A Special Message From: Deputy Secretary Graves, U.S. Department of Commerce

The Department of Commerce has never been so central to U.S. national security as it is today. The Decisive Decade: Advancing National Security at the Department of Commerce was developed in response to unprecedented threats and disruptions to the country’s national and economic security in areas over which the department has powerful analytical tools and unique capabilities. That is why I am proud to release this first-ever Commerce strategy on national security. Recognizing that economic security is critical to our national security, this strategy was created to guide implementation of the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Security Strategy at the Department of Commerce. It provides a framework to guide the Department in bolstering national resilience to disruptions, defending against immediate threats, and creating conditions that ensure other threats never materialize in the first place.
 

Congress and the Biden Administration have entrusted our Department with critical national security authorities, including an expanded export control regime, and crucial funding to invest in critical and emerging technologies in communities across the country through the CHIPS and Science Act.
 

Given these new tools and responsibilities, we have — and must continue to — reevaluate our agency’s vital role in our country’s national security landscape.