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The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis and Office of Space Commerce are working to establish a framework of the U.S. space industry, Space News reported Thursday.
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Commerce Dept Seeks Comments on Revised Confidentiality Pledge in BEA Surveys
The Commerce Department has asked the public to comment on a proposed revision to the confidentiality pledge the bureau of economic analysis gives to survey respondents as part of the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. The department’s BEA said in a Federal Register notice posted Feb. 13 …
Read More »2017 Defense Bill Includes War Cost Disclosure Provision
The Congress-approved fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill contains a provision that would require the Defense Department and Internal Revenue Service to publish data on U.S.’ war-related expenditures online, Military Times reported Sunday. Leo Shane III writes Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia) authored the provision in an effort to spark discussions among …
Read More »Amazon, Commerce Dept Host Open Data Challenge for Voice Recognition Tool Efforts
Amazon and the Commerce Department have hosted a data challenge event in Seattle for software developers and civic hackers o develop systems that connect open data with voice recognition. Justin Antonipillai, counselor to Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, wrote in a blog post published Sept. 26 that the department will support the development of …
Read More »Bureau of Economic Analysis: GDP Up 2% in 2015’s Third Quarter
The real gross domestic product increased 2.0 percent in the third quarter of 2015, buoyed by a growth in consumer spending, business fixed investments and residential investments, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The White House said Tuesday real gross domestic output also grew 2.3 percent in the third …
Read More »Nonprofit Org National Priorities Project Launches Website on State Taxes, Budgets
The National Priorities Project has unveiled its State Smart website that publishes information on the paid taxes and received budget of each state in an interactive format. Becky Sweger reports the website uses compiled federal data from sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Census Bureau and Internal Revenue Service. From these data, NPP found …
Read More »Commerce Dept to Issue GDP Per Industry Report; Carol Moylan Comments
The Commerce Department will start to publish the country’s quarterly gross domestic product per industry starting next month, Reuters reported Tuesday. Lucia Mutikani writes that Carol Moylan, associate director for industry economic accounts at the Bureau of Economic Analysis, said the report is intended to information and deeper insight for policy …
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