Bureau
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Bureau may refer to:
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- Public administrationPublic administrationPublic Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
offices of various kinds - Government agenciesGovernment agencyA government or state agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types...
of various kinds - News bureauNews bureauA News bureau is an office for gathering or distributing news. Similar terms are used for specialized bureaus, often to indicate geographic location or scope of coverage: a ‘Tokyo bureau’ refers to a given news operation's office in Tokyo; foreign bureau is a generic term for a news office set up...
, an office for gathering or distributing news, generally for a given geographical location - DeskDeskA desk is a furniture form and a class of table often used in a work or office setting for reading or writing on or using a computer. Desks often have one or more drawers to store office supplies and papers. Unlike a regular table, usually only one side of a desk is suitable to sit on . Not all...
, a piece of furniture, typically a table used for office work - Chest of drawersChest of drawersA chest of drawers, also called a dresser or a bureau, is a piece of furniture that has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above another...
, a piece of furniture that has multiple, stacked, parallel drawers - Bureau (European Parliament)Bureau (European Parliament)The Bureau of the European Parliament is responsible for matters relating to the budget, administration, organisation and staff. It is composed of the President of the European Parliament along with all 14 Vice-Presidents and the five Quaestors . They are elected for two and a half years with the...
, the administrative organ of the Parliament of the European Union - The BureauThe BureauThe Bureau were a New Wave soul group formed in late 1980 in Birmingham, England, when the original lineup of Dexys Midnight Runners split-up....
, English New Wave soul music group - Bureau County, IllinoisBureau County, IllinoisBureau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 34,978, which is a decrease of 1.5% from 35,503 in 2000. Its county seat is Princeton. Bureau County is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area...
- Le BureauLe BureauLe Bureau was a 2006 French television show that aired on Canal+. It is a French version of the popular British television series The Office...
, a French television series - Federal Bureau of InvestigationFederal Bureau of InvestigationThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
, the leading internal law enforcement agency in the United States - Service bureauService bureauA service bureau is a company which provides business services for a fee. The term has been extensively used to describe technology based services to financial services companies, particularly banks. Customers of service bureaus typically do not have the scale or expertise to incorporate these...
, a company which provides business services for a fee - Citizens Advice BureauCitizens Advice BureauA Citizens Advice Bureau is one of a network of independent charities throughout the UK that give free, confidential information and advice to help people with their money, legal, consumer and other problems....
, a network of independent UK charities that give free, confidential help to people for money, legal, consumer and other problems
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- Louis Édouard BureauLouis Édouard BureauLouis Édouard Bureau was a French physician and botanist.Bureau began his medical studies in Nantes in 1848, where he held the post of director of the Muséum de Nantes . He completed his medical degree in Paris in 1852...
(1830–1918), French physician and botanist - Jacques BureauJacques BureauJacques Bureau, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Trois-Rivières, Canada East, the son of J. Napoleon Bureau and Sophie Gingras, Bureau was educated at Nicolet College and received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1881 from Laval University. A lawyer, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons...
(1860–1933), Canadian politician - André BureauAndré BureauAndré Bureau, O.C. is a Canadian lawyer and communications executive.Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, he received an LL.B. from Université Laval in 1958 and a D.E.A. from the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne in 1960. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1959.From 1960 to 1968, he was a...
(born 1935), Canadian lawyer and communications executive - Marc Bureau (politician) (born 1955), Canadian politician; mayor of Gatineau
- Stéphan BureauStéphan BureauStéphan Bureau is a journalist, TV interviewer and producer of TV shows and documentary series.- Life and career :...
(born 1964), Canadian television journalist - Marc Bureau (ice hockey) (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player