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Year in Review: Commerce's Top 21 Stories of 2021

U.S. Department of Commerce

"Our strategy is designed to achieve an overarching goal: to improve America’s economic competitiveness so that our workers and our companies succeed in the global economy," said Secretary Raimondo at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Unequally Essential: Women and the Gender Pay Gap During COVID-19. Leadership. Don Graves. Broadband.

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FirstNet - Helping Firefighters Face Historic Wildfire Season Amid Pandemic

U.S. Department of Commerce

In Oregon, Washington, and California, local firefighters and other emergency personnel operated under considerable strain responding to COVID-19 as the pandemic simultaneously threatened areas under siege by fires. These devastating wildfires prompted mass evacuations, destroying thousands of homes and threatening dozens of communities.