Budget and performance

Budget

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s FY 2019 Budget requests $9.8 billion in discretionary funding, a $0.6 billion or 7 percent increase from the FY 2018 Annualized Continuing Resolution (CR) level1. The FY 2019 Budget Request prioritizes and protects investments in core Government functions such as preparing for the 2020 Decennial Census, providing the observational infrastructure and personnel to produce timely and accurate weather forecasts, enforcing laws that promote fair and secure trade, protecting intellectual property, and managing utilization of spectrum resources. 

• FY 2018 Budget in Brief
• FY 2018 Congressional Budget Justification
• FY 2019 Budget in Brief
• FY 2019 Congressional Budget Justification

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Performance

Strategic plan

• FY 2018-2022 Strategic Plan: Helping the American Economy Grow

Agency priority goals

• Accelerate patent processing
• Mitigate flood impacts
• Prepare to conduct a complete and accurate Decennial Census
• Remove foreign trade barriers

Performance plans and reports

• FY 2019 Annual Performance Plan and FY 2017 Annual Performance Report
• FY 2017 Agency Financial Report

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