Difference between revisions of "Department of Commerce"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(image) |
(added link to the department of commerce website/format ref) |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
The department's mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce." <ref>[http://204.193.232.34/cgi-bin/doit.cgi?204:112:ca6ff65e72b6f38e4fe42ea2ba9cf9358ad6df26eae063a68a6e8f420a9ac897:245 Mission and Organization]</ref> The department is administered by the [[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]] | The department's mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce." <ref>[http://204.193.232.34/cgi-bin/doit.cgi?204:112:ca6ff65e72b6f38e4fe42ea2ba9cf9358ad6df26eae063a68a6e8f420a9ac897:245 Mission and Organization]</ref> The department is administered by the [[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]] | ||
| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | [http://www.commerce.gov/ Official Website] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | <references/> | + | <small><references/></small> |
[[category:United States]] | [[category:United States]] | ||
Revision as of 00:17, August 8, 2007
The United States Department of Commerce promotes economic growth. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor in 1903. It was renamed to its current name in 1913, and the labor division was transferred to the Department of Labor.
The department's mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce." [1] The department is administered by the Secretary of Commerce