The International Trade Administration (ITA) is here to help you – U.S. businesses – participate fully in the growing global marketplace. We provide practical information to help you select markets for your products. We ensure that you have access to international markets as required by our trade agreements. We safeguard you from unfair competition from dumped and subsidized imports.

The NOAA NESDIS mission is to provide and ensure timely access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources to promote, protect, and enhance the Nation’s economy, security, environment, and quality of life.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce,is the Executive Branch's principal voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information technology issues. NTIAworks to spur innovation, encourage competition, help create jobs and provide consumers with more choices and better qualitytelecommunications products and services at lower prices.

NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) operates and maintains the largest fleet of research and survey ships and aircraft operated by a federal civilian agency. The ship fleet include oceanographic and coastal research, hydrographic survey (for nautical charts) and fisheries research vessels. The aircraft fleet includes NOAA "hurricane hunters" and light aircraft for air chemistry, snow survey, and marine mammal research. OMAO is composed of civilians as well as officers of the NOAA Commissioned Corps, the nation's seventh service.

STAT-USA is responsible for the official Internet site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government. It provides a one-stop shop for economic statistics and trade data compiled from over 40 federal agencies.

For over 200 years, the basic role of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has remained the same: to promote the progress ofscience and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries (Article 1,Section 8 of the United States Constitution). Under this system of protection, American industry has flourished. New products havebeen invented, new uses for old ones discovered, and employment opportunities created for millions of Americans.