Following President Obama’s announcement today, Commerce Secretary Locke held press conference calls with elected officials from Oregon and Vermont to announce ARRA investments that will help improve economic opportunity and support job creation in both Vermont and Oregon.
Deputy Secretary of Commerce Dennis Hightower joins Vice President Joe Biden to kick off the groundbreaking of an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) project in Bethlehem, Pa., with funds administered by Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.
Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one non-profit research organization.
U.S. Commerce Deputy Secretary Dennis F. Hightower traveled to The State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland to spotlight a $39.7 million Recovery Act grant that will bring broadband Internet service to communities across the state that lack the technology.
Secretary Locke visited Simonton Windows in W. Va. with Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Gov. Joe Manchin to celebrate the return of 200 employees to the company, thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. With the funds, the company was able to rehire workers it had previously laid off.
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Washington (April 20)—NOAA awarded a $73.6 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contract to Marinette Marine Corporation located in Marinette, Wis., for the construction of a new fisheries survey vessel, which will dramatically improve NOAA’s ability to conduct surveys for fish, marine mammals and turtles off the U.S. West Coast and in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The vessel will be the fifth in a series of state-of-the-art Oscar Dyson-class ships built for the agency. (
Washington (March 19)—U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced two American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) investments to help bridge the technological divide, improve education, and increase economic opportunities for low-income families in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California. The grants, totaling more than $29 million, will fund computer training and provide more than 30,000 computers to middle school students and their families in high-need schools, enabling them to make use of key educational, employment, and health resources online. (
