agreement with Microchip Technology Inc. to provide about $162 million in Federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act – marking the agency’s second funding announcement under the law. […]