# United States Department of Commerce **Aliases:** Commerce **Entity class:** Federal executive department ## Definition The **United States Department of Commerce** supports economic development, technology, standards, trade, telecommunications, and industry. In federal AI-infrastructure policy it contributes expertise concerning technology, investment, standards, and industrial capacity. ## Relationships - **AI infrastructure policy:** federal data-center acceleration and technology strategy. - **works with:** [[wiki/United States Department of Energy|Energy]], [[wiki/United States Department of Defense|Defense]], and other federal agencies. - **standards relationship:** National Institute of Standards and Technology. ## Sources / Provenance - [Department of Commerce — About](https://www.commerce.gov/about)