Welcome to the U.S. Department of Commerce

The official seal of the U.S. Department of Commerce; Secretary Ronald H. Brown; and the main entrance of the Herbert C. Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Established on February 14, 1903, to promote American businesses and trade, the U.S. Department of Commerce is the most versatile agency in government. Its broad range of responsibilities include expanding U.S. exports, developing innovative technologies, gathering and disseminating statistical data, measuring economic growth, granting patents, promoting minority entrepreneurship, predicting the weather and monitoring stewardship. As diverse as Commerce's services are, there is an overarching mandate that unifies them: to work with the business community to foster economic growth and the creation of new American jobs.

Contents

• What's New -- an on-line calendar of significant Commerce happenings, including new reports, press releases, conference announcements and access to on-line data bases.

• Information from the Office of Secretary Ronald H. Brown -- includes speeches, press releases, Commerce publications and additional information about the Department of Commerce.

• U.S. Department of Commerce Agencies -- connect to the World Wide Web (WWW) "Home Pages" of the individual agencies.

• Commerce Information Locator Service (CILS)

• Department of Commerce On-Line Information Services -- connect to FTP, Gopher, and WWW servers -- including STAT-USA , which provides access to the the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1997.

• Connect to the White House WWW server -- provides access to other Federal government WWW pages.

Last Modified: April 25, 1995