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The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet
United States Cabinet

The United States Cabinet is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, and its existence dates back to the first United States of America President of the United States, George Washington, who appointed a Cabinet of four people to advise and assist him in his dutie...
 department of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 government
Federal government of the United States

The Federal Government of the United States is the central current reigning United States governmental body, established by the United States Constitution....
 concerned with promoting economic growth
Economic growth

Economic growth is the increase in the amount of the goods and services produced by an economics over time. It is conventionally measured as the percent rate of increase in real gross domestic product, or real GDP....
. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor
United States Department of Commerce and Labor

The United States Department of Commerce and Labor was a short-lived United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States, which was concerned with business, industry, and labour ....
 on February 14, 1903. It was subsequently renamed to the Department of Commerce on March 4, 1913, and its bureaus and agencies specializing in labor were transferred to the new Department of Labor
United States Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor is a United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics....
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The mission of the department is to "promote job creation and improved living standards for all Americans by creating an infrastructure that promotes economic growth, technological competitiveness, and sustainable development." Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, issuing patents and trademarks, and helping to set industrial standards.

The Department of Commerce is administered by the United States Secretary of Commerce
United States Secretary of Commerce

The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce." Until 1913 there was one United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with...
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The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet
United States Cabinet

The United States Cabinet is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, and its existence dates back to the first United States of America President of the United States, George Washington, who appointed a Cabinet of four people to advise and assist him in his dutie...
 department of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 government
Federal government of the United States

The Federal Government of the United States is the central current reigning United States governmental body, established by the United States Constitution....
 concerned with promoting economic growth
Economic growth

Economic growth is the increase in the amount of the goods and services produced by an economics over time. It is conventionally measured as the percent rate of increase in real gross domestic product, or real GDP....
. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor
United States Department of Commerce and Labor

The United States Department of Commerce and Labor was a short-lived United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States, which was concerned with business, industry, and labour ....
 on February 14, 1903. It was subsequently renamed to the Department of Commerce on March 4, 1913, and its bureaus and agencies specializing in labor were transferred to the new Department of Labor
United States Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor is a United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics....
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The mission of the department is to "promote job creation and improved living standards for all Americans by creating an infrastructure that promotes economic growth, technological competitiveness, and sustainable development." Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, issuing patents and trademarks, and helping to set industrial standards.

The Department of Commerce is administered by the United States Secretary of Commerce
United States Secretary of Commerce

The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce." Until 1913 there was one United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with...
. From 1903 to 1913, it was administered by the United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Employees of the Department serve under the Competitive Service and Excepted Service. Most domestic positions are Competitive Service and most foreign positions are Excepted Service. In accordance with the Foreign Service Act of 1980, the Secretary is entitled to use the Foreign Service personnel system for positions that require service abroad.

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson was offered the position of Commerce secretary by President Barack Obama before his inauguration, but Richardson later withdrew. On February 2, 2009, Politico.com and other news agencies reported that New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg

Judd Alan Gregg is a former Governor of New Hampshire and current United States Senator serving as ranking member of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget....
 was President Obama's most recent pick to serve as Secretary of Commerce, but withdrew, after disagreements with President Obama in regards to the United States census and economic stimulus package, on February 12, 2009. Otto J. Wolff
Otto J. Wolff

Otto J. Wolff is the current Acting United States Secretary of Commerce in the administration of President of the United States Barack Obama. Wolff previously served under President George W....
 is the acting secretary, pending the nomination of a replacement. On February 25, 2009, President Obama announced his nomination of Gary Locke
Gary Locke

Gary Locke may refer to:*Gary Locke, a Chinese American politician, former Governor of Washington, nominee for Secretary of Commerce for President Barack Obama....
, former Governor of Washington, as Secretary of Commerce. If confirmed, Locke would become the first Chinese American
Chinese American

Chinese Americans are United States of Han Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of Overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans....
 Secretary of Commerce, and the third Asian American
Asian American

Asian Americans are United States of Asian people. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Indian Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Korean Americans, Japanese Americans and others whose national origin is from the Asia....
 in Obama's cabinet, joining Energy Secretary Steven Chu
Steven Chu

Steven Chu, Ph.D , is an United States Experimental physics and currently the 12th United States Secretary of Energy. As a scientist, Chu is known for his research in laser cooling, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997....
 and Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki
Eric Shinseki

Eric Ken Shinseki is a retired U.S. Army General who is currently serving as the 7th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. His final U.S....
, the most of any administration in United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 history.

Operating units

  • Bureau of Industry and Security
    Bureau of Industry and Security

    The Bureau of Industry and Security is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce which deals with issues involving national security and high technology....
     (BIS)
  • Economics and Statistics Administration
    Economics and Statistics Administration

    The Economics and Statistics Administration is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that produces, analyzes and disseminates national economic and demographic data....
     (ESA)
    • Bureau of Economic Analysis
      Bureau of Economic Analysis

      The Bureau of Economic Analysis is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides important economy of the United States statistics including the gross domestic product of the United States....
       (BEA)
    • Bureau of the Census
  • Economic Development Administration
    Economic Development Administration

    The Economic Development Administration is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides grants to economically-distressed communities to generate new employment, help retain existing jobs and stimulate industrial and commercial growth....
     (EDA)
  • International Trade Administration
    International Trade Administration

    The International Trade Administration is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes United States exports of nonagricultural U.S....
     (ITA)
  • Minority Business Development Agency
    Minority Business Development Agency

    The Minority Business Development Agency is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes growth and competitiveness of the United States' minority-owned businesses....
     (MBDA)
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the Earth's atmosphere....
     (NOAA)
    • National Weather Service
      National Weather Service

      The National Weather Service , once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States Federal government of the United States....
       (NWS)
    • Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
      Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

      The Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research is a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . OAR is also referred to as NOAA Research....
       (OAR)
    • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps (NOAA Corps)
  • National Telecommunications and Information Administration
    National Telecommunications and Information Administration

    The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the President of the United States's principal adviser on telecommunications Telecommunication policy pertaining to the United States' economic and technological advancement and to regulation of the telecom...
     (NTIA)
  • Patent and Trademark Office
    United States Patent and Trademark Office

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification....
     (PTO)
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
    National Institute of Standards and Technology

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce....
     (NIST)
  • National Technical Information Service
    National Technical Information Service

    The National Technical Information Service is an agency within the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the government of the United States repository for research and development results and for other information produced by and for the government as well as a variety of public and private sources worldwide....
     (NTIS)


See also

  • Federal Trade Commission
    Federal Trade Commission

    The Federal Trade Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act....
  • United States Commercial Service
    United States Commercial Service

    The United States Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of the International Trade Administration within the United States Department of Commerce....
  • United States Chamber of Commerce
    United States Chamber of Commerce

    The United States Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest not-for-profit business federation, representing*3,000,000 businesses *2,800 state and local chambers...
  • Small Business Administration
    Small Business Administration

    The Small Business Administration is a United States government agency that provides support to small businesses.The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses and by assisting in the economic recovery of communities after...


External links

  • from The Federal Register