Department of Commerce Releases Equity Action Plan

The Department of Commerce released its Equity Action Plan for ensuring its programming and policies reach a larger and more diverse audience. In addition to the Department’s Fiscal Year 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, the Equity Action Plan outlines how Commerce will use its programs and tools to:

• Close the digital divide
• Ensure community development dollars advance racial equity and support underserved communities
• Grow Minority Business Enterprises (MBE)
• Strengthen small businesses in underserved communities by helping them be successful exporters
• Increase access to the patent and trademark systems for inventors and entrepreneurs from historically underserved communities
• Make Department of Commerce science and data more findable, accessible, and usable