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.
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The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a federal statistical agency responsible for producing data about the American people and economy, under the United States Depa
United States Department of Commerce
…and attracting foreign direct investment (International Trade Administration); producing the decennial census and other vital and economic statistics (Bureau of the Census); regulating the export of sensitive technologies (Bureau of Industry and Security); registering patents, trademarks, and copyrights (U.S. Patent and…
Census headquarters in Suitland, Maryland
Census Bureau employees tabulate data using one of the agency's UNIVAC computers, c. 1960.