Organization of the U.S. Department of Commerce

Maurice H. Stans, Secretary
Rocco C. Siciliano, Under Secretary

Page
3 Message from the President
4 Foreword by the

Secretary of Commerce
5 Department

Mission Statement 7 Commerce .

Serving the Nation 11 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS 12 Bureau of the Census 13 Office of Business Economics 15 DOMESTIC AND

INTERNATIONAL

BUSINESS 16 Bureau of Domestic Commerce 18 Bureau of International

Commerce 21 SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY 22 National Bureau of Standards 24 Patent Office 25 National Technical Information

Service 25 Office of Telecommunications 27 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND

ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 31 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 31 Economic Development

Administration 32 The Regional Economic

Development Program 33 OTHER PROGRAMS 33 United States Travel Service 34 Maritime Administration 35 Office of Minority Business

Enterprise
36 Office of Foreign Direct

Investments
Secretaries
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The Cover These scenes portray some of the areas in which the Department of Commerce provides daily information and services to businessmen, scientists and the general public.

wus Clock shows the estimated al of the United States as of

DECEMBER 1970

ary 20, 1969