Department of Commerce

The U.S. Department of Commerce, initially the Department of Commerce and Labor, was created by Congress in 1903, by the request of President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1913, Congress separated the agency into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor. The "objectives of the Department of commerce include the promotion of domestic and foreign commerce and the encouragement of the growth of American industries." [1][2]

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Bureaus

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Bureau of Industry and Security
• Bureau of the Census
• Economic Development Administration
• Economics and Statistics Administration
• International Trade Administration
• Minority Business Development Agency
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• National Technical Information Service
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration
• Patent and Trademark Office
• Technology Administration

• Organization

Personnel

• Carlos M. Gutierrez is Secretary of Commerce
• David A. Sampson is the Deputy Secretary of Commerce
• Claire Buchan is Chief of Staff

• About Commerce

Contact Details

U.S. Department of Commerce
14th & Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202-482-2000
URL: http://www.commerce.gov/

SourceWatch Resources

• Bush administration
• Samuel W. Bodman, former Deputy Secretary of Commerce; currently Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy
• Donald Evans, former Secretary of Commerce
• Theodore William Kassinger, former Deputy Secretary of Commerce
• Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue - TABD