United States Secretary of Commerce
The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to commerce. The secretary reports directly to the president and is a statutory member of Cabinet of the United States. The secretary is appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. The secretary of commerce is concerned with promoting American businesses and industries; the department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce".
United States Secretary of Commerce
The Commerce Secretary's office as it looked in the mid-20th century.
Image: William Cox Redfield
Image: Joshua Willis Alexander
United States Department of Commerce
The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government concerned with creating the conditions for economic growth and opportunity.
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
Hoover (left) with President Harding at a baseball game, 1921