This memo will cover three specific federal agencies and a current new article that relates to each agency The agencies I will discuss in this memo are Federal Department of Commerce Federal Department of Labor and Federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission Each level of government federal state and tribal government have their own agencies The first agency I will cover is the Federal Department of Commerce This agency has many important jobs it s most important job is to promote economic growth in the country by fair trade Another important role is to promote and create new jobs through businesses Also another important job the Federal Department of Commerce is to improve the living standards of all Americans Commerce also has many different responsibilities such as granting trademarks and patents for businesses Commerce has many bureaus that have specific roles the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST is one of these bureaus The role of NIST is to support the united states industry and innovation this can be cybersecurity or just supporting the nations technological environment Commerce is important because it s main job is to support U S business growth
