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United States. Department of Commerce
Created to help support the nation’s economy, this U.S. Cabinet department has long published books and reports on trade, industry, science, and the census. Its work spans everything from business data and patents to weather, oceans, and technology standards.
2 Audiobooks
Patents and How to Get One: A Practical Handbook
by United States. Department of Commerce
The Nuclear Ship Savannah First Atomic Merchant Ship, One of the World's Safest Ships
by United States. Department of Commerce, United States. Maritime Administration, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
About the author
The United States Department of Commerce is an executive department of the U.S. federal government. It was established in 1903, after being separated from the earlier Department of Commerce and Labor, and its broad mission is to promote economic growth, opportunity, and improved standards of living.
Over time, the department has become the home of several major agencies, including the Census Bureau, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. That wide reach helps explain why works credited to the department can range from statistical reports and technical manuals to studies of trade, transportation, fisheries, and the atmosphere.
As an institutional author, it represents a public-facing tradition of practical writing: publications designed to inform businesses, researchers, policymakers, and everyday readers with reliable federal data and analysis. For books and documents issued under its name, the “author” is less a single voice than a long-running national agency built to gather information and put it to use.