The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a United States scientific and regulatory agency tasked with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the sea
A NOAA engineer at work
A WP-3D Orion of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters flies over NOAAS Ronald H. Brown.
Planes in the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center hangar in Lakeland, Florida
NOAA saildrone in the Virgin Islands, used for hurricane observation
The United States Department of Commerce is an executive department of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for gathering data for business and governmental decision making, establishing ind
The Herbert C. Hoover Building, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce
Assistants William McCracken (left) and Walter Drake (right) with Secretary Hoover (center)
Herbert Hoover listening to a radio receiver
In 1926, Chicago radio station WJAZ successfully challenged the extent of Commerce's authority under the Radio Act of 1912.