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This is a list of agencies
Government agency

A government 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....
 of the United States federal government.

The executive branch
Executive (government)

Sorry, no overview for this topic
 of the federal government includes the Executive Office of the President
Executive Office of the President of the United States

The Executive Office of the President consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President....
 and the United States federal executive departments
United States Federal Executive Departments

The United States federal executive departments are among the oldest primary units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States—the Departments of United States Department of State, United States Department of War, and the United States Department of the Treasury all being established within a few weeks of each...
 (whose secretaries belong to the Cabinet
United States Cabinet

The United States Cabinet is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, and its existence dates back to the first United States of America President of the United States, George Washington, who appointed a Cabinet of four people to advise and assist him in his dutie...
).

The majority of the independent agencies of the United States government
Independent agencies of the United States government

Independent agencies of the United States Government are those Executive Government agency of the federal government of the United States that exist outside of the United States federal executive departments....
 are also classified as executive agencies (they are independent in that they are not subordinated under a Cabinet position). There are a small number of independent agencies that are not considered part of the executive branch, such as the Library of Congress
Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books....
 and Congressional Budget Office
Congressional Budget Office

The Congressional Budget Office is a List of United States federal agencies within the United States Congress of the United States government. It is a government agency that provides economic data to Congress....
, which are administered directly by Congress
United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 and thus are legislative branch
Legislature

Legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create and change laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law....
 agencies.

Executive Office of the President * White House Office of Presidential Communications
ice of the Secretary of Defense

Office of the Deputy Secretary
United States Deputy Secretary of Education

The Deputy Secretary of Education oversees and manages the development of policies in the United States Department of Education. The Deputy Secretary focuses primarily on K?12 education policy, such as No Child Left Behind, the High School Initiative, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act....
 (ODS)

Associated federal organizations

Federally aided organizations
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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the Military of the United States and one of seven Uniformed services of the United States. In addition to being a military branch at all times, it is unique among the armed forces in that it is also a Admiralty law agency and a Federal government of the United States regulatory agency....
 (USCG)


Administration

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Administrative Conference of the United States

The Administrative Conference of the United States was an agency of the United States federal government charged with making recommendations for the improvement of United States administrative law, particularly with respect to efficiency and fairness....
 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service was an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. It administered programs concerning farm products and agricultural conservation....
 (in the Department of Agriculture) (ASCS) :Replaced in 1994 with the Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency

The Farm Service Agency is the United States Department of Agriculture agency into which were merged several predecessor agencies, including the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service ....
. Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AA) Board of Economic Warfare
Board of Economic Warfare

The Office of Administrator of Export Control was established in the United States by Presidential Proclamation 2413, July 2 1940, to administer export licensing provisions of the act of July 2 1940 ....
 (BEW) Board of Tea Appeals
Board of Tea Appeals

The Board of Tea Appeals was a United States federal agency under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration. From its establishment in 1897 until its abolition in 1996, it adjudicated the claims of tea importers whose products were denied entry into the United States by federal tea-tasters....
 :Abolished in 1996 Bureau of Arms Control (in the Department of State) :Replaced September 13, 2005, by the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation

The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation is an agency within the United States Department of State responsible for managing a broad range of nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and arms control functions....
 Bureau of Nonproliferation (in the Department of State) :Replaced September 13, 2005, by the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation

The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation is an agency within the United States Department of State responsible for managing a broad range of nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and arms control functions....
 Bureau of Verification and Compliance (in the Department of State) :Replaced February 1, 2000 by the Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation

The Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation is an agency within the United States Department of State. It is responsible for providing oversight of policy and resources of all matters relating to the verification of compliance---or noncompliance---with international arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements....
 Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs

The Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs was a United States agency promoting inter-American cooperation during the 1940s, especially in commercial and economic areas....
 (CIAA) Committee on Public Information
Committee on Public Information

The Committee on Public Information, also known as the CPI and the Creel Committee, was an Independent agencies of the United States government of the government of the United States intended to influence U.S....
 (CPI) Farmers Home Administration :Replaced in 1994 with the Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency

The Farm Service Agency is the United States Department of Agriculture agency into which were merged several predecessor agencies, including the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service ....
. Federal National Mortgage Association
Federal National Mortgage Association

The Federal National Mortgage Association , commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a stockholder-owned corporation chartered by Congress in 1968 as a government sponsored enterprise , but founded in 1938 during the Great Depression....
 (FNMA or Fannie Mae) :Fannie Mae was partially privatized in 1968; its government administered portion was renamed the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
Government National Mortgage Association

The Government National Mortgage Association is a United States of America government-owned corporation within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ....
; see Department of Housing and Urban Development, above Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) :Renamed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration , is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the State Children's Health...
; see Department of Health and Human Services, above Student Loan Marketing Association (SLMA or Sallie Mae) :Sallie Mae has been fully privatized and is no longer administered by the federal government. Foreign Economic Administration
Foreign Economic Administration

In the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Foreign Economic Administration was formed to relieve friction between US agencies operating abroad....
 (FEA) Federal Theatre Project
Federal Theatre Project

The Federal Theatre Project was a New Deal project to fund theatre and other live artistic performances in the United States during the Great Depression....
  (FTP) General Accounting Office (GAO) :Renamed "Government Accountability Office
Government Accountability Office

The Government Accountability Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress. It is located in the Legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States....
" in 2004; see #Legislative Branch, above. Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission

The Interstate Commerce Commission was a regulatory body in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, which was signed into law by President of the United States Grover Cleveland....
 (ICC) Immigration and Naturalization Service
Immigration and Naturalization Service

The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service was a part of the United States Department of Justice and handled legal and illegal immigration and naturalization....
 (INS) :Now The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was a United States federal agency founded on March 3, 1915 to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research....
  (NACA) U.S.






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This is a list of agencies
Government agency

A government 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....
 of the United States federal government.

The executive branch
Executive (government)

Sorry, no overview for this topic
 of the federal government includes the Executive Office of the President
Executive Office of the President of the United States

The Executive Office of the President consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President....
 and the United States federal executive departments
United States Federal Executive Departments

The United States federal executive departments are among the oldest primary units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States—the Departments of United States Department of State, United States Department of War, and the United States Department of the Treasury all being established within a few weeks of each...
 (whose secretaries belong to the Cabinet
United States Cabinet

The United States Cabinet is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, and its existence dates back to the first United States of America President of the United States, George Washington, who appointed a Cabinet of four people to advise and assist him in his dutie...
).

The majority of the independent agencies of the United States government
Independent agencies of the United States government

Independent agencies of the United States Government are those Executive Government agency of the federal government of the United States that exist outside of the United States federal executive departments....
 are also classified as executive agencies (they are independent in that they are not subordinated under a Cabinet position). There are a small number of independent agencies that are not considered part of the executive branch, such as the Library of Congress
Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books....
 and Congressional Budget Office
Congressional Budget Office

The Congressional Budget Office is a List of United States federal agencies within the United States Congress of the United States government. It is a government agency that provides economic data to Congress....
, which are administered directly by Congress
United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 and thus are legislative branch
Legislature

Legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create and change laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law....
 agencies.

Executive branch


Executive Office of the President

Seal of the President of the Unites States of America
* White House Office of Presidential Communications
  • White House Office of Presidential Speechwriting
  • White House Office
    White House Office

    The White House Office is an entity of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, and should not be confused with the Executive Office of the President....
  • White House Office of the Executive Clerk
    White House Office of the Executive Clerk

    The White House Office of the Executive Clerk was created in 1865. The office is in charge of collecting all documents signed by the President that form his official public actions....
  • Office of the White House Counsel
    White House Counsel

    The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States....
  • Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
  • National Security Council
    United States National Security Council

    The White House National Security Council in the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and Foreign relations of the United States matters with his senior National Security Advisor s and United States Cabinet officials and is part of the Executive Office of the Presid...
     (NSC)
  • Homeland Security Council
    Homeland Security Council

    The Homeland Security Council is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States and was created by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1 on October 29, 2001....
  • Office of the United States Trade Representative
    Office of the United States Trade Representative

    The Office of the United States Trade Representative, or USTR, is the United States government agency responsible for developing and recommending United States trade policy to the President of the United States, conducting trade negotiations at bilateral and multilateral levels, and coordinating trade policy within the government throu...
  • Office of National Drug Control Policy
    Office of National Drug Control Policy

    The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy , a Cabinet level component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, was established in 1988 by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act....
  • Council of Economic Advisers
    Council of Economic Advisers

    The Council of Economic Advisers is a group of three respected economists who advise the President of the United States on economic policy. It is a part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, and provides much of the economics policy of the White House....
  • Council on Environmental Quality
    Council on Environmental Quality

    The Council on Environmental Quality is a division of the White House that coordinates federal Natural environmental efforts in the United States and works closely with agencies and other White House offices in the development of environmental and energy policies and initiatives....
  • Domestic Policy Council
    United States Domestic Policy Council

    The Domestic Policy Council of the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering domestic policy matters, excluding economics matters, which are the domain of the United States National Economic Council....
  • National Economic Council
    National Economic Council

    The National Economic Council is a United States government agency in the Executive Office of the President. Created by President Bill Clinton in 1993 by Executive order , its functions are to coordinate policy-making for domestic and international economic issues, coordinate economic policy advice for the President, ensure that policy deci...
  • Office of Administration
    Office of Administration

    The White House Office of Administration was established by Executive order 12028 signed by President Jimmy Carter on December 12, 1977....
  • Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
    White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

    The White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, formerly the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is an office within the White House Office that is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States....
  • Office of National AIDS Policy
    Office of National AIDS Policy

    The Office of National AIDS Policy coordinates the continuing domestic efforts to reduce the number of new infections in the United States. In addition, the Office works to coordinate an increasingly integrated approach to the prevention, care and treatment of AIDS....
  • Office of Science and Technology Policy
    Office of Science and Technology Policy

    The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is an office in the Executive Office of the President of the United States , established by United States Congress on May 11, 1976 with a broad mandate to advise the President of the United States on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs....
  • President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board
  • President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
    President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

    The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board is an advisor to the Executive Office of the President of the United States. According to its self-description, it "...provides advice to the President concerning the quality and adequacy of intelligence collection, of analysis and estimates, of counterintelligence, and of other intelligen...
  • USA Freedom Corps
    USA Freedom Corps

    The USA Freedom Corps is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the President of the United States serving as its chairperson....
  • White House Military Office
    White House Military Office

    The Director of the White House Military Office is the principal advisor to the White House for all military support. The current director is former Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera, who also serves as the Deputy Assistant to the President....

Department of Agriculture

  • Agricultural Marketing Service
    Agricultural Marketing Service

    The Agricultural Marketing Service is a division of the United States Department of Agriculture, and has programs in six commodity areas: cotton, dairy, fruit and vegetable, livestock and seed, poultry, and tobacco....
     (AMS)
  • Agricultural Research Service
    Agricultural Research Service

    The Agricultural Research Service is the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture . ARS is one of four agencies in USDA's Research, Education, and Economics mission area....
     (ARS)
  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is an operating unit of the United States Department of Agriculture .APHIS' mission : To protect the health and value of American agriculture and natural resources....
     (APHIS)
  • Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
    Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

    The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture created on December 1, 1994, and is the focal point within the USDA where scientific research is linked with the nutritional needs of the American public....
     (CNPP)
  • Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
    Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

    The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture , part of the executive branch of the federal government....
     (CREES)
  • Economic Research Service
    Economic Research Service

    The Economic Research Service is the main source of economic information and research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Located in Washington D.C., the mission of ERS is to inform and enhance public and private decision-making on economic and policy issues related to agriculture, food, farming, natural resources, and rural developm...
     (ERS)
  • Farm Service Agency
    Farm Service Agency

    The Farm Service Agency is the United States Department of Agriculture agency into which were merged several predecessor agencies, including the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service ....
     (FSA)
  • Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
    Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

    The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation is a wholly-owned Government corporation managed by the Risk Management Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture....
     (FCIC)
  • Food and Nutrition Service
    Food and Nutrition Service

    The Food and Nutrition Service , an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture was established in August 8, 1969. FNS is the Federal agency responsible for administering the nation?s domestic nutrition assistance programs....
     (FNS)
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service
    Food Safety and Inspection Service

    The Food Safety and Inspection Service , an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture , recently commemorated over 100 years of protecting the food supply under the Federal Meat Inspection Act ....
     (FSIS)
  • Foreign Agricultural Service
    Foreign Agricultural Service

    The Foreign Agricultural Service has primary responsibility for the United States Department of Agriculture's overseas programs -- market development, trade pact and negotiations, and the collection of statistics and market information....
     (FAS)
  • Forest Service
    United States Forest Service

    The USDA Forest Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 155 United States National Forest and 20 United States National Grassland....
     (FS)
  • Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
    Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

    The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that facilitates the marketing of livestock, poultry, meat, cereals, oilseeds, and related agricultural products, and promotes fair and competitive trading practices for the overall benefit of consumers and American agricul...
     (GIPSA)
  • National Agricultural Library (NAL)
  • National Agricultural Statistics Service
    National Agricultural Statistics Service

    The National Agricultural Statistics Service or NASS is the statistics branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. NASS conducts hundreds of surveys and issues nearly 500 national reports each year on issues including agriculture production, economics, demographics and the environment ....
     (NASS)
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
    Natural Resources Conservation Service

    The Natural Resources Conservation Service , formerly known as the Soil Conservation Service , is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that provides technical assistance to private land owners and managers....
     (NRCS)
  • Risk Management Agency
    Risk Management Agency

    The Risk Management Agency is part of U.S. Department of Agriculture. The goal of the agency is to help producers manage their business risks through effective, market-based risk management solutions....
     (RMA)
  • Rural Development
    Rural development

    Rural development in general is used to denote the actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-Urban neighbourhoods, countryside, and remote villages....
     (RD)

Department of Commerce

  • Bureau of Industry and Security
    Bureau of Industry and Security

    The Bureau of Industry and Security is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce which deals with issues involving national security and high technology....
     (BIS)
  • Economics and Statistics Administration
    Economics and Statistics Administration

    The Economics and Statistics Administration is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that produces, analyzes and disseminates national economic and demographic data....
     (ESA)
    • Bureau of Economic Analysis
      Bureau of Economic Analysis

      The Bureau of Economic Analysis is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides important economy of the United States statistics including the gross domestic product of the United States....
       (BEA)
    • Bureau of the Census
  • Economic Development Administration
    Economic Development Administration

    The Economic Development Administration is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides grants to economically-distressed communities to generate new employment, help retain existing jobs and stimulate industrial and commercial growth....
     (EDA)
  • International Trade Administration
    International Trade Administration

    The International Trade Administration is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes United States exports of nonagricultural U.S....
     (ITA)
    • United States Commercial Service
      United States Commercial Service

      The United States Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of the International Trade Administration within the United States Department of Commerce....
  • Minority Business Development Agency
    Minority Business Development Agency

    The Minority Business Development Agency is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes growth and competitiveness of the United States' minority-owned businesses....
     (MBDA)
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the Earth's atmosphere....
     (NOAA)
    • National Weather Service
      National Weather Service

      The National Weather Service , once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States Federal government of the United States....
       (NWS)
    • National Oceanic Service (NOS)
    • National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
    • National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)
  • National Telecommunications and Information Administration
    National Telecommunications and Information Administration

    The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the President of the United States's principal adviser on telecommunications Telecommunication policy pertaining to the United States' economic and technological advancement and to regulation of the telecom...
     (NTIA)
  • Patent and Trademark Office
    United States Patent and Trademark Office

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification....
     (PTO)
    • Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
      Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

      The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences is an Article I and Article III tribunals of the United States Patent and Trademark Office , which decides issues of patentability....
       (BPAI)
    • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

      The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is a body within the United States Patent and Trademark Office responsible for hearing and deciding certain kinds of cases involving trademarks....
       (TTAB)
  • Technology Administration
    Technology Administration

    The Technology Administration is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote economic competitiveness....
     (TA)
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
      National Institute of Standards and Technology

      The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce....
       (NIST)
    • National Technical Information Service
      National Technical Information Service

      The National Technical Information Service is an agency within the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the government of the United States repository for research and development results and for other information produced by and for the government as well as a variety of public and private sources worldwide....
       (NTIS)
    • Office of Technology Policy
      Office of Technology Policy

      The Office of Technology Policy is an office of the Technology Administration of the United States Department of Commerce that works with industry to promote competitiveness and advocates integrated policies for maximizing the impact of technology on economic growth....
       (OTP)

Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense Seal
*Office of the Secretary of Defense
    • Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee
      Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee

      The Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, also referred to as the Defense Policy Board is a Federal Advisory Committee Act to the United States Department of Defense....
    • Office of Net Assessment
      Office of Net Assessment

      The United States Department of Defense's Office of Net Assessment was created in 1973. It operates as an internal think tank for the Department....
    • Office of Inspector General
      • Defense Criminal Investigative Service
        Defense Criminal Investigative Service

        The Defense Criminal Investigative Service is the criminal investigative arm of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense ....
  • Service departments
    • Department of the Army
      United States Department of the Army

      The Department of the Army is one of the three service departments in the United States Department of Defense. It is headed by the United States Secretary of the Army, a civilian, who is responsible for the administrative affairs of the United States Army....
       - United States Army
      United States Army

      The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
    • Department of the Navy
      United States Department of the Navy

      The United States Department of the Navy was established by an Act of Congress on April 30, 1798, to provide administrative and technical support, and civilian leadership to the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps ....
       - United States Navy
      United States Navy

      The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
       and United States Marine Corps
      United States Marine Corps

      The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing Military power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver Marine Air-Ground Task Force....
    • Department of the Air Force - United States Air Force
      United States Air Force

      The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Military of the United States and one of the uniformed services of the United States....
  • Joint Chiefs of Staff
    Joint Chiefs of Staff

    The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a group of military leaders in the United States armed forces who advise the civilian government of the United States....
    • United States Naval Observatory
      United States Naval Observatory

      The United States Naval Observatory is one of the oldest scientific agencies in the United States. Located in Northwest, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., it is one of the few observatory located in an urban area; at the time of its construction, it was far from the light pollution generated by the city center....
  • Unified Combatant Commands
    • Central Command
      United States Central Command

      The United States Central Command is a theater -level Unified Combatant Command unit of the U.S. armed forces, established in 1983 under the operational control of the U.S....
       (CENTCOM)
    • European Command
      United States European Command

      The is one of ten Unified Combatant Commands of the United States military, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Its area of focus covers 21 million square miles and 51 countries and territories, including Europe, Iceland, Greenland, and Israel...
       (EUCOM)
    • United States African Command (AFRICOM)
    • Joint Forces Command
      United States Joint Forces Command

      United States Joint Forces Command is one of ten Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces. Unlike the six commands with responsibility for war plans and operations in specified portions of the world, USJFCOM is a functional command that provides specific services to the military....
       (JFCOM)
    • Northern Command
      United States Northern Command

      United States Northern Command is a Unified Combatant Command of the Military of the United States. Created on October 1, 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, its mission is to protect the United States and Canadian homelands and support local, state, and federal authorities....
       (NORTHCOM)
    • Pacific Command
      United States Pacific Command

      The United States Pacific Command is a Unified Combatant Command of the military of the United States of the United States, led by the Commander, Pacific Command , is the supreme military authority for the various branches of the Armed Forces of the United States serving within its area of responsibility ....
       (PACOM)
    • Southern Command
      United States Southern Command

      The United States Southern Command , located in Miami, Florida, is one of ten Unified Combatant Commands in the United States Department of Defense....
       (SOUTHCOM)
    • Special Operations Command
      United States Special Operations Command

      The United States Special Operations Command is the Unified Combatant Command charged with overseeing the various Special forces Commands of the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy and United States Marine Corps of the United States Military of the United States....
       (SOCOM)
    • Strategic Command
      United States Strategic Command

      United States Strategic Command is one of the ten Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Department of Defense. The Joint Chiefs of Staff created it in 1992 as a successor to the Strategic Air Command ....
       (STRATCOM)
    • Transportation Command
      United States Transportation Command

      The United States Transportation Command is one of ten Unified Combatant Command of the United States United States Department of Defense. The mission of USTRANSCOM is to provide air, land and sea transportation for the Department of Defense, both in time of peace and time of war....
       (TRANSCOM)
  • Defense agencies
    • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
      Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

      The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is an government agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military of the United States....
       (DARPA)
    • Defense Commissary Agency
      Defense Commissary Agency

      The Defense Commissary Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Defense that manages 284 Grocery store stores on U.S. military installations worldwide....
    • Defense Contract Audit Agency
      Defense Contract Audit Agency

      The Defense Contract Audit Agency , under the authority, direction, and control of the United States Under Secretary of Defense , is responsible for performing all contract audits for the United States Department of Defense , and providing accounting and financial advisory services regarding contracts and subcontracts to all DoD Components...
    • Defense Contract Management Agency
      Defense Contract Management Agency

      The Defense Contract Management Agency is the United States Department of Defense agency responsible for performing contract administration services for DoD and other authorized Federal Agencies....
    • Defense Finance and Accounting Service
      Defense Finance and Accounting Service

      The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is an agency of the United States Department of Defense that provides finance and accounting services for the military and other members of defense....
    • Defense Information Systems Agency
      Defense Information Systems Agency

      The Defense Information Systems Agency is a United States Department of Defense combat support agency and with the goal of providing real-time information technology and communications support to the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, the military Services, and the Combatant Commands....
       (DISA)
    • Defense Intelligence Agency
      Defense Intelligence Agency

      The Defense Intelligence Agency, or DIA, is a major producer and manager of military intelligence for the United States Department of Defense, employing over 11,000 military and civilian employees worldwide....
       (DIA)
    • Defense Legal Services Agency
    • Defense Logistics Agency
      Defense Logistics Agency

      The Defense Logistics Agency is an agency in the United States Department of Defense, with about 22,000 civilian and military personnel throughout the world....
    • Defense Security Cooperation Agency
      Defense Security Cooperation Agency

      The Defense Security Cooperation Agency , as part of the United States Department of Defense, provides financial and technical assistance, transfer of defense mat?riel, training and services to allies, and promotes military-to-military contacts....
    • Defense Security Service
      Defense Security Service

      The Defense Security Service is an agency of the United States Department of Defense . Within areas of DoD responsibility, DSS is tasked with facilitating personnel security investigations, supervising National Industrial Security Program, and performing security education and awareness training....
    • Defense Threat Reduction Agency
      Defense Threat Reduction Agency

      The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is an agency within the United States Department of Defense created "to safeguard America and its interests from weapons of mass destruction by reducing the threat and providing quality tools and services." DTRA's main functions are threat reduction, threat control, combat support, and technology devel...
    • Missile Defense Agency
      Missile Defense Agency

      The Missile Defense Agency is the section of the Federal government of the United States United States Department of Defense responsible for developing a layered missile defense against ballistic missiles....
    • National Security Agency
      National Security Agency

      The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a Cryptology Intelligence agency of the Federal government of the United States, administered as part of the United States Department of Defense....
       (NSA)
    • National Reconnaissance Office
      National Reconnaissance Office

      The National Reconnaissance Office , located in Chantilly, Virginia, is one of the U.S. intelligence community in the U.S. It designs, builds and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the United States government....
    • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
      National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

      The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is an List of United States federal agencies of the United States Government with the primary mission of collection, analysis, and distribution of geospatial intelligence in support of national security....
    • Naval Criminal Investigative Service
      Naval Criminal Investigative Service

      The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is the United States Marine and Navy's primary security, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, and law enforcement agency and successor to the former Naval Investigative Service ....
       (NCIS)
    • Pentagon Force Protection Agency
      Pentagon Force Protection Agency

      The Pentagon Force Protection Agency is a United States Government agency staffed by sworn federal policeofficers , civilian criminal investigators and CBRN technicians, as well as non-sworn civilian anti-terrorism physical security personnel, and is responsible for the protection of The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department...
       (PFPA)
    • United States Pentagon Police
      United States Pentagon Police

      The U.S. Pentagon Police is the federal police force of the Secretary of Defense. The mission of the U.S. Pentagon Police is to promote high quality law enforcement and security services, in order to provide a safe and orderly work environment for the United States Department of Defense in the Washington DC....
       (USPPD)
  • Department of Defense Field Activities
    • American Forces Information Service
      American Forces Information Service

      The American Forces Information Service is a United States Department of Defense-provided news service that supplies information about the U.S....
    • Counterintelligence Field Activity
      Counterintelligence Field Activity

      Counterintelligence Field Activity was a United States Department of Defense agency whose size and budget were classified. The CIFA was created by a directive from the Secretary of Defense on February 19, 2002....
    • Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
      Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office

      The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office , as part of the United States Department of Defense, reports to the United States Undersecretary of Defense for Policy through the United States Assistant Secretary of Defense....
    • Department of Defense Education Activity
      Department of Defense Education Activity

      The Department of Defense Education Activity is a civilian agency of the United States Department of Defense. It is headed by a director who oversees all agency functions from DoDEA headquarters in Arlington County, Virginia....
      • Department of Defense Dependents Schools
        Department of Defense Dependents Schools

        The Department of Defense Dependents Schools are a network of schools, both primary and secondary, that serve dependents of United States military - and other non-US - personnel outside the United States....
    • Defense Human Resources Activity
      Defense Human Resources Activity

      The Defense Human Resources Activity is a United States Department of Defense Field Activity chartered to support the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness ....
    • Office of Economic Adjustment
      Office of Economic Adjustment

      The Office of Economic Adjustment is the U.S. Department of Defense's primary source for assisting communities that are adversely impacted by Defense program changes, including base closures or realignments, base expansions, and contract or program cancellations....
    • Tricare Management Activity
    • Washington Headquarters Services
      Washington Headquarters Services

      Washington Headquarters Services was established as a U.S. Department of Defense Field Activity on October 1, 1977 as part of a DoD headquarters streamlining initiative....

Department of Education


Office of the Secretary
United States Secretary of Education

The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the United States Department of Education. The Secretary is a member of the President of the United States United States Cabinet, and 16th in line of United States presidential line of succession....
 (OS)

  • Office of Communications and Outreach (OCO)
  • Office of the General Counsel (OGC)
  • Office of Inspector General
  • Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs (OLCA)
  • Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
  • Institute of Education Sciences
    Institute of Education Sciences

    The Institute of Education Sciences, created as part of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, is the primary Educational research arm of the United States Department of Education....
     (IES)
    • National Center for Education Statistics
      National Center for Education Statistics

      The National Center for Education Statistics , as part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences , collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States; conducts studies on international comparisons of education statistics; and provid...
       (NCES)
      • National Assessment of Educational Progress
        National Assessment of Educational Progress

        The National Assessment of Educational Progress is the largest nationally representative assessment of what America?s students know and can do. The results of NAEP are released as The Nation?s Report Card....
         (NAEP)
      • Education Resources Information Center
        Education Resources Information Center

        The Education Resources Information Center , sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, produces a large international Bibliographic database of journal and non-journal education literature....
         (ERIC)
  • Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII)
  • Office of the Chief Financial Officer
  • Office of Management
  • Office of the Chief Information Officer
  • Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development
    • Budget Service
  • Risk Management Service


Chief Operating Officer

Office of the Under Secretary
Under Secretary of Education

The Under Secretary for the United_States_Department_of_Education oversees policies, programs, and activities related to postsecondary education, vocational and adult education, and federal student aid....
 (OUS)
  • Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE)
  • Office of Vocational and Adult Education
    Office of Vocational and Adult Education

    The Office of Vocational and Adult Education is a subdivision of the United States Department of Education. OVAE falls under the supervision of the Undersecretary, who oversees policies, programs and activities related to vocational education and adult education, postsecondary education, student financial aid and the President's financial r...
     (OVAE)
  • Office of Federal Student Aid
    Office of Federal Student Aid

    Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, plays a central and essential role in America's Higher education community....
     (FSA)
  • President's Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities (WHITCU)
  • President's Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (WHIHBCU)


Office of the Deputy Secretary
United States Deputy Secretary of Education

The Deputy Secretary of Education oversees and manages the development of policies in the United States Department of Education. The Deputy Secretary focuses primarily on K?12 education policy, such as No Child Left Behind, the High School Initiative, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act....
 (ODS)
  • Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)
    • Office of Migrant Education
      Office of Migrant Education

      The Office of Migrant Education is a program within the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education that administers Federal grant that provide academic and supportive services to the children of families who Migrant worker to find work in the agricultural and fishing industries....
    • President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
  • Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA)
  • Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
    Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

    The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services is a program of the United States Department of Education. OSERS' official mission is "to provide leadership to achieve full integration and participation in society of people with disabilities by ensuring equal opportunity and access to, and excellence in, education, employment and...
     (OSERS)
    • National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
      National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

      National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research is a United States governmental institution that provides leadership and support for a comprehensive program of research related to the Physical medicine and rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities....
       (NIDRR)
    • Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
    • Rehabilitation Services Administration
      Rehabilitation Services Administration

      The Rehabilitation Services Administration is a federal agency under the United States Department of Education. It was established to administer portions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973....
       (RSA)
  • Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
    Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools

    The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving the quality of programs and activities designed to:...
     (OSDFS)
  • Office of Innovation and Improvement


Associated federal organizations
  • National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB)
  • National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
  • Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE)


Federally aided organizations
  • American Printing House for the Blind
  • Gallaudet University
    Gallaudet University

    Gallaudet University is a federally chartered, quasi-governmental university for the education of the deaf and hard-of-hearing, located in Washington, D.C....
  • Howard University
    Howard University

    Howard University is a private university, coeducational, nonsectarian, Historically black colleges and universities university located in Washington, D.C., United States....
  • National Technical Institute for the Deaf
    National Technical Institute for the Deaf

    The National Technical Institute for the Deaf is the first and largest technological college in the world for students who are deaf or hard of hearing....

Department of Energy

  • Energy Information Administration
    Energy Information Administration

    The United States Energy Information Administration , created by United States Congress in 1977, is the independent statistical agency within the United States Department of Energy....
     (EIA)
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is the United States Independent agencies of the United States government with jurisdiction over wiktionary:interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectricity license, natural gas pricing, and pipeline transport rates....
     (FERC)
  • National Laboratories & Technology Centers
    United States Department of Energy National Laboratories

    The United States Department of Energy National Laboratories and Technology Centers are a system of facilities and laboratories overseen by the United States Department of Energy for the purpose of advancing science and helping promote the economic and defensive national interests of the United States of America....
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    • Albany Research Center
      Albany Research Center

      The Albany Research Center, now part of National Energy Technology Laboratory , is a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory staffed by Federal employees located in Albany, Oregon....
       
    • Ames Laboratory
      Ames Laboratory

      Ames Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in Ames, Iowa. The Laboratory conducts research into various areas of national concern, including the synthesis and study of new materials, energy resources, high-speed computer design, and environmental cleanup and restoration....
    • Argonne National Laboratory
      Argonne National Laboratory

      Argonne National Laboratory is one of the United States Department of Energy's oldest and largest science and engineering research United States Department of Energy National Labs and is the largest in size in the Midwest ....
    • Argonne National Laboratory (West) (now part of Idaho National Laboratory
      Idaho National Laboratory

      The Idaho National Laboratory is an 890-square-mile complex located in the desert land of eastern Idaho, between the town of Arco, Idaho and the city of Idaho Falls, at ....
      )
    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Brookhaven National Laboratory

      Brookhaven National Laboratory , is a United States United States Department of Energy National Labs located in Upton, New York on Long Island, and was formally established in 1947 at the site of Camp Upton, a former U.S....
    • Center for Functional Nanomaterials
      Center for Functional Nanomaterials

      The Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory will provide state-of-the-art capabilities for the fabrication and study of nanoscale materials, with an emphasis on atomic-level tailoring of nanomaterials to achieve desired properties and functions....
       (under design or construction)
    • Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
      Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies

      The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies is one of five Nanoscale Science Research Centers the United States Department of Energy sponsors. The Center's "core facility" is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico....
       (under design or construction)
    • Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
      Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences

      The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences was the first to open of the five Nanoscale Science Research Centers the United States Department of Energy sponsors....
       (under design or construction)
    • Center for Nanoscale Materials
      Center for Nanoscale Materials

      The Center for Nanoscale Materials is one of five Nanoscale Science Research Centers the United States Department of Energy sponsors. The Center is at Argonne National Laboratory location in Argonne, Illinois....
       (under design or construction)
    • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
    • Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

      The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , is a United States Department of Energy United States Department of Energy National Labs conducting unclassified scientific research....
       
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

      The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California is a scientific research laboratory founded by the University of California in 1952....
       
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
      Los Alamos National Laboratory

      Los Alamos National Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy United States Department of Energy National Labs, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC , located in Los Alamos, New Mexico....
       
    • Molecular Foundry
      Molecular Foundry

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       (under design or construction)
    • National Energy Technology Laboratory
      National Energy Technology Laboratory

      The National Energy Technology Laboratory is a science, technology, and energy laboratory owned and operated by the U.S. Department of Energy ....
       
    • National Petroleum Technology Office
      National Petroleum Technology Office

      The National Petroleum Technology Office was an agency of the United States Department of Energy. It is now known as the Strategic Center for Natural Gas and Oil....
       
    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
      National Renewable Energy Laboratory

      The National Renewable Energy Laboratory , located in Golden, Colorado, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy, is the United States' primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development....
       
    • New Brunswick Laboratory
      New Brunswick Laboratory

      The New Brunswick Laboratory , is a Government-owned, Government-operated, center of excellence in the measurement science of nuclear materials....
       
    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
      Oak Ridge National Laboratory

      Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy by UT-Battelle....
       
    • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
      Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

      The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is one of nine United States United States Department of Energy multiprogram United States Department of Energy National Labs....
       
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
      Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

      Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy United States Department of Energy National Labs for plasma physics and nuclear fusion science located just east of Princeton University's main campus in Princeton, New Jersey....
       
    • Radiological & Environmental Sciences Laboratory
    • Sandia National Laboratories
      Sandia National Laboratories

      Sandia National Laboratories, which is managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation , is a major United States Department of Energy research and development United States Department of Energy National Labs with two locations, one in Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico and the other in Livermore, California, California....
    • Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
      Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

      The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory is a research unit of the University of Georgia, located at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C....
    • Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
      Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

      The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a United States Department of Energy United States Department of Energy National Laboratories operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S....
       
    • Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator
    • Yucca Mountain
      Yucca Mountain

      From 1987 to 2009, Yucca Mountain Repository was the proposed United States Department of Energy deep geological repository storage facility for Spent nuclear fuel and other radioactive waste....
  • National Nuclear Security Administration
    National Nuclear Security Administration

    The United States National Nuclear Security Administration is part of the United States Department of Energy. It works to improve national security through the military application of nuclear energy....
     (NNSA)
  • Power Marketing Administration
    Power Marketing Administration

    A Power Marketing Administration is a List of United States federal agencies within the United States Department of Energy with the responsibility for marketing hydropower, primarily from multiple-purpose water projects operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the International Bound...
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    • Bonneville Power Administration
      Bonneville Power Administration

      The Bonneville Power Administration is an United States Federal agency based in the Pacific Northwest. BPA was created by an act of United States Congress in 1937 to market electric power from the Bonneville Dam located on the Columbia River and to construct facilities necessary to transmit that power....
    • Southeastern Power Administration
      Southeastern Power Administration

      The Southeastern Power Administration is a United States Power Marketing Administration with responsibility for marketing hydroelectric power from 23 water projects operated by the U.S....
    • Southwestern Power Administration
      Southwestern Power Administration

      The Southwestern Power Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department of Energy. Southwestern's mission was established by Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944....
    • Western Area Power Administration
      Western Area Power Administration

      The Western Area Power Administration markets and delivers hydroelectric power and related services within a 15-state region of the central and western U.S....

Department of Health and Human Services

  • Administration on Aging
    Administration on Aging

    The Administration on Aging is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. AoA awards annual grants to State government agencies on aging and Native American tribal organizations to support programs mandated by the Congress in the Older Americans Act....
     (AoA)
  • Administration for Children and Families
    Administration for Children and Families

    The Administration for Children and Families is a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services . It is headed by the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, which from 2001 to 2007 was Dr....
     (ACF)
    • Administration on Developmental Disabilities
      Administration on Developmental Disabilities

      The Administration on Developmental Disabilities is the Federal agency responsible for implementation and administration of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 and the disability provisions of the Help America Vote Act....
       (ADD)
    • Administration for Native Americans
      Administration for Native Americans

      The Administration for Native Americans is a department of the United States United States Department of Health and Human Services established in 1974 through the Native American Programs Act ....
       (ANA)
    • Child Care Bureau (CCB)
    • Children's Bureau
      United States Children's Bureau

      The United States Children's Bureau is a federal agency organized under the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families....
       (CB)
    • Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
    • Head Start Bureau
      Head Start

      Head Start is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families....
       (HSB)
    • Healthy Marriage Initiative (HMI)
    • Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
      LIHEAP

      The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program is a United States federal social services program first established in 1981 and funded annually through United States Congress appropriations....
       (LIHEAP)
    • Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
    • Office of Community Services Block Grant (OCS)
    • Office of Family Assistance (OFA) / Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
      Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

      Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is the United States of America's federal assistance program, formerly known as ?welfare?. It began on July 1, 1997, and succeeded the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, providing cash assistance to indigent American families with dependent children through the United States Department o...
       (TANF)
    • Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
    • President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID)
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality , is a part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services which supports research designed to improve the outcomes and quality of health care, reduce its costs, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to effective services....
     (AHRQ)
  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
    Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

    The United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, is an agency for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that is directed by a congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of Hazardous material in the environment....
     (ATSDR)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an agency of the United States United States Department of Health and Human Services based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States adjacent to the campus of Emory University and northeast of downtown Atlanta....
     (CDC)
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration , is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the State Children's Health...
     (CMS)
  • Food and Drug Administration
    Food and Drug Administration

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is an Government agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for regulating and supervising the safety of foods, dietary supplements, Medications, vaccines, Biopharmaceutical, blood transfusion, medical devices, Electromagnetic radiation-emitting devices, veteri...
     (FDA)
  • Health Resources and Services Administration
    Health Resources and Services Administration

    The Health Resources and Services Administration , an agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable....
     (HRSA)
  • Indian Health Service
    Indian Health Service

    Indian Health Service is an Operating Division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services . IHS is responsible for providing medical and public health services to members of federally recognized Tribes and Alaska Natives....
     (IHS)
  • National Institutes of Health
    National Institutes of Health

    The National Institutes of Health is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research....
     (NIH)
  • (OCR)
  • (OMH)
  • Program Support Center (PSC)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is the US Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses....
     (SAMHSA)
  • Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
    Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

    The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is a United States federal agency that was created in 2009 by the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009....
     (ONCHIT)

Department of Homeland Security

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* United States Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the Military of the United States and one of seven Uniformed services of the United States. In addition to being a military branch at all times, it is unique among the armed forces in that it is also a Admiralty law agency and a Federal government of the United States regulatory agency....
 (USCG)
  • National Cyber Security Division
    National Cyber Security Division

    The National Cyber Security Division is a division of the Office of Cyber Security & Communications, within the United States United States Department of Homeland Security's Directorate of National Protection and Programs....
  • Environmental Measurements Laboratory
    Environmental Measurements Laboratory

    The Environmental Measurements Laboratory , a United States government-owned, government-operated laboratory, is part of the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security ....
  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the largest and primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Homeland Security , responsible for identifying, investigating, and dismantling vulnerabilities regarding the nation's border, economic, transportation, and infrastructure security....
     (ICE)
  • United States Federal Protective Service
    United States Federal Protective Service

    The United States Federal Protective Service is a component of United States Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is responsible for law enforcement and security of nearly 9,000 federally owned and leased buildings, facilities, properties and other federal assets....
     (ICE-FPS)
  • United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
    United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

    United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is a bureau of the United States Department of Homeland Security . It performs many adminsitrative functions formerly carried out by the legacy United States Immigration and Naturalization Service , which was part of the United States Department of Justice....
     (USCIS)
  • Office of Immigration Statistics
    Office of Immigration Statistics

    The Office of Immigration Statistics is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security under the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Policy....
  • Customs and Border Protection
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing hundreds of U.S....
     (CBP)
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency
    Federal Emergency Management Agency

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is an agency of the United States United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Order on April 1, 1979)....
     (FEMA)
  • Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
    Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

    The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center serves as an interagency law enforcement training organization for 82 United States Government Federal Law Enforcement agencies....
     (FLETC)
  • United States Secret Service
    United States Secret Service

    The United States Secret Service is a United States Federal government of the United States law enforcement agency that falls under the United States Department of Homeland Security....
     (USSS)
  • Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness
  • Transportation Security Administration
    Transportation Security Administration

    The Transportation Security Administration is a Federal government of the United States List of United States federal agencies that was created as part of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President George W....
     (TSA)
  • National Communications System
    National Communications System

    The National Communications System is an office within the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with enabling national security and emergency preparedness communications using the national telecommunications system....
     (NCS)


Department of Housing and Urban Development

  • Community Development Block Grant
    Community Development Block Grant

    The Community Development Block Grant , one of the longest-running programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, funds local community development activities such as affordable housing, anti-poverty programs, and infrastructure development....
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  • Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
  • Federal Housing Administration
    Federal Housing Administration

    The Federal Housing Administration is a United States government agency created as part of the National Housing Act of 1934. The goals of this organization are: to improve housing standards and conditions; to provide an adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgage loans; and to stabilize the mortgage market....
     (FHA)
  • Government National Mortgage Association
    Government National Mortgage Association

    The Government National Mortgage Association is a United States of America government-owned corporation within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ....
     (GNMA, Ginnie Mae)
  • Office of Policy Development and Research (Bridges to Work)
  • Office of Public and Indian Housing
    Office of Public and Indian Housing

    The Office of Public and Indian Housing is an agency of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Its mission is to ensure safe, decent, and affordable housing, create opportunities for residents' self-sufficiency and economic independence, and assure the fiscal integrity of all program participants....
     (PIH)

Department of the Interior

  • Bureau of Land Management
    Bureau of Land Management

    The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately 264 million acres or one-eighth of the landmass of the country....
     (BLM)
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs
    Bureau of Indian Affairs

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the United States Department of the Interior charged with the administration and management of 55.7 million acres of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, List of Native American Tribal Entities and A...
     (BIA)
  • Office of Surface Mining
    Office of Surface Mining

    The Office of Surface Mining is a branch of the United States Department of the Interior. It is the federal agency entrusted with the implementation and enforcement of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ....
     (OSM)
  • Bureau of Reclamation
    United States Bureau of Reclamation

    The Bureau of Reclamation is an agency under the United States Department of the Interior and oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and/or operation of numerous water diversion, delivery, and storage and hydroelectric power generation projects it built throughout the western United States....
     (USBR)
  • Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
  • Minerals Management Service
    Minerals Management Service

    The purpose of the Minerals Management Service , as part of the United States United States Department of the Interior, is to manage the mineral resources on Federal lands and List of Indian reservations in the United States as well as the subsea-surface lands of the Outer Continental Shelf in an environmentally sound and safe manner, and to...
     (MMS)
  • National Park Service
    National Park Service

    The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
     (NPS)
  • United States Geological Survey
    United States Geological Survey

    The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it....
     (USGS)
  • Office of Insular Affairs
    Office of Insular Affairs

    The Office of Insular Affairs is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that oversees federal administration of several United States possessions....
     (OIA)

Department of Justice

  • Antitrust Division
    United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division

    The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division is responsible for enforcing the United States antitrust law. It shares jurisdiction over Civil law antitrust cases with the Federal Trade Commission and often works jointly with the FTC to provide regulatory guidance to businesses....
  • Asset Forfeiture Program
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a specialized federal police and regulatory organization within the United States Department of Justice....
     (ATF)
  • Civil Division
    United States Department of Justice Civil Division

    The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division represents the United States, its departments and agencies, members of United States Congress, United States Cabinet and other Federal employees in civil litigation....
  • Civil Rights Division
    United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division

    The United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is the institution within the federal government responsible for enforcing federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of racism, sexism, disability, religious intolerance, and national origin....
  • Community Oriented Policing Services
    Community Oriented Policing Services

    The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is an agency within the United States Department of Justice. COPS was established through a provision in the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act....
     (COPS)
  • Community Relations Service
  • Criminal Division
    United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

    The United States Department of Justice Criminal Division develops, enforces, and supervises the application of all federal criminal laws in the United States, except those specifically assigned to other divisions....
  • Diversion Control Program
  • Drug Enforcement Administration
    Drug Enforcement Administration

    The Drug Enforcement Administration is a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency tasked with combating War on Drugs Not only is the DEA the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the drug policy of the United States , it also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing U.S....
     (DEA)
  • Environment and Natural Resources Division
    United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division

    The Environment and Natural Resources Division is one of seven litigating components of the United States Department of Justice. ENRD?s mandate is to enforce civil and criminal environmental laws and programs protecting the health and environment of the United States, and to defend Lawsuits challenging those laws and programs....
  • Executive Office for Immigration Review
    Executive Office for Immigration Review

    The Executive Office for Immigration Review is an office of the United States Department of Justice and is responsible for adjudicating immigration cases in the United States....
  • Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
    United States Attorney

    United States Attorneys represent the United States Federal government of the United States in United States district court and United States court of appeals....
     (EOUSA)
  • Executive Office for U.S. Trustees
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
    Federal Bureau of Investigation

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the primary unit in the United States United States Department of Justice, serving as both a Law enforcement agency body and a domestic intelligence agency....
     (FBI)
  • Federal Bureau of Prisons
    Federal Bureau of Prisons

    The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a federal law enforcement agency subdivision of the United States United States Department of Justice and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system....
  • Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
    Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

    The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States is a quasi-judicial, independent agency within the U.S. Department of Justice which adjudicates claims of U.S....
  • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
  • Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP)
  • INTERPOL
    Interpol

    The International Criminal Police Organization, better known by its Electrical telegraph Interpol, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation....
     - U.S. National Central Bureau
  • Justice Management Division
  • United States Marshals Service
    United States Marshals Service

    The United States Marshals Service is a United States Federal law enforcement in the United States within the United States Department of Justice and is the second oldest federal law enforcement agency in the United States.While the United States Postal Inspection Service first agent was appointed in 1772, performed Chief Postal Inspect...
  • National Crime Information Center
    National Crime Information Center

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  • National Drug Intelligence Center
    National Drug Intelligence Center

    The U.S. National Drug Intelligence Center , established in 1993, is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice and a member of the Intelligence Community....
  • National Institute of Corrections
    National Institute of Corrections

    The National Institute of Corrections is an agency of the United States Federal government of the United States. It is part of the United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons....
     (FBOP)
  • Office of the Federal Detention Trustee
  • Office of the Inspector General
    Office of the Inspector General

    Office of the Inspector General is a sub-agency that is part of United States Cabinet and Independent agencies of the United States government of the United States federal government as well as some state and local governments....
  • Office of Intelligence Policy and Review
    Office of Intelligence Policy and Review

    The Office of Intelligence Policy and Review is a staff agency within the United States Department of Justice.This government agency handles all Justice Department requests for surveillance authorizations under the terms of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, advises the United States Attorney General and United States Intellig...
  • Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison
  • Office of Justice Programs
    Office of Justice Programs

    The Office of Justice Programs is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that focuses on crime prevention through research and development, assistance to state and local Law enforcement agency and criminal justice agencies through Federal grant, and assistance to crime victims....
     (OJP)
    • Bureau of Justice Assistance
      Bureau of Justice Assistance

      The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, within the United States Department of Justice.BJA Mission:...
    • Bureau of Justice Statistics
    • Community Capacity Development Office
      Community Capacity Development Office

      The Community Capacity Development Office is an office of the United States Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs....
    • National Criminal Justice Reference Service
      National Criminal Justice Reference Service

      The National Criminal Justice Reference Service is a program that disseminates publications from the United States Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs agencies, as well as the Office of National Drug Control Policy , Office on Violence Against Women, National Institute of Corrections , and Community Oriented Policing Services...
    • National Institute of Justice
      National Institute of Justice

      The National Institute of Justice is the research, development and evaluation agency of the United States Department of Justice. NIJ, along with the Bureau of Justice Statistics , Bureau of Justice Assistance , Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention , Office for Victims of Crime , and other program offices, comprise the Offi...
    • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
      Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

      The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is an office of the United States Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs....
    • Office for Victims of Crime
      Office for Victims of Crime

      The Office for Victims of Crime is a part of the Office of Justice Programs, within the United States Department of Justice.The OVC's mission is to provide aid and promote justice for crime victims....
  • Office of the Pardon Attorney
    Office of the Pardon Attorney

    The Office of the Pardon Attorney, in consultation with the Attorney General of the United States or his designee, assists the President of the United States in the exercise of executive clemency as authorized under Article Two of the United States Constitution....
  • Parole Commission
    United States Parole Commission

    The United States Parole Commission is the parole board responsible to grant or deny parole and to supervise those released on parole to incarcerated individuals who come under its jurisdiction....
  • Office of the Police Corps
  • Office of Tribal Justice
  • Office on Violence Against Women
    Office on Violence Against Women

    The Office on Violence Against Women , a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, provides national leadership in developing the nation's capacity to reduce violence against women through the implementation of the Violence Against Women Act ....
  • Solicitor General
    United States Solicitor General

    The United States Solicitor General is the person appointed to argue for the Government of the United States in front of the Supreme Court of the United States whenever the government is party to a case....
  • Tax Division
    United States Department of Justice Tax Division

    The United States Department of Justice Tax Division is responsible for the prosecution of both Civil law and Criminal law cases arising under the Internal Revenue Code and other Taxation in the United States....
  • United States Attorney
    United States Attorney

    United States Attorneys represent the United States Federal government of the United States in United States district court and United States court of appeals....
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Department of Labor

  • Administrative Review Board
    Administrative Review Board (Labor)

    In April 1996, the Secretary of Labor established the Administrative Review Board to succeed the former Board of Service Contract Appeals, Wage Appeals Board, and Office of Administrative Appeals....
     (ARB)
  • Benefits Review Board
    Benefits Review Board

    The Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board was created in 1972, by the United States Congress, to review and issue decisions on appeals of workers? compensation claims arising under the Longshore and Harbor Workers? Compensation Act and the Black Lung Benefits amendments to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969....
     (BRB)
  • Bureau of International Labor Affairs
    Bureau of International Labor Affairs

    The Bureau of International Labor Affairs is an operating unit of the United States Department of Labor which manages the Department's international responsibilities....
     (ILAB)
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Bureau of Labor Statistics

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics , a unit of the United States Department of Labor, is the principal fact-finding agency for the government of the United States in the broad field of labor economics ....
     (BLS)
  • Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (CFBCI)
  • Employees' Compensation Appeals Board
    Employees' Compensation Appeals Board

    The Employees' Compensation Appeals Board was created in 1946 by statute to hear appeals taken from determinations and awards under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act with respect to claims of federal employees injured in the course of their employment....
     (ECAB)
  • Employment Standards Administration
    Employment Standards Administration

    The Employment Standards Administration , the largest agency within the U.S. Department of Labor, enforces and administers laws governing legally-mandated wages and working conditions, including child labor, minimum wages, overtime and family and medical leave; equal employment opportunity in businesses with federal contracts and subcontract...
     (ESA)
    • Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
      Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

      The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is part of the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration. OFCCP is responsible for ensuring that employers doing business with the Federal government comply with the laws and regulations requiring nondiscrimination....
       (OFCCP)
    • The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)
    • Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
    • Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
  • Employment and Training Administration
    Employment and Training Administration

    The mission of the Employment and Training Administration , as part of the U.S. Department of Labor, is to contribute to the more efficient and effective functioning of the U.S....
     (ETA)
  • Mine Safety and Health Administration
    Mine Safety and Health Administration

    The Mine Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor which administers the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to eliminate fatal accidents, to reduce the frequency and severity of nonfatal accide...
     (MSHA)
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration
    Occupational Safety and Health Administration

    The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. It was created by Congress of the United States under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M....
     (OSHA)
  • Employee Benefits Security Administration
    Employee Benefits Security Administration

    The Employee Benefits Security Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor responsible for administering the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ....
     (EBSA)
  • Veterans' Employment and Training Service
    Veterans' Employment and Training Service

    The United States Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training was established by Secretary's Order No. 5-81 in December 1981....
     (VETS)
  • Women's Bureau
    United States Women's Bureau

    The United States Women's Bureau is an agency of the United States government within the United States Department of Labor. The Women?s Bureau was established by Congress in 1920 and continues its responsibility to carry out Public Law 66-259; 29 U.S.C....
     (WB)

Department of State

  • Bureau of Administration
    Bureau of Administration

    In the United States Government, the Bureau of Administration is part of the U.S. Department of State. The Bureau is responsible for administrative support operations, including procurement; supply and transportation; real property and facilities management; diplomatic pouch and mail services; official records, publishing, and library servic...
  • Bureau of African Affairs
    Bureau of African Affairs

    In the United States Government, the Bureau of African Affairs is part of the U.S. Department of State and is charged with advising the Secretary of State on matters of Sub-Saharan Africa....
  • Bureau of Consular Affairs
    Bureau of Consular Affairs

    The Bureau of Consular Affairs is a bureau of the United States Department of State within that department's management office. The mission of the Bureau is to administer laws, formulate regulations and implement policies relating to the broad range of Consular assistance and immigration....
  • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
    Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

    The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Affairs at the United States Department of State is one of three bureaus and two offices that constitute the Office of the Under Secretary for Global Affairs....
  • Bureau of Diplomatic Security
    Bureau of Diplomatic Security

    The Bureau of Diplomatic Security is the parent organization of the Diplomatic Security Service . However, both terms are used interchangeably within the State Department and other agencies....
    • Office of Foreign Missions
      Office of Foreign Missions

      Bureau of Diplomatic Security - Office of Foreign MissionsMandated by Congress, the Office of Foreign Missions provides the legal foundation to facilitate secure and efficient operations of U.S....
  • Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
    Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

    In the United States Government, the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs is part of the U.S. Department of State and is charged with advising the Secretary of State and Under Secretary for Political Affairs on matters of the Asia-Pacific region, as well as dealing with U.S....
  • Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
  • Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
    Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

    The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries around the world....
    • Internet Access and Training Program
      Internet Access and Training Program

      The Internet Access and Training Program funded by USAID since 2007, is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs , United States Department of State, funded in the past under the Freedom Support Act ....
  • Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
    Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs

    In the United States Government, the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs is part of the U.S. Department of State, charged with implementing U.S....
  • Bureau of Human Resources
  • Bureau of Information Resource Management
    Bureau of Information Resource Management

    The Bureau of Information Resource Management is a component of Department of State's management family of bureaus, which provides the information technology and services the Department needs to successfully carry out its foreign policy mission....
  • Bureau of Intelligence and Research
    Bureau of Intelligence and Research

    The Bureau of Intelligence and Research is an intelligence bureau in the U.S. State Department tasked with analyzing information. Originally founded as the Research and Analysis Branch of the Office of Strategic Services, it was transferred to the State Department at the end of World War II....
  • Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
    Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

    The Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is a part of the Department of State within the United States government that advises the President of the United States, United States Secretary of State, other bureaus in the Department of State, and other departments and agencies within the U.S....
  • Bureau of International Organization Affairs
    Bureau of International Organization Affairs

    The Bureau of International Organization Affairs is a bureau in the United States Department of State that creates and executes U.S. policy in the United Nations and other international organizations....
  • Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
    Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation

    The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation is an agency within the United States Department of State responsible for managing a broad range of nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and arms control functions....
  • Bureau of Legislative Affairs
    Bureau of Legislative Affairs

    The Bureau of Legislative Affairs is the office of the United States Department of State that coordinates legislative activity for the Department of State and communications between the State Department and United States Congress....
  • Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
    Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs

    The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs is an agency of the Department of State within the United States government that deals with U.S. foreign policy and diplomatic relations with the countries and geographic entities of Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tuni...
  • Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
    Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

    The Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs is a bureau within the United States Department of State. It coordinates a portfolio of issues related to the world's oceans, environment, science and technology, and health....
  • Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
    Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations

    The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations is an agency of the United States Department of State charged with constructing, purchasing, and maintaining buildings and real estate in other countries....
  • Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
    Bureau of Political-Military Affairs

    The Bureau of Political-Military Affairs is an agency within the United States Department of State that bridges the Department of State with the United States Department of Defense....
  • Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
    Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

    The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration is a bureau within the United States Department of State.It has primary responsibility for formulating policies on population, refugees, and migration, and for administering U.S....
  • Bureau of Public Affairs
    Bureau of Public Affairs

    The Bureau of Public Affairs is the part of the United States Department of State that carries out the Secretary of State's mandate to help United States understand the importance of foreign affairs....
  • Bureau of Resource Management
    Bureau of Resource Management

    Within the United States Department of State, The Bureau of Resource Management assists foreign affairs agency heads with developing policies, plans, and programs to achieve foreign policy goals....
  • Bureau of South Asian Affairs
  • Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
    Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation

    The Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation is an agency within the United States Department of State. It is responsible for providing oversight of policy and resources of all matters relating to the verification of compliance---or noncompliance---with international arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements....
  • Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
    Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

    In the United States Government, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs is a part of the U.S. Department of State, charged with implementing U.S....
  • Counterterrorism Office (which produces the Patterns of Global Terrorism
    Patterns of Global Terrorism

    Patterns of Global Terrorism is a report published each year on or before April 30 by the United States Department of State. The United States Secretary of State is required by United States Congress to produce detailed assessments about...
     report)
  • National Foreign Affairs Training Center
    National Foreign Affairs Training Center

    The George Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center is one of several locations that house the Foreign Service Institute , the Federal government of the United States's training school for members of the U.S....
     (former Foreign Service Institute
    Foreign Service Institute

    Located in Arlington, Virginia, the Foreign Service Institute is housed at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center. It is the primary training facility for United States of America United States Foreign Service Officers, replacing the Foreign Service School established in 1924....
    )
  • Office of International Information Programs
  • Office of the Legal Adviser
  • Office of Management Policy
  • Office of Protocol
  • Office of the Science and Technology Adviser
  • Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
  • Office of War Crimes Issues
    Office of War Crimes Issues

    The Office of War Crimes Issues is a office within the United States Department of State.It is charged with advising the United States Secretary of State and formulating Foreign policy of the United States relating to war crimes and other Crime against humanity....

Department of Transportation

  • Federal Aviation Administration
    Federal Aviation Administration

    The Federal Aviation Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S....
     (FAA)
  • Federal Highway Administration
    Federal Highway Administration

    The Federal Highway Administration is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program....
     (FHWA)
  • Federal Railroad Administration
    Federal Railroad Administration

    The Federal Railroad Administration is an administration in the U.S. Department of Transportation. The agency was created by the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 ....
     (FRA)
  • Federal Transit Administration
    Federal Transit Administration

    The Federal Transit Administration is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation that provides financial and technical assistance to local transit systems....
     (FTA)
  • Maritime Administration (MARAD)
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

    The FMCSA was established as a separate administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000, pursuant to the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999....
     (FMCSA)
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an agency of the Executive Branch of the United States Government, part of the United States Department of Transportation....
     (NHTSA)
  • Research and Innovative Technology Administration
    Research and Innovative Technology Administration

    The Research and Innovative Technology Administration is a United States United States Department of Transportation administration created in 2005....
      (RITA)
  • Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
    Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

    The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration was created under the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act of 2004....
     (PHMSA)
  • Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
    Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

    The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation....
     (SLSDC)
  • Surface Transportation Board
    Surface Transportation Board

    The Surface Transportation Board of the United States was created by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 at the same time the Interstate Commerce Commission was abolished....
     (STB)

Department of the Treasury

  • Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
    Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

    The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, originally designated Tax and Trade Bureau in the statue and frequently shortened to TTB, is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury....
     (TTB)
  • Bureau of Engraving and Printing
    Bureau of Engraving and Printing

    The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a government agency within the United States Department of the Treasury that designs and produces a variety of security products for the Federal Government of the United States, most notable of which is FRN for the Federal Reserve....
     (BEP)
  • Bureau of the Public Debt
    Bureau of the Public Debt

    The Bureau of the Public Debt is an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury. The Bureau's headquarters are located in Washington, DC, but most employees are located in Parkersburg, West Virginia....
  • Community Development Financial Institution Fund
    Community Development Financial Institution Fund

    The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, or CDFI Fund, promotes economic revitalization in distressed communities throughout the United States by providing financial assistance and information to community development financial institutions ....
     (CDFI)
  • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
    Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

    The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions in order to combat money laundering, terrorist financiers, and other financial crimes....
     (FinCEN)
  • Financial Management Service
    Financial Management Service

    The Financial Management Service is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury and provides several financial services for the United States Government....
     (FMS)
  • Inspector General
    Inspector General

    In a civilian or military administration, an Inspector General is a high ranking official charged with the mission to inspect and report on some bodies in their field of competency....
  • Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)
  • Internal Revenue Service
    Internal Revenue Service

    The Internal Revenue Service is the Federal government of the United States agency that collects taxes and enforces the tax law. It is an agency within the U.S....
     (IRS)
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
    Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a US federal agency established by the National Currency Act of 1863 and serves to charter, regulate, and supervise all national banks and the federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States....
     (OCC)
  • Office of Thrift Supervision
    Office of Thrift Supervision

    The Office of Thrift Supervision , an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury, is the primary regulator of federal savings associations ....
     (OTS)
  • Office of the Secretary
    • Domestic Finance
    • Economic Policy
    • General Counsel
    • Information and Technology Management
    • International Affairs
    • Management
    • Public Affairs
    • Tax Policy
    • Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)
    • Treasurer of the United States
  • United States Mint
    United States Mint

    The United States Mint primarily produces circulating currency for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce. The main Mint facility is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and branch mint are located in Denver, Colorado; San Francisco, California; and West Point, New York....

Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Veterans Benefits Administration
    Veterans Benefits Administration

    The Veterans Benefits Administration is "an organizational element of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs"....
     (VBA)
  • Veterans Health Administration
    Veterans Health Administration

    Veterans Health Administration is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that implements the medical assistance program of the VA through the administration and operation of numerous VA outpatient clinics, hospitals, medical centers and longterm healthcare facilities ....
     (VHA)
  • National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  • Office of Information and Technology (OI&T)

Independent agencies

  • Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
    Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

    The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is an Independent agencies of the United States government that promotes the preservation, enhancement, and productive use of the nation's historic resources, and advises the President of the United States and United States Congress on national historic preservation policy....
     (ACHP)
  • Agency for International Development
    United States Agency for International Development

    The United States Agency for International Development is the Federal government of the United States organization responsible for most non-military aid foreign aid....
     (USAID)
  • American Battle Monuments Commission
    American Battle Monuments Commission

    The American Battle Monuments Commission is a small Independent agencies of the United States government. Established by United States Congress in 1923, it is responsible for:...
     (ABMC)
  • AmeriCorps
    AmeriCorps

    AmeriCorps is a United States Government partnering with non-profit organizations, public agencies, and faith-based organizations that was created under President Bill Clinton by the National and...
  • Appalachian Regional Commission
    Appalachian Regional Commission

    The Appalachian Regional Commission is a United States federal-state partnership that works with the people of Appalachia to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life....
     (ARC)
  • U.S. Arctic Research Commission
    U.S. Arctic Research Commission

    The United States Arctic Research Commission is a List of U.S. federal agencies. It was established by the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 ....
     (USARC)
  • Central Intelligence Agency
    Central Intelligence Agency

    The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the Federal government of the United States. It is the successor of the Office of Strategic Services formed during World War II to coordinate espionage activities between the branches of the US military services....
     (CIA)
  • US Commission on Civil Rights
    United States Commission on Civil Rights

    The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is a bipartisan, independent, federal commission charged with the responsibility for investigating, reporting on, and making recommendations concerning, the civil rights issues that face the nation....
     (USCCR)
  • Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
    Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

    Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe , also known as the Helsinki Commission, is an independent U.S. Government agency. It was established in 1976 pursuant to Public Law No....
     (CSCE)
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
    Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government.The Commodity Exchange Act , et seq., prohibits fraudulent conduct in the trading of futures contracts....
     (CFTC)
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission
    Consumer Product Safety Commission

    The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government created in 1972 through the Consumer Product Safety Act to protect "against unreasonable risks of injuries associated with consumer products." its acting chairman is Nancy Nord, a Republican....
     (CPSC)
  • Corporation for National and Community Service
    Corporation For National and Community Service

    The Corporation for National and Community Service was created as an Independent agencies of the United States government by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993....
     (CNCS)
  • Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
    Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency

    The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency was established, under the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, to oversee probationers and parolees, and provide pretrial services in Washington, D.C.....
     (CSOSA)
  • Delaware River Basin Commission
    Delaware River Basin Commission

    The Delaware River Basin Commission is a United States government agency created in 1961 by an interstate compact, signed into law by President John F....
     (DRBC)
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency
    United States Environmental Protection Agency

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an List of United States federal agencies of the federal government of the United States charged to Regulation of chemicals and protect human health by safeguarding the natural environment: air, water, and land....
     (EPA)
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is a federal agency charged with ending employment discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability and retaliation for reporting and/or opposing a discriminatory practice....
     (EEOC)
  • Export-Import Bank of the United States
    Export-Import Bank of the United States

    The Export-Import Bank of the United States is the official export credit agency of the United States federal government. It was established in 1934 by an executive order , and made an Independent agencies of the United States government in the Executive branch by Congress of the United States in 1945, for the purposes of financing and insu...
     (ExIm)
  • Farm Credit Administration
    Farm Credit Administration

    The Farm Credit Administration is an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the Federal government of the United States. It regulates and examines the banks, associations, and related entities of the Farm Credit System, a network of borrower-owned financial institutions that provide credit to farmers, ranchers, and agricultural and ru...
     (FCA)
  • Federal Communications Commission
    Federal Communications Commission

    The Federal Communications Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, created, directed, and empowered by United States Congress statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President of the United States....
     (FCC)
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a :Category:Government-owned companies in the United States created by the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933....
     (FDIC)
  • Federal Election Commission
    Federal Election Commission

    The Federal Election Commission is an Independent agency of the United States government regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States....
     (FEC)
  • Federal Maritime Commission
    Federal Maritime Commission

    The Federal Maritime Commission is an independent federal agency, based in Washington D.C., responsible for the regulation of oceanborne transportation in the foreign commerce of the U.S....
  • Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission (FMSHRC)
  • Federal Reserve System
    Federal Reserve System

    The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. Created in 1913 by the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, it is a quasi-public banking system that comprises the presidentially appointed Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C.; the Federal Open Market Committee; twelve regiona...
     (The Fed)
  • Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
    Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

    The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board was established as an Independent agencies of the United States government by the Federal Employees Retirement System Act of 1986....
  • Federal Trade Commission
    Federal Trade Commission

    The Federal Trade Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act....
     (FTC)
  • Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
    Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

    The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States is a quasi-judicial, independent agency within the U.S. Department of Justice which adjudicates claims of U.S....
     of the United States (FCSC)
  • General Services Administration
    General Services Administration

    The General Services Administration is an Independent agencies of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies....
     (GSA)
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services
    Institute of Museum and Library Services

    The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an Independent agencies of the United States government of the United States federal government....
     (IMLS)
  • Inter-American Foundation
    Inter-American Foundation

    The Inter-American Foundation or IAF is a Foreign aid of the United States. The Foundation provides funding for grassroots projects in Latin America and the Caribbean....
     (IAF)
  • International Trade Commission
    United States International Trade Commission

    The United States International Trade Commission is an independent, non-partisan , quasi-judicial, Federal Government of the United States agency of the United States that provides trade expertise to both the legislature and executive branches....
     (ITC)
  • Learn and Serve America
    Learn and Serve America

    Learn and Serve America is a United States government program under the authority of the Corporation For National and Community Service. Its mission is to provide opportunities for students nation-wide to participate in service learning projects, and to gain valuable experience while helping communities....
     (LSA)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    NASA

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
     (NASA)
  • National Archives and Records Administration
    National Archives and Records Administration

    The United States National Archives and Records Administration is an Independent agencies of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents....
     (NARA)
  • National Capital Planning Commission
    National Capital Planning Commission

    The National Capital Planning Commission is a United States government agency that provides planning guidance for Washington, D.C. and the surrounding communities....
     (NCPC)
  • National Credit Union Administration
    National Credit Union Administration

    The National Credit Union Administration is the United States Independent agencies of the United States government federal agency that supervises and charters federal credit unions and deposit insurance in federal and most state-chartered credit unions across the country through the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund , a federal fund...
     (NCUA)
  • National Endowment for the Arts
    National Endowment for the Arts

    The National Endowment for the Arts is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence....
     (NEA)
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
    National Endowment for the Humanities

    The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities....
     (NEH)
  • National Ice Center
    National Ice Center

    The National Ice Center is a tri-agency operational center whose mission is to provide world-wide navigational ice analyses for the United States Armed Forces of the United States, allied nations, and Government of the United States agencies....
     (NIC)
  • National Labor Relations Board
    National Labor Relations Board

    The National Labor Relations Board is an Independent agencies of the United States government charged with conducting elections for trade union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices....
     (NLRB)
  • National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
    Amtrak

    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide Inter-city rail train#Passenger trains service in the United States....
     (NRPC)
  • National Science Foundation
    National Science Foundation

    The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering....
     (NSF)
  • National Transportation Research Center
    National Transportation Research Center

    For the sigma N-transcription factor activator protein in prokaryotes, see NtrCThe National Transportation Research Center is an institution, located in Knoxville, Tennessee, that conducts research and development aimed at increasing the efficiency and safety of transportation systems and reducing their energy utilization and effects...
     (NTRC)
  • National Transportation Safety Board
    National Transportation Safety Board

    The National Transportation Safety Board is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for civil transportation accident investigation....
     (NTSB)
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    Nuclear Regulatory Commission is a United States government agency that was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 in 1974, and was first opened January 19, 1975....
     (NRC)
  • Office of Government Ethics (OGE)
  • Office of Personnel Management
    Office of Personnel Management

    The United States Office of Personnel Management is an Independent agencies of the United States government that manages the civil service of the federal government....
     (OPM)
  • Peace Corps
    Peace Corps

    The Peace Corps was established by Executive order 10924 on March 1, 1961, and authorized by United States Congress on September 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act ....
  • Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
    Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

    The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is an independent agency of the United States government that was created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to encourage the continuation and maintenance of voluntary private defined benefit pension plans, provide timely and uninterrupted payment of pension benefits, and keep pe...
     (PBGC)
  • United States Postal Service
    United States Postal Service

    The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States....
     (USPS)
    • United States Postal Inspection Service
      United States Postal Inspection Service

      The United States Postal Inspection Service is the law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service. Its jurisdiction is defined as "crimes that may adversely affect or mail fraud use the U.S....
       (USPIS)
    • Office of the Inspector General
      Office of the Inspector General

      Office of the Inspector General is a sub-agency that is part of United States Cabinet and Independent agencies of the United States government of the United States federal government as well as some state and local governments....
       (USPS-OIG)
  • Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC)
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Selective Service System
    Selective Service System

    The Selective Service System serves at least two purposes. It is the means by which the United States administers conscription in the United States....
     (SSS)
  • Senior Corps
    Senior Corps

    Senior Corps is a United States government agency under the authority of the Corporation For National and Community Service. Its stated mission is to provide aid to senior citizens in communities while promoting a sense of community....
  • Small Business Administration
    Small Business Administration

    The Small Business Administration is a United States government agency that provides support to small businesses.The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses and by assisting in the economic recovery of communities after...
     (SBA)
  • Social Security Administration
    Social Security Administration

    The United States Social Security Administration is an Independent agencies of the United States government of the United States federal government of the United States that administers Social Security , a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits....
     (SSA)
  • Susquehanna River Basin Commission
    Susquehanna River Basin Commission

    The Susquehanna River Basin Commission is a United States government agency created in 1970 by the Susquehanna River Basin Compact, an interstate compact between three states , signed into law by President Richard Nixon....
     (SRBC)
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
    Tennessee Valley Authority

    The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, Flood, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly impacted by the Great Depression....
     (TVA)
  • United States Trade and Development Agency
    United States Trade and Development Agency

    The United States Trade and Development Agency is an Independent agencies of the United States government of the federal government of the United States....
     (TDA)


Quasi-federal agencies


  • Legal Services Corporation
    Legal Services Corporation

    The Legal Services Corporation is a private, non-profit corporation established by the United States Congress to seek to ensure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans by providing civil Legal aid to those who otherwise would be unable to afford it....
     (LSC)
  • Smithsonian Institution
    Smithsonian Institution

    The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its Financial endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazine....
     (SI)


Legislative branch

  • Congressional Budget Office
    Congressional Budget Office

    The Congressional Budget Office is a List of United States federal agencies within the United States Congress of the United States government. It is a government agency that provides economic data to Congress....
     (CBO)
  • Library of Congress
    Library of Congress

    The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books....
     (LOC)
    • United States Copyright Office
      United States Copyright Office

      The United States Copyright Office, a part of the Library of Congress, is the official U.S. government body that maintains records of copyright registration in the United States....
  • Government Accountability Office
    Government Accountability Office

    The Government Accountability Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress. It is located in the Legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States....
     (GAO) (formerly the General Accounting Office)
    • Comptroller General of the United States
      Comptroller General of the United States

      The Comptroller General of the United States is the director of the Government Accountability Office , a legislative branch agency founded by United States Congress in 1921 to ensure the fiscal and managerial accountability of the federal government....
  • Government Printing Office
    United States Government Printing Office

    The Government Printing Office is an agency of the Legislature of the United States federal government. The office prints and provides access to documents produced by and for all three Separation of powers of the federal government, including the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Congress, the Executive Office of the Pres...
     (GPO)
  • Architect of the Capitol
    Architect of the Capitol

    The Architect of the Capitol is the Government agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, and also the head of that agency....
    • United States Botanic Garden
      United States Botanic Garden

      The United States Botanic Garden is a botanic garden on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., near Garfield Circle.The Botanic Garden is supervised by the United States Congress through the Architect of the Capitol, who is responsible for maintaining the grounds of the United States Capitol....
  • Office of Compliance
    United States Congress Office of Compliance

    The United States Congress Office of Compliance is an independent List of United States federal agencies within the United States Congress of the United States government....


Judicial branch


Courts


  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States court of appeals
    United States court of appeals

    The United States courts of appeals are the intermediate Court of Appealss of the United States federal court system. A court of appeals decides appeals from the United States district courts within its United States federal judicial circuit, and in some instances from other designated federal courts and administrative agency....
    • Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
      Bankruptcy Appellate Panel

      A Bankruptcy Appellate Panel is a group of judges of the United States bankruptcy courts who are appointed to hear appeals from certain Bankruptcy in the United States cases under the supervision of the United States court of appeals....
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  • United States district court
    United States district court

    The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. Both Civil law and Criminal law cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of law, Equity , and admiralty....
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    • United States bankruptcy court
      United States bankruptcy court

      United States bankruptcy courts are United States federal courts that have subject-matter jurisdiction over Bankruptcy in the United States. Bankruptcy cases cannot be filed in state court....
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  • United States Sentencing Commission
    United States Sentencing Commission

    The United States Sentencing Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government of the Judiciary of the federal government of the United States....
  • United States Probation and Pretrial Services


Administration

  • Administrative Office of the United States Courts
    Administrative Office of the United States Courts

    The Administrative Office of the United States Courts is the Administration Government agency of the United States federal courts. It was established in 1939....
  • Federal Judicial Center
    Federal Judicial Center

    The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency of the United States federal courts. It was established by an Act of Congress in 1967, at the recommendation of the Judicial Conference of the United States....
  • Judicial Conference of the United States
    Judicial Conference of the United States

    The Judicial Conference of the United States, formerly known as Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, was created by the United States Congress in 1922 with the principal objective of framing policy guidelines for administration of judicial courts in the United States....


Historic / defunct agencies

Administrative Conference of the United States
Administrative Conference of the United States

The Administrative Conference of the United States was an agency of the United States federal government charged with making recommendations for the improvement of United States administrative law, particularly with respect to efficiency and fairness....
 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service was an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. It administered programs concerning farm products and agricultural conservation....
 (in the Department of Agriculture) (ASCS) :Replaced in 1994 with the Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency

The Farm Service Agency is the United States Department of Agriculture agency into which were merged several predecessor agencies, including the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service ....
. Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AA) Board of Economic Warfare
Board of Economic Warfare

The Office of Administrator of Export Control was established in the United States by Presidential Proclamation 2413, July 2 1940, to administer export licensing provisions of the act of July 2 1940 ....
 (BEW) Board of Tea Appeals
Board of Tea Appeals

The Board of Tea Appeals was a United States federal agency under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration. From its establishment in 1897 until its abolition in 1996, it adjudicated the claims of tea importers whose products were denied entry into the United States by federal tea-tasters....
 :Abolished in 1996 Bureau of Arms Control (in the Department of State) :Replaced September 13, 2005, by the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation

The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation is an agency within the United States Department of State responsible for managing a broad range of nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and arms control functions....
 Bureau of Nonproliferation (in the Department of State) :Replaced September 13, 2005, by the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation

The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation is an agency within the United States Department of State responsible for managing a broad range of nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and arms control functions....
 Bureau of Verification and Compliance (in the Department of State) :Replaced February 1, 2000 by the Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation

The Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation is an agency within the United States Department of State. It is responsible for providing oversight of policy and resources of all matters relating to the verification of compliance---or noncompliance---with international arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements....
 Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs

The Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs was a United States agency promoting inter-American cooperation during the 1940s, especially in commercial and economic areas....
 (CIAA) Committee on Public Information
Committee on Public Information

The Committee on Public Information, also known as the CPI and the Creel Committee, was an Independent agencies of the United States government of the government of the United States intended to influence U.S....
 (CPI) Farmers Home Administration :Replaced in 1994 with the Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency

The Farm Service Agency is the United States Department of Agriculture agency into which were merged several predecessor agencies, including the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service ....
. Federal National Mortgage Association
Federal National Mortgage Association

The Federal National Mortgage Association , commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a stockholder-owned corporation chartered by Congress in 1968 as a government sponsored enterprise , but founded in 1938 during the Great Depression....
 (FNMA or Fannie Mae) :Fannie Mae was partially privatized in 1968; its government administered portion was renamed the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
Government National Mortgage Association

The Government National Mortgage Association is a United States of America government-owned corporation within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ....
; see Department of Housing and Urban Development, above Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) :Renamed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration , is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the State Children's Health...
; see Department of Health and Human Services, above Student Loan Marketing Association (SLMA or Sallie Mae) :Sallie Mae has been fully privatized and is no longer administered by the federal government. Foreign Economic Administration
Foreign Economic Administration

In the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Foreign Economic Administration was formed to relieve friction between US agencies operating abroad....
 (FEA) Federal Theatre Project
Federal Theatre Project

The Federal Theatre Project was a New Deal project to fund theatre and other live artistic performances in the United States during the Great Depression....
  (FTP) General Accounting Office (GAO) :Renamed "Government Accountability Office
Government Accountability Office

The Government Accountability Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress. It is located in the Legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States....
" in 2004; see #Legislative Branch, above. Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission

The Interstate Commerce Commission was a regulatory body in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, which was signed into law by President of the United States Grover Cleveland....
 (ICC) Immigration and Naturalization Service
Immigration and Naturalization Service

The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service was a part of the United States Department of Justice and handled legal and illegal immigration and naturalization....
 (INS) :Now The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was a United States federal agency founded on March 3, 1915 to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research....
  (NACA) U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey :Renamed U.S. National Geodetic Survey
U.S. National Geodetic Survey

The National Geodetic Survey and the Office of Coast Survey are the two successor agencies in the United States to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey....
 Office of Technology Assessment
Office of Technology Assessment

The Office of Technology Assessment was an office of the United States Congress from 1972 to 1995. OTA's purpose was to provide Congressional members and committees with objective and authoritative analysis of the complex scientific and technical issues of the late 20th century....
 (OTA) :Congress closed the OTA in 2004. Office of War Information (OWI) Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was an Independent agencies of the United States government chartered during the administration of Herbert Hoover in 1932....
 (RFC) United States Information Agency
United States Information Agency

The United States Information Agency , which existed from 1953 to 1999, was a United States agency devoted to "public diplomacy". Its critics, however, described its goal as propaganda....
 (USIA) Veterans Administration (VA) :Became a cabinet department in 1988; see United States Department of Veterans Affairs, above. War Production Board
War Production Board

The War Production Board was established as a government agency on January 16, 1942 by executive order of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The purpose of the board was to regulate the production and allocation of materials and fuel during World War II in the United States....
 (WPB) Works Progress Administration
Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration was the largest New Deal agency, employing millions of people and affecting almost every locality in the United States, especially rural and western mountain populations....
 (WPA)

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