Department of Commerce

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Fourteenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,Washington, DC 20230
Phone, 202–482–2000. Internet, http://www.doc.gov.
Secretary of Commerce REBECCA M. BLANK, Acting
Deputy Secretary REBECCA M. BLANK
Chief of Staff BRUCE ANDREWS
Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff STEVEN J. OLSON
Deputy Chief of Staff (VACANCY)
Assistant Secretary for Legislative and
Intergovernmental Affairs
APRIL S. BOYD
Chief Financial Off‌icer and Assistant Secretary
for Administration
SCOTT B. QUEHL
Chief Information Off‌icer SIMON SZYKMAN
General Counsel CAMERON F. KERRY
Inspector General TODD J. ZINSER
Director, Off‌ice of Business Liaison MATTHEW T. MCGUIRE
Director, Off‌ice of Policy and Strategic Planning MALCOLM LEE
Director, Off‌ice of Public Affairs JENNIFER FRIEDMAN
Director, Executive Secretariat LATOYA MURPHY
Director, Off‌ice of White House Liaison JOHN C. CONNOR
The Department of Commerce promotes the Nation’s domestic and international
trade, economic growth, and technological advancement by fostering a globally
competitive free enterprise system, supporting fair trade practices, compiling social
and economic statistics, protecting Earth’s physical and oceanic resources, granting
patents and registering trademarks, and providing assistance to small and minority-
owned businesses.
The Department was designated as
such by act of March 4, 1913 (15
U.S.C. 1501), which reorganized the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
created by act of February 14, 1903
(15 U.S.C. 1501), by transferring all
labor activities into a new, separate
Department of Labor.
Off‌ice of the Secretary
Secretary The Secretary is responsible
for the administration of all functions and
authorities assigned to the Department
of Commerce and for advising the
President on Federal policy and programs
affecting the industrial and commercial
segments of the national economy. The
Secretary is served by the off‌ices of
Deputy Secretary, Inspector General,
General Counsel, and the Assistant
Secretaries of Administration, Legislative
and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Public
Affairs. Other off‌ices whose public
purposes are widely administered are
detailed below.
Business Liaison The Off‌ice of Business
Liaison directs the business community
to the off‌ices and policy experts who can
best respond to their needs by promoting
proactive, responsive, and effective
outreach programs and relationships
with the business community. It also
informs the Secretary and Department
off‌icials of the critical issues facing
the business community, informs the
business community of Department and
administration initiatives and priorities, as
well as information regarding Department
resources, policies, and programs,

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