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United States Department of Commerce

Government Agency
Agency nameUnited States Department of Commerce
Agency overview
FormedFebruary 14, 1903
Employees43,880 (2011)
Annual budgetUS$10.2 billion (2009)
US$14.2 billion (est. 2010)
US$9.3 billion (est. 2011)
HeadquartersHerbert C. Hoover Building
1401 Constitution AvenueNW, Washington, D.C.
Operational structure
Agency executivesRebecca Blank, Acting Secretary of Commerce

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The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor on February 14, 1903. It was subsequently renamed to the Department of Commerce on March 4, 1913, and its bureaus and agencies specializing in labor were transferred to the new Department of Labor.


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