The White House has announced the appointment of six executives to the leadership team that will be key in implementing a program that will invest $50 billion in the U.S. semiconductor industry
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The Senate has unanimously confirmed the nomination of former Louisiana lawmaker Donald Cravins, Jr. to serve as the undersecretary for minority business development for the Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency.
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The Senate on Wednesday passed a bipartisan bill that aims to revitalize domestic semiconductor manufacturing and reestablish the United States as a competitor in the intensifying microelectronics race. The $280 billion “CHIPS
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National Cyber Director Chris Inglis, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, hosted a summit on Tuesday with senior U.S. government officials, industry executives and thought leaders to discuss ways to build up the
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Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have called on congressional leaders to accelerate the passage of the Bipartisan Innovation Act to support and strengthen domestic chip manufacturing and counter
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Sarah Kapnick, a former deputy division leader and research physical scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has been appointed to serve as chief scientist of the scientific and regulatory agency.
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Richard DalBello, a more than 30-year space industry veteran, has been appointed to serve as director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce. He will assume the position
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is investing a total of almost $54 million in 13 research and development projects focused on how manufacturing can support pandemic response. These projects run
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The Department of Commerce is in search of nominees for a future group that will advise the Internet of Things Federal Working Group on multiple matters. Stakeholders and experts within and outside
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The Department of Commerce has created an advisory committee that will help the U.S. government handle research and development, policy and production efforts related to microelectronics. The department said its new Industrial
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