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The Department of Commerce was founded on February 14, 1903 but was originally called the US Department of Commerce and Labor. It was then renamed the Department of Commerce on March 4, 1913.

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Current Head of Department and background.

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Current Head of Department and background.

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Gina Raimondo serves as the 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce and was sworn in on March 3rd 2021. Raimondo was formerly the 75th governor of Rhode Island and it's first woman governor. She was valedictorian of her graduating class and went on to graduate with honors from Harvard where she was recognized as the top economics student in her class.She won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University where she earned a doctorate and met her future husband Andy Moffit. She later graduated from Yale Law School. Secretary Raimondo clerked for US District Judge Kimba Wood and served as founding employee and senior vice president at Village Ventures. She returned home to Rhode Island and founded Point Judith Capital, a venture capital firm. In november of 2010 She was selected to serve as General Treasurer. Raimondo was sworn into office as Governor in January 2015 and won a second term in 2018. She also served as chair of the Democratic Governors’ Association in 2019.

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The ship is a symbol of Commerce; the blue denotes uprightness and constancy; the lighthouse is a well-known symbol representing guidance from the darkness which is translated to commercial enlightenment; the gold denotes purity.

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The purpose and responsibility of the Department of Commerce is to work with businesses, universities, communities and the nations workers to promote job creation, economic growth sustainable development, and improved standards of living Americans.

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President William Taft founded the Department of Commerce.

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William C. Redfield was the first Secretary of Commerce.

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Juanita Kreps was the first female Secretary of Commerce.

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Herbert C. Hoover is the longest serving Secretary of Commerce. Hoover served almost seven and one- half years.

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The Department of Commerce has 13 bureaus and offices.

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The Department of Commerce has 46,608 employees as of 2018

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Don Graves is the deputy secretary of Commerce.

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Department of Commerce building.

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The departments 2023 budget proposes $11.7 billion in discretionary funding.

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Each state has a different symbol