Department of Commerce

Department of Commerce
Abbreviation	DOC
Area	Business and finance
Secretary	ElysiaCrynn (October 2025)
Reports	Consumer Price Index
Founded	November 2022
Predecessor	Department of Education and Commerce

The Department of Commerce (DOC) is the department of the executive branch tasked with overseeing and supporting the economy of Redmont, providing support to Redmontian businesses and ensuring financial compliance within the financial and banking sectors. It plays a significant role by overseeing the nation's financial institutions through audits and reviews, documenting monthly consumer price indexes, managing business incorporation and grants, as well as the distribution of monthly business and campaign shoutouts. The department is currently headed by Secretary ElysiaCrynn.

History

The department was initially established as the Department of Education and Commerce (DEC), overseeing both education and cultural heritage alongside economic policy and regulation. In October 2022, following the successful referendum of the Department Reform Act, the DEC was split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Education (DOE). The reason for the split was, according to then-Speaker of the House xEndeavour: "a historical abandonment of education in Government, partly due to the large portfolio of responsibilities of the DEC and the primacy of economics within that department".

In both its tenure as part of the Department of Education and Commerce and as an independent body, the department has been essential in monitoring the functionality of Redmont's economy and taking steps to neutralise threats to the nation's economic stability. The department has overseen many initiatives to grow Redmont's economy.

Duties and responsibilities

The Department of Commerce holds several primary responsibilities:

• Approving the registration of financial institutions
• Auditing the activities of registered financial institutions to ensure compliance
• Compilation and publication of a monthly consumer price index (CPI)
• Approval of and oversight over tax-exempt firms and institutions
• Approval of and oversight over business incorporation and bankruptcy
• Approval of and oversight over monetary grants for business
• Auctioning and distributing monthly business and campaign shoutouts, as well as billboard spaces

Employed jobs

The Department of Commerce operates through a structured hierarchy that includes a range of leadership, management, and operational roles. The department works closely with other governmental bodies, in particular the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, to ensure the smooth functioning of the economy.

Leadership

The following roles are leadership roles obtained upon nomination, by either the President (Secretary) or by the Secretary of Commerce (Deputy Secretary).

• Secretary of the Department of Commerce: The head of the department, responsible for overall policy direction and the execution of the department's functions.
• Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce: Supports the Secretary in day-to-day operations and policy implementation.

Management

• Compliance Manager: Oversees the execution of compliance-related duties and obligations.
• Senior Economist: Oversees the execution of economist-related duties and obligations.

Occupations

• Compliance officer: Enforces corporate and economic law through audits, and reviews financial institution applications, incorporation applications, and marketplace rules.
• Economist: Analyses Redmont's economy to provide monthly CPIs, as well as evaluating grant and billboard applications and managing shoutout and campaign auctions.

List of secretaries

Secretaries of Commerce*

No.	Secretary	Term start	Term end	Admisitration	Ref
1	A__C	November 2022	December 2022	Deadwax administration
2	Pugsy_	December 2022	Febuary 2023	Derpy_Bird administration
3	RandomIntruder	Febuary 2023	April 2023	Twixted administration
Acting	trentrick_lamar	April 22, 2023	April 22, 2024
Acting	Technofied	April 28, 2023	May 2023
6	Technofied	May 2023	June 2023
7	LouderLeo	June 2023	August 22, 2023	LilDigiVert administration
Acting	LilLethalVert	August 23, 2023	September 3, 2023**
8	LilLethalVert	September 3. 2023**	October 2023
9	Bardiya_King	October 2023	October 2023	xLayzur
10	Pugsy_	October 31, 2023	December 7, 2023***
Acting	SumoMC	December 7, 2023	December 14, 2023
11	SumoMC	December 14, 2023	December 28, 2023***
Acting	LilLethalVert	December 28, 2023	January 2023
12	Technofied	January 9, 2024	January 22, 2024
Acting	fluffywaafelz (steveshat)	January 22, 2024	January 31, 2024
Acting	Technofied	January 31, 2024	February 1, 2024
Acting	CzarKovalev	February 3, 2024
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	GoldBlooded (acting)	February 2024
	Vanquish69 (acting)		March 2024
	steveshat (acting)	March 2024
	Vanquish69		April 2024
	Louder_Leo (acting)	April 2024
			May 2024
	Drew_Hall (acting)	May 2024
	Drew_Hall		June 2024
		June 2024
	xtub12345		October 2024
	Technofied	October 2024	February 2025
	xSyncx	February 2025	June 2025
	Avaneesh2008	June 2025	August 2025
	TrueDarklander (acting)	August 2025
	malka		October 2025
	MgChamp2339 (acting)	October 2025
	Bardiya_King (acting)
	ElysiaCrynn		Current

*List Begins at First DOC Secretary, not DEC Secretary. Please Refer to this article for a full history of all DEC Secretaries.

**LilLethalVert's hearing concluded on September 3, 2023. Original confirmation records are missing from the Congress of Redmont Discord Server

***Approximation

See also

• Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• Financial institutions
• List of departments