Topic - United States Department Of Commerce

• FCC plans to nix wireless network that may jam GPS

  Federal officials plan to kill a proposal to build a new national high-speed wireless network after concluding it would in some cases jam personal-navigation and other GPS devices.

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  Retail sales rebound as consumers up spending

  Americans rebounded from a weak holiday season and increased spending on retail goods in January, an encouraging sign for the strengthening economy.

• FBI file: Steve Jobs was considered for govt post

  FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple co-founder Steve Jobs reveal a man driven by power and alienating some of the people who worked with him.

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  FBI file: Steve Jobs was considered for government post

  FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple founder Steve Jobs reveal a man so driven by power that he sometimes lost sight of honesty.

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  LAMBRO: Bad news buried, Obama boasts

  President Obama seized upon last week's improved jobs report as "more good news" on the economy, though the true unemployment rate never made the headlines.

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  LAMBRO: Obama's recipe for poverty

  The Congressional Budget Office gave us a forecast Tuesday of a frightening fiscal catastrophe that threatens to engulf the government in a sea of debt.

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  Incomes up strong 0.5 pct., consumer spending flat

  Americans' income rose in December by the most in nine months, a hopeful sign for the U.S. economy after a year of weak wage gains. But consumers didn't spend any more than they had in November.

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  Economy picks up the pace with 2.8 percent growth in fourth quarter

  The U.S. economy picked up speed last quarter, growing at a 2.8 percent pace compared to a 1.8 percent rate in the summer quarter of 2011, the Commerce Department reported Friday morning.

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  Economy grew modest 2.8 percent in Q4, best in 2011

  The U.S. economy grew at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the final three months of last year, the fastest growth in 2011.

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  New-home purchases fall, 2011 worst ever for sales

  Fewer Americans bought new homes in December. The decline made 2011 the worst year for new-home sales on records dating back nearly half a century.

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  More seek unemployment aid, but trend is positive

  The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to a seasonally adjusted 377,000, up from a nearly four-year low the previous week. But the longer-term trend is pointing to a healthier job market.

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  Fewer jobs in public sector cut last year

  Across the nation, fewer state and local government employees are losing their jobs, marking a slight but significant return of economic confidence after years of massive cuts.

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  LAMBRO: Reorganizing deck chairs on U.S. Titanic

  President Obama's puny election-year plan to consolidate a handful of government agencies and programs is about three years and $4 trillion too late. With America's jobless rate stuck at a few tenths below 9 percent and his dismal job approval polls in the mid-40s - the equivalent of a failing grade - Mr. Obama is attempting to impersonate a budget cutter. He's fooling no one.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama efficiency plan a drop in the bucket

  President Obama has proposed consolidating certain operations of the Department of Commerce, eliminating between 1,000 and 2,000 jobs over a 10-year period through attrition in an effort to increase government efficiency ("Obama seeks power to merge agencies," Web, Friday).

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  Obama seeks power to merge agencies

  President Barack Obama will ask Congress on Friday for greater power to shrink the federal government, and he would start by trying to merge six major trade and commerce agencies whose overlapping programs can be baffling to businesses, the White House said Friday. The Commerce Department would be among those that would cease to exist.

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