The Handbook for Integrity in the Department of Commerce

By Dennis AuBuchon

The question of whether the Department of Commerce exhibits integrity in its operations requires an examination of all the bureaus and the strategic goals it purports to promote. One of the goals involves activity surrounding trade and investment but others appear to be misplaced. One such goal is the environment. Below are the mission statement and the primary topics on which this department puts their efforts.
The mission statement is: “to create the conditions for economic growth and opportunity. As part of the administration’s economic team, the Secretary of Commerce serves as the voice of U. S. business within the President’s Cabinet.”
Learning about the mission of this department and how it operates will help to determine whether integrity and excellence exist within this government entity. The strategic goals and evaluating the organizational structure with respect to these goals will provide a basis for forming an opinion as to whether their operational processes benefit our economy or is a hindrance.
The Department of Commerce is heavily involved in our economy as indicated by the title and what they do with regards to decisions and activities impacts our entire society. Decisions made in the past have been good in some respects but others were misguided. Some of this information will be examined within the structure of the chapters going forward. We are a strong country and our economy is strong and this department can play a major role in making it stronger through the regulations that it generates or that it eliminates.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dennis AuBuchon
• Release date: Apr 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9781370273744

Dennis AuBuchon

Dennis has a background in quality assurance and auditing and is a certified quality auditor with ASQ (American Society for Quality). He has written over 1,000 articles mostly on the topic of integrity and hot topics of the day. Links to articles can be found on his website and hubpages.com. He is not one to shy from controversial topics as can be seen in his articles.Dennis believes in the principle that one person can make a difference and through hisweb site, his articles and his current book he is doing just that. The one key phrase on all his web site pages is quality writing and services to make a difference. Dennis designed his own web site www.myqualitywriting.com which is a resource for other authors to gain exposure for their work. Through his web site Dennis provides marketing information and opportunities to help other authors and the general public. Any person in business can learn from the information on his site through his articles and articles by other authors. Dennis continually tries to help other authors with information on all aspects of the publishing industryDennis has been a part of auditing teams and a team leader. Dennis’ relationship with quality assurance principles and integrity principles can be seen in his commitment to operate his business and web site with honesty, integrity and quality principles. This is evidenced by the fact that he has signed a business ethics pledge committed to treating all stakeholders fairly, with compassion and a commitment to service.

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The Handbook for Integrity in the Department of Commerce

By Dennis AuBuchon

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Table of Contents

Introduction – The Department of Commerce is heavily involved with our economy. This book is an attempt at understanding the purpose, roles and objectives of this organization

Chapter 1 – Strategic Goals – This chapter is all about the primary purpose of the Department of Commerce. This is an organization of which its sole purpose is to support businesses across the country with the goals that have been established. Individual goals and what they represent are discussed.

Chapter 2 – Rules and Regulations - This is an area which can have a huge impact on our economy. Rules and regulations across the Executive Department can either benefit or have a negative impact on the business environment across the country.

Chapter 3 – Bureau of Economic Analysis – Data integrity in this department is key. Any statistics need to be supported by reliable data on any analysis published by this department. In past years the activity of this entity raised many questions about their decisions. Today there is positive impact on our economy as is now the case it is important that integrity principles be in place in this department.

Chapter 4 – Bureau of Industry and Security – The responsibility of this topic in this department cannot be ignored. It is important that proper controls constantly be improved as new technology is developed. Discussion of what this topic entails in this chapter provides a better understanding of this activity.

Chapter 5 – U.S. Census Bureau – This is a topic that does not make sense to be a part of the Commerce Department but it probably is a better fit in this entity than in others. The data with census information must be reliable. The problem in one respect is there are individuals and in some cases families that are homeless.

Chapter 6 – Economic Development Administration – This topic has some issues in that this government entity should be a support function and from the mission that is why this department was created. It promotes innovation to help businesses to be competitive in the global economy.

Chapter 7 – Economics and Statistics Administration – Economics and statistics as part of this department involving the data utilized to provide reports on our economy. The importance of integrity in this area of the Department of Commerce is vital for us to have confidence in the statistics and reports generated.

Chapter 8 – International Trade Administration - International trade administration is definitely an activity which is clearly within the responsibility of the Department of Commerce. The involvement of this department in this subject is presented and discussed.

Chapter 9 - National Institute of Standards and Technology – This institute is widely involved in our economy and is an important part of doing business in many industries. It brings consistency for not only products being produced but the standards used to measure different manufactured products against the same standards.

Chapter 10 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – This chapter is brief in content and basically asked why this office is part of the Department of Commerce

Chapter 11 - National Technical Information Service – This office is great support for businesses in our country by providing information regarding research and other information.

Chapter 12 - National Telecommunications and Information Administration – This administration is the primary support and guidance