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.
Howard Lutnick
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Howard William Lutnick is an American businessman and government official who has served as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since 2025.
United States Department of Commerce
…government Headquarters Herbert C. Hoover Building 1401 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, D.C., U.S. Employees 48,391 (2024) Secretary responsible Howard Lutnick Deputy Secretary responsible Paul Dabbar Website commerce.gov Footnotes The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) is an executive department of…
Official portrait, 2025
Haverford College, where Lutnick studied, pictured in 2010
1 World Trade Center (left), Cantor Fitzgerald's corporate headquarters until its destruction
Lutnick speaking at a Financial Times event in November 2007