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Legislative definitions of a federal agency are varied, and even contradictory. The official '' United States Government Manual'' offers no definition. While the Administrative Procedure Act definition of "agency" applies to most executive branch agencies, Congress may define an agency however it chooses in enabling legislation, and through subsequent litigation often involving the Freedom of Information Act and the
Government in the Sunshine Act The Government in the Sunshine Act (, ) is a U.S. law passed in 1976 that affects the operations of the federal government, Congress, federal commissions, and other legally constituted federal bodies. It is one of a number of Freedom of In ...
. These further cloud attempts to enumerate a list of agencies. The executive branch of the federal government includes the
Executive Office of the President The Executive Office of the President (EOP) comprises the offices and agencies that support the work of the president at the center of the executive branch of the United States federal government. The EOP consists of several offices and agenc ...
and the
United States federal executive departments The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but (the Unit ...
(whose secretaries belong to the Cabinet). Employees of the majority of these agencies are considered civil servants. The majority of the independent agencies of the United States government 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
Congressional Research Service The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a public policy research institute of the United States Congress. Operating within the Library of Congress, it works primarily and directly for members of Congress and their committees and staff on a ...
and the
United States Sentencing Commission The United States Sentencing Commission is an independent agency of the judicial branch of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for articulating the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines for the federal courts. The Commission promulgate ...
, which are legislative and judicial agencies, respectively.


United States Congress

The U.S. Congress is the bicameral legislature of the United States government, and is made up of two chambers:
United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...
(the upper chamber), and
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
(The lower chamber). Together, the two chambers exercise authority over the following legislative agencies: Congress also maintains special administrative agencies like: * Capitol Police Board which governs the
United States Capitol Police The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is a federal law enforcement agency in the United States with nationwide jurisdiction charged with protecting the United States Congress within the District of Columbia and throughout the United States an ...
(USCP) * The office of the
Architect of the Capitol The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex. It is an agency of the legislative branch of the federal government and is ...
(AOC) who is in charge of maintaining the Capitol Building, including the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) and the
United States Botanic Garden The United States Botanic Garden (USBG) is a botanical garden on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., near Garfield Circle. The Botanic Garden is supervised by the Congress through the Architect of the Capitol, who ...
(USBG). The legislature is also in charge of the
Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library ...
(LOC). A national library dedicated to national records and administers various programs, agencies, and services including: * Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) *
Congressional Research Service The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a public policy research institute of the United States Congress. Operating within the Library of Congress, it works primarily and directly for members of Congress and their committees and staff on a ...
(CRS) * United States Copyright Office (USCO) and the
Copyright Royalty Board The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) is a U.S. system of three copyright royalty judges who determine rates and terms for copyright statutory licenses and make determinations on distribution of statutory license royalties collected by the U.S. Copyr ...
(CRB) *
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) is a free library program of braille and audio materials such as books and magazines circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States and American citizens living abroad by po ...


Federal judiciary of the United States

Agencies within the judicial branch: * Marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States ** Supreme Court of the United States Police *
Administrative Office of the United States Courts The Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO) is the administrative agency of the United States federal court system, established in 1939. The central support entity for the federal judicial branch, the AO provides a wide range of l ...
* Federal Judicial Center * Judicial Conference of the United States *
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (J.P.M.L. or the Panel) is a special body within the United States federal court system which manages multidistrict litigation. It was established by Congress in 1968 by , and has th ...
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United States Sentencing Commission The United States Sentencing Commission is an independent agency of the judicial branch of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for articulating the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines for the federal courts. The Commission promulgate ...
* Probation and Pretrial Services System * Defender Services


Specialty courts

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Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to Adjudication, adjudicate legal disputes between Party (law), parties and carry out the administration of justice in Civil law (common law), civil, C ...
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Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (in case citations, C.A.A.F. or USCAAF) is an Article I tribunals, Article I court that exercises worldwide appellate jurisdiction over members of the United States Armed Forces on active ...
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Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (in case citations, Fed. Cir. or C.A.F.C.) is a United States court of appeals that has special appellate jurisdiction over certain types of specialized cases in the U.S. federal court ...
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United States Tax Court The United States Tax Court (in case citations, T.C.) is a federal trial court of record established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution, section 8 of which provides (in part) that the Congress has the power to "constitute Tr ...
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Court of Federal Claims The United States Court of Federal Claims (in case citations, Fed. Cl. or C.F.C.) is a United States federal courts, United States federal court that hears monetary claims against the Federal government of the United States, U.S. government. It ...
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Court of International Trade The United States Court of International Trade ( case citations: Int'l Trade or Intl. Trade) is a U.S. federal court that adjudicates civil actions arising out of U.S. customs and international trade laws. Seated in New York City, it exercise ...
* Bankruptcy Courts *
Alien Terrorist Removal Court The United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court is a special court in the United States created in 1996 which has never conducted proceedings. It consists of five Article III judges, selected by the Chief Justice of the United States. Its job i ...
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court The United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), also called the FISA Court, is a U.S. federal court established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to oversee requests for surveillance warrants a ...
* Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review


Executive Office of the President

The President of the United States is the chief executive of the Federal Government. He is in charge of executing federal laws and approving, or vetoing, new legislation passed by Congress. The President resides in the
Executive Residence Executive ( exe., exec., execu.) may refer to: Role or title * Executive, a senior management role in an organization ** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators ** Executive dire ...
(EXR) maintained by the
Office of Administration In the United States government, the Office of Administration is an entity within the Executive Office of the President tasked with overseeing the general administration of the entire Executive Office. History The Office of Administration was fo ...
(OA). To effectively run the country's affairs, the President also maintains councils regarding various issues, including:


White House Office The White House Office is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). The White House Office is headed by the White House chief of staff, who is also the head of the Executive Office of the President. The ...


United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)


Office of the Secretary of Agriculture


Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC)

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Farm Service Agency The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is the United States Department of Agriculture agency that was formed by merging the farm loan portfolio and staff of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service ...
(FSA) **
Commodity Credit Corporation The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is a wholly owned United States government corporation that was created in 1933 to "stabilize, support, and protect farm income and prices" (federally chartered by the CCC Charter Act of 1948 (P.L. 80-806) ...
(CCC) * Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) *
Risk Management Agency The Risk Management Agency (RMA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which manages the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC). The current Administrator is Marcia Bunger. History The Risk Management Agency (RMA) was create ...
(RMA) **
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is a wholly owned government corporation managed by the Risk Management Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. FCIC manages the federal crop insurance program, which provides U.S. fa ...
(FCIC) * Farm Production and Conservation Business Center (FBC)


Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (FNCS)

* Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) ** Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)


Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety The Under Secretary for Food Safety is a subcabinet position within the United States Department of Agriculture responsible for oversight of the policies and programs of the Food Safety and Inspection Service. The Under Secretary chairs the U.S. Co ...

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Food Safety and Inspection Service The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is the public health regulatory agency responsible for ensuring that United States' commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg pro ...


Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP)

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Agricultural Marketing Service The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; it maintains programs in five commodity areas: cotton and tobacco; dairy; fruit and vegetable; livestock and seed; and poultry. These program ...
(AMS) ** Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) *
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) based in Riverdale, Maryland responsible for protecting animal health, animal welfare, and plant health. APHIS is the lead ...
(APHIS) **
Plant Protection and Quarantine Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is one of six operational program units within the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The PPQ works to safeguard agriculture and natural re ...
(PPQ) ** Wildlife Services (WS)


Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, or USA(NRE), is a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Agriculture and the principal advisor to the United States Secretary of Agriculture on policy to ...
(NRE)

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United States Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency in ...
(USFS) ** International Institute of Tropical Forestry


Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics (REE)

* Agricultural Research Service (ARS) **
National Agricultural Library The United States National Agricultural Library (NAL) is one of the world's largest agricultural research libraries, and serves as a national library of the United States and as the library of the United States Department of Agriculture. Located ...
(NAL) * Economic Research Service (ERS) * National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) *
National Institute of Food and Agriculture The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is a U.S. federal government body whose creation was mandated in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. Its purpose is to consolidate all federally funded agricultural research, an ...
(NIFA) * Office of the Chief Scientist


Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development (RD)

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Rural Development Rural development is the process of improving the quality life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. Rural development has traditionally centered on the exploitation of ...
** Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS) **
Rural Housing Service The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Located within the Department's Rural Development mission area. RHS operates a broad range of programs to provide moderate- low- and very-low-incom ...
(RHS) ** Rural Utilities Service (RUS)


Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs (TFAA)

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Foreign Agricultural Service The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is the foreign affairs agency with primary responsibility for the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) overseas programs – market development, international trade agreements and negotiations, ...
(FAS)


United States Department of Commerce


Office of the Secretary (OS)

* Office of the Deputy Secretary * Office of Business Liaison (OBL) * Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration (CFO/ASA) * Office of Chief Information Officer (OCIO) * Office of Executive Secretariat * Office of General Counsel (OGC) * Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs (OLIA) * Office of Policy and Strategic Planning (OPSP) * Office of Public Affairs (OPA) * Office of Security (OSY) * Office of the White House Liaison (OWHL) * Office of Inspector General (OIG) *
Economic Development Administration The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides grants and technical assistance to economically distressed communities in order to generate new employment, help retain exist ...
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Minority Business Development Agency The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes growth and competitiveness of the United States' minority-owned businesses, including Hispanic and Latino American, Asian Pa ...
(MBDA) *
National Technical Information Service The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The primary mission of NTIS is to collect and organize scientific, technical, engineering, and business information generated by U.S. Gove ...
(NTIS) * National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) ** Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) ** First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet)


Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security/

Bureau of Industry and Security The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that deals with issues involving national security and high technology. A principal goal for the bureau is helping stop the proliferation of weapo ...
(BIS)

* Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration ** Operating Committee for Export Policy (OC) ** Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security ** Office of Nonproliferation and Treaty Compliance ** Office of National Security and Technology Transfer Controls ** Office of Exporter Services ** Office of Technology Evaluation *
Office of Export Enforcement The Office of Export Enforcement (OEE) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security. BIS is the principal agency involved in the development, implementation, and enforcement of export controls for commer ...
(OEE)


Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs (OUS/EA)

* Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) *
United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of t ...


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Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property The Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, or USC(IP), is a senior official in the United States Department of Commerce and the principal advisor to the United States Secretary of Commerce on the intellectual property matters. In t ...
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United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alex ...
(USPTO)

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Patent Trial and Appeal Board The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is an administrative law body of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) which decides issues of patentability. It was formed on September 16, 2012, as one part of the America Invents Act. P ...
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Trademark Trial and Appeal Board The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) is an administrative tribunal within the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The TTAB is empowered to determine the right to register a trademark. It has no authority to determine the righ ...
* Office of the Commissioner of Patents * Office of the Commissioner of Trademarks


= Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade/

International Trade Administration : The International Trade Administration (ITA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes United States exports of nonagricultural U.S. services and goods. Duties The ITA's stated goals are to # Provide practical inf ...
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United States Commercial Service The United States Commercial Service (CS) is the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration. CS is a part of the U.S. Foreign Service and its commercial officers are diplomats. The CS global networ ...
(CS)


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Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere The under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere, or USC(OA), is a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Commerce and the principal advisor to the United States secretary of commerce on the environmental and scientific ...
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditio ...
(NOAA)

= * Alliance for Coastal Technologies * National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) * National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)/ NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement * National Ocean Service (NOS) *
National Weather Service The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the ...
(NWS) *
National Geodetic Survey The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is a United States federal agency that defines and manages a national coordinate system, providing the foundation for transportation and communication; mapping and charting; and a large number of applications ...
(NGS) * Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) * NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps * Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)


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Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology The Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, or USC(ST), is a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Commerce and the principal advisor to the United States Secretary of Commerce on the technological development. ...

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National Institute of Standards and Technology The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into physical s ...
(NIST)


United States Department of Defense (DOD)


Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)


Defense agencies


National intelligence agencies


Defense field activities


Universities and research institutes


Unified combatant commands

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United States Africa Command The United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM, U.S. AFRICOM, and AFRICOM), is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense, headquartered at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany. It is responsible for U ...
(USAFRICOM) ( AFARNAVMARFOR) *
United States Central Command The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM or CENTCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was established in 1983, taking over the previous responsibilities of the Rapid Deployment Joint Ta ...
(USCENTCOM) ( AFARNAVMARFOR) *
United States Northern Command United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) is one of eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. The command is tasked with providing military support for non-military authorities in the U.S., and protect ...
(USNORTHCOM) ( ARNAV • MARFOR) * United States European Command (USEUCOM) ( AFARNAVMARFOR) *
United States Indo-Pacific Command United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) is a unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Pacific region. Formerly known as United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) since its inception in 1947, ...
(USINDOPACOM) ( AFARMARFORNAV) *
United States Southern Command The United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), located in Doral, Florida in Greater Miami, is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for providing contingency planning, o ...
(USSOUTHCOM) ( ARMARFORNAV) *
United States Space Command United States Space Command (USSPACECOM or SPACECOM) is a unified combatant command of the United States Department of Defense, responsible for military operations in outer space, specifically all operations 100 kilometers (62 miles) and grea ...
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United States Special Operations Command The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM) is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various special operations component commands of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force of the United States Ar ...
(USSOCOM) ( AFARMARFOR) *
United States Strategic Command United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense. Headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, USSTRATCOM is responsible for Strategic_nuclear_weapon, ...
(MARFOR • NAV) * United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) ( AFARMARFORNAV) *
United States Transportation Command The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) is one of eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. The command is located at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and was established in 1987. The USTRANSCO ...
( AFARNAVJECC)


Joint agencies


Department of the Army


Office of the Secretary of the Army


U.S. Army Commands


U.S. Army Direct Reporting Units


U.S. Army Field Operating Agencies


Department of the Navy


Office of the Secretary of the Navy


U.S. Navy Functional Operating Forces


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= U.S. Navy Field Support Activities

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United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...
(USMC)


Department of the Air Force The United States Department of the Air Force (DAF) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Air Force was formed on September 18, 1947, per the National Sec ...


Office of the Secretary of the Air Force


U.S. Air Force


U.S. Air Force Major Commands


Reserve and Auxiliary Components


Direct Reporting Units


Field Operating Agencies


United States Department of Education


Office of the Secretary of Education (OSE)


Office of Deputy Secretary of Education (ODSE)

* Office of Elementary and Secondary Education ** Office of Migrant Education ** Office of Safe and Healthy Students * Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Language Proficient Students *
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) 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 ...
** Office of Special Education Programs **
Rehabilitation Services Administration The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) is a federal agency under the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, and is headquartered within the Department of Education in Washingto ...


Institute of Education Sciences The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is the independent, non-partisan statistics, research, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education. IES' stated mission is to provide scientific evidence on which to ground education practice ...
(IES)


Office of the Under Secretary (OUS)


White House initiatives and operating commissions


Advisory bodies


Federally-aided corporations


United States Department of Energy

* Leadership offices ** Office of the Secretary ** Office of the Deputy Secretary ** Office of the Under Secretary ** Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Energy ** Office of the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration * Program offices **
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy ARPA-E, or Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy is a United States government agency tasked with promoting and funding research and development of advanced energy technologies. It is modeled after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agenc ...
(ARPA-E) ** Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office (AITO) ** Loan Programs Office ** Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response ** Office of Electricity **
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is an office within the United States Department of Energy. Formed from other energy agencies after the 1973 energy crisis, EERE is led by the Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency an ...
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Office of Environmental Management An office is a space where an organization's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific dut ...
** Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management ** Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs ** Office of Legacy Management ** Office of Nuclear Energy **
Office of Science The Office of Science is a component of the United States Department of Energy (DOE). The Office of Science is the lead federal agency supporting fundamental scientific research for energy and the Nation’s largest supporter of basic research in t ...
* Staff offices ** Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs ** Office of Economic Impact and Diversity ** Office of Enterprise Assessments ** Office of Environment, Health, Safety, and Security ** Office of Hearings and Appeals **
Office of Inspector General In the United States, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency. Such offices are attached to ma ...
** Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence ** Office of International Affairs ** Office of Management ** Office of Policy ** Office of Project Management ** Office of Public Affairs ** Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization ** Office of Technology Transitions ** Office of the Chief Financial Officer ** Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer ** Office of the Chief Information Officer ** Office of the General Counsel *** Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance * Power administrations and other agencies ** Federal Energy Regulatory Commission **
National Nuclear Security Administration The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is a United States federal agency responsible for safeguarding national security through the military application of Nuclear physics, nuclear science. NNSA maintains and enhances the Stockpil ...
** Energy Information Administration **
Bonneville Power Administration The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is an American federal agency operating in the Pacific Northwest. BPA was created by an act of Congress in 1937 to market electric power from the Bonneville Dam located on the Columbia River and to cons ...
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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. Army Corps of Engineers in the states of West Virginia, Virg ...
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Southwestern Power Administration The Southwestern Power Administration (Southwestern) 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. The agency is a power marketing administration responsible f ...
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Western Area Power Administration As one of the four power marketing administrations within the U.S. Department of Energy, the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)'s role is to market wholesale hydropower generated at 57 hydroelectric federal dams operated by the Bureau of R ...
* National Laboratories & Technology Centers **
Ames Laboratory Ames National Laboratory, formerly Ames Laboratory, is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in Ames, Iowa, and affiliated with Iowa State University. It is a top-level national laboratory for research on national sec ...
** Argonne National Laboratory **
Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in Upton, Long Island, and was formally established in 1947 at the site of Camp Upton, a former U.S. Army base and Japanese internment c ...
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics. Since 2007, Fermilab has been operat ...
** Idaho National Laboratory ** Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ** Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory **
Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, ...
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National Energy Technology Laboratory The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is a U.S national laboratory under the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy. NETL focuses on applied research for the clean production and use of domestic energy resources. NETL perform ...
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the US specializes in the research and development of renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy systems integration, and sustainable transportation. NREL is a federally funded research an ...
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New Brunswick Laboratory Now the NBL Program Office, the New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL), was a United States government-owned and operated, center of excellence in the measurement science of nuclear materials. It was established in 1949 by the Atomic Energy Commission and ...
** Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education **
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a U.S. multiprogram science and technology national laboratory sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and administered, managed, and operated by UT–Battelle as a federally funded research an ...
** Pacific Northwest National Laboratory **
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory for plasma physics and nuclear fusion science. Its primary mission is research into and development of fusion as an energy source. It is known ...
** Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory **
Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), also known as Sandia, is one of three research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Headquartered in Kirtland Air Force Bas ...
** Savannah River Ecology Laboratory **
Savannah River National Laboratory The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a multi-program national laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management. SRNL is located at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Jackson, South Carolina. It ...
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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S. Departme ...
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), commonly called Jefferson Lab or JLab, is a US National Laboratory located in Newport News, Virginia. Its stated mission is "to provide forefront scientific facilities, opportunities an ...
* Field sites ** Carlsbad Field Office ** Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office ** Golden Field Office ** Idaho Operations Office ** Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management ** Office of River Protection ** Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office ** Richland Operations Office ** Savannah River Operations Office ** Office of Science Field Offices *** Pacific Northwest Site Office


United States Department of Health and Human Services

* Office of the Secretary (OS) ** Immediate Office of the Secretary OS** Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration *** Program Support Center ** Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources ** Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation ** Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation ** Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs **
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) is an operating agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the managing personnel body for the United States Public Health Service. The office is under the directi ...
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is an operating agency of the U.S. Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services that focuses preventing, preparing for, and responding to the adverse h ...
*** Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority ** Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiative ** Departmental Appeals Board ** Office for Civil Rights ** Office of Global Affairs ** Office of Inspector General ** Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs ** Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals ** Office of the Chief Technology Officer ** Office of the General Counsel **
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is a staff division of the Office of the Secretary, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ONC leads national health IT efforts, charged as the prin ...
* Administration on Aging *
Administration for Children and Families The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Children and Families. It has a $49 billi ...
** Administration for Native Americans ** Administration on Developmental Disabilities ** Office of Child Care **
Office of Child Support Enforcement The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is a United States government office responsible for overseeing the U.S. child support program. Child support is the obligation on parents to provide financial support for their children. OCSE was esta ...
** Children's Bureau *** National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect ** Family and Youth Services Bureau ** Office of Head Start ** Office of Community Services ** Office of Family Assistance **
Office of Refugee Resettlement The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is a program of the Administration for Children and Families, an office within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, created with the passing of the United States Refugee Act of 1980 ( ...
** President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities *
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ; pronounced "ark" by initiates and often "A-H-R-Q" by the public) is one of twelve agencies within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The agency is headquartered i ...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgi ...
** CDC Washington Office ** ''Center for Global Health'' **
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH, ) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the C ...
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Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is a committee within the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides advice and guidance on effective control of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S. c ...
* National Vital Statistics System ** Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support ** Office of Equal Employment Opportunity ** Office of Infectious Diseases ** National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases *** Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP) **** Viral Special Pathogens Branch (VSPB) ** National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention ** National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases ** Office of Minority Health and Health Equity ** Office of Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury and Environmental Health ** National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion ** National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ** National Center for Injury Prevention and Control ** National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities ** Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response *** Division of Emergency Operations **** Emergency Operations Center (EOC) ** Office of Public Health Science Services *** Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services *** National Center for Health Statistics ** Office of the Associate Director for Communication ** Office of the Associate Director for Policy ** Office of the Associate Director for Science ** Office of the Chief of Staff ** Office of the Chief Operating Officer **
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH, ) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the C ...
** Epidemic Intelligence Service *** National Center for Health Statistics * Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services *
Food and Drug Administration The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a List of United States federal agencies, federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is respon ...
** National Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition ** Office of Criminal Investigations * Health Resources and Services Administration * Patient Affordable Healthcare Act Program **
Independent Payment Advisory Board The Independent Payment Advisory Board, or IPAB, was to be a fifteen-member United States Government agency created in 2010 by sections 3403 and 10320 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which was to have the explicit task of achiev ...
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Indian Health Service The Indian Health Service (IHS) is an operating division (OPDIV) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). IHS is responsible for providing direct medical and public health services to members of federally-recognized Nativ ...
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National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late ...
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National Institutes of Health Police The National Institutes of Health Division of Police (NIH DP) are the police force that police and protect National Institutes of Health (NIH) people and property. Locations The NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, consists of approximately 75 buildings t ...
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National Cancer Institute The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ...
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National Eye Institute The National Eye Institute (NEI) was established in 1968. It is located in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. The NEI is one of 27 institutes and centers of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the US Department of Health and ...
** National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute **
Rocky Mountain Laboratories Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) is part of the NIH Intramural Research Program and is located in Hamilton, Montana. Operated by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, RML conducts research on maximum containment pathogens su ...
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National Human Genome Research Institute The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is an institute of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland. NHGRI began as the Office of Human Genome Research in The Office of the Director in 1988. This Office transi ...
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National Institute on Aging The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), located in Bethesda, Maryland. The NIA itself is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the ...
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), as part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, supports and conducts biomedical and behavioural research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism ...
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, ) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's ...
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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) is one of the institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ...
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National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), founded at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2000, is located in Bethesda, Maryland. It is one of 27 institutes and centers that are part of NIH, an agency of the U ...
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development The ''Eunice Kennedy Shriver'' National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It supports and conducts research aime ...
** National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders ** National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research **
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is part of the United States National Institutes of Health, which in turn is part of the Department of Health and Human Services. NIDDK is approximately the fifth-largest ...
** National Institute on Drug Abuse ** National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences **
National Institute of General Medical Sciences The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) supports basic research that increases understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. NIGMS-funded scientists ...
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National Institute of Mental Health The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH, in turn, is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the prima ...
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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is an American government health institute. It is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The stated mission of the NIMHD is to "lead scientific research to improve m ...
** National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke **
National Institute of Nursing Research The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), as part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the nursing care of individuals across the life span—from management ...
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Center for Information Technology The Center for Information Technology (CIT) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that compose the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a cabinet-level department of the Executi ...
** Center for Scientific Review **
Fogarty International Center The John E. Fogarty International Center was founded in 1968 by US President Lyndon Johnson at the National Institutes of Health to support international medical and behavioral research and to train international researchers. History On July 1, ...
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National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) was established in 2012 and is located in Bethesda, Maryland. NCATS is one of 27 institutes and centers of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the US Departmen ...
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National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is a United States government agency which explores complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It was initially created in 1991 as the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM), ...
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NIH Clinical Center The NIH Clinical Center is a hospital solely dedicated to clinical research at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The Clinical Center, known as Building 10, consists of the original part of the hospital, the Warren Gr ...
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Public Health Service In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...
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Federal Occupational Health Federal Occupational Health (FOH) is a non-appropriated agency currently within the Program Support Center of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the largest provider of occupational health services in the U.S. federal governm ...
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Office of the Surgeon General The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States. Th ...
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United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC), also referred to as the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, is the federal uniformed service of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) and one of the ...
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA; pronounced ) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is charged with improving the quality and availability of treatment and rehabilitative services ...


United States Department of Homeland Security

* Office of the Secretary ** Office of the Secretary *** Immediate Office of the Secretary *** Office of the Deputy Secretary *** Office of the Chief of Staff *** Military Advisor's Office *** Office of the Executive Secretary *** Joint Requirements Council **
Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans The Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It was created by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, replacing the former Office of Policy, and creating a new Senat ...
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Office of Immigration Statistics The Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security under the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans. Since the passage of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the Department of Homeland Securi ...
*** Office of International Affairs ** Office of General Counsel ** Office of Legislative Affairs ** Office of Public Affairs ** Office of Partnership and Engagement ***
Homeland Security Advisory Council The Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. It was created by an Executive Order In the United States, an executive order is a directive by the president of the Unite ...
*** Office of State and Local Law Enforcement *** Private Sector Office ** Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties ** Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman ** Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman ** Privacy Office


Headquarters Offices and Directorates

* Management Directorate ** Federal Protective Service ** Office of Biometric Identity Management ** Office of the Chief Financial Officer ** Office of the Chief Information Officer ** Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer ** Office of the Chief Procurement Officer ** Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer *** Canine and Equine Governance Board ** Office of the Chief Security Officer * Science and Technology Directorate * Office of Intelligence and Analysis ** Current and Emerging Threats Center ** Homeland Identities, Targeting and Exploitation Center ** Transnational Organized Crime Mission Center ** Counterterrorism Mission Center ** Counterintelligence Mission Center ** Cyber Mission Center ** Economic Security Mission Center * Office of Operations Coordination ** National Operations Center * Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office ** Chief Medical Officer *
Office of Inspector General In the United States, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency. Such offices are attached to ma ...


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Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Ex ...
** United States Fire Administration **
National Flood Insurance Program The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a program created by the Congress of the United States in 1968 through the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-448). The NFIP has two purposes: to share the risk of flood losses through flo ...
** Center for Domestic Preparedness **
Emergency Management Institute The United States’ Emergency Management Institute (EMI), of the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), serves as the United States’ focal point for the development and delivery of emergency management training. The emer ...
** Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center ** Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration *
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that is responsible for strengthening cybersecurity and infrastructure protection across all levels of government, ...
** Cybersecurity Division *** National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center ** National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC) ** Infrastructure Security Division ** Emergency Communications Division ** National Risk Management Center ** Integrated Operations Division ** Stakeholder Engagement Division **
National Emergency Technology Guard The National Emergency Technology Guard (NET Guard) is a conceptual corps of volunteers with technology experience that help out after disasters in the United States. It is codified under Public Law 107–296 on November 25, 2002 as part of the cre ...
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Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) serves as an interagency law enforcement training body for 105 United States government federal law enforcement agencies. The stated mission of FLETC is to "...train those who protect our home ...
* Transportation Security Administration ** Federal Air Marshal Service *
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's naturalization and immigration system. It is a successor to the Immigration and Naturalizati ...
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United States Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mu ...
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Coast Guard Intelligence Coast Guard Intelligence (CGI) is the military intelligence branch of the United States Coast Guard, and a component of the Central Security Service of the United States Department of Defense. The United States Coast Guard is a military, multi-mis ...
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Coast Guard Investigative Service The Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) is a division of the United States Coast Guard that investigates crimes where the U.S. Coast Guard has an interest. It is composed of civilian ( GS-1811), active duty, reserve enlisted, and warrant offic ...
** United States Coast Guard Police **
United States Coast Guard Yard The United States Coast Guard Yard or just Coast Guard Yard is a United States Coast Guard operated shipyard located on Curtis Bay in northern Anne Arundel County, Maryland, just south of the Baltimore city limits. It is the largest industrial fac ...
** United States Coast Guard Research and Development Center **
United States Coast Guard Academy The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is a service academy of the United States Coast Guard in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1876, it is the smallest of the five U.S. service academies and provides education to future Coast G ...
** United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May ** United States Coast Guard Reserve **
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary (USCGA, USCGAUX, CGAux, or USCG Aux) is the civilian uniformed volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard. Congress established the military organization, unit on 23 June 1939, as the United Sta ...
** National Ice Center *
United States Customs and Border Protection United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is the country's primary border control organization, charged with regulating and facilit ...
** Air and Marine Operations ** United States Border Patrol ** Office of Field Operations ** Office of Trade *
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE's stated mission is to protect the United States from the c ...
(ICE) ** Enforcement and Removal Operations **
Homeland Security Investigations The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE's stated mission is to protect the United States from the cross-border crime and illegal immigration tha ...
** Office of Professional Responsibility ** Office of the Principal Legal Advisor *
United States Secret Service The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security charged with conducting criminal investigations and protecting U.S. political leaders, their families, and ...
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United States Secret Service Uniformed Division The United States Secret Service Uniformed Division (USSS UD) is the security police force of the U.S. Secret Service, similar to the U.S. Capitol Police or DHS Federal Protective Service. It is in charge of protecting the physical White House gro ...
** James J. Rowley Training Center


United States Department of Housing and Urban Development


Executive Offices

* Office of the Secretary ** Office of the Deputy Secretary ** Office of Hearings and Appeals ** Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization ** Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships * Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations * Office of Public Affairs


Administrative Offices

* Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity * Office of General Counsel ** Departmental Enforcement Center * Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration ** Chief Administrative Office ** Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer ** Office of the Chief Procurement Officer * Office of the Chief Financial Officer * Office of the Chief Information Officer *
Office of Inspector General In the United States, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency. Such offices are attached to ma ...


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Government National Mortgage Association The Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), or Ginnie Mae, is a government-owned corporation of the United States Federal Government within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It was founded in 1968 and works to expa ...
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Office of Community Planning and Development The Community Planning and Development agency within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers the grant programs that help communities plan and finance their growth and development, increase their capacity ...
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Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) is an agency within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. FHEO is responsible for administering and enforcing federal fair housing laws and establishing policies th ...
** Fair Housing Assistance Program ** Fair Housing Initiatives Program ** National Fair Housing Training Academy * Office of Field Policy and Management * Office of Housing **
Federal Housing Administration The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), also known as the Office of Housing within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is a United States government agency founded by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, created in part by ...
* Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes * Office of Policy Development and Research *
Office of Public and Indian Housing The Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Its mission is to ensure safe, decent, and affordable housing, create opportunities for residents' self-sufficiency and economic i ...
** Real Estate Assessment Center


United States Department of the Interior (DOI)

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United States Secretary of the Interior The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natur ...
** United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior ** CHCO ** CHRO ** General Counsel ** CIO ** CISO ** CTO ** Science ** Technology ** Administrative Law ** White House Liaison ** CPO ** COO ** Management ** Administration ** Justice ** Communications ** Public Affairs ** Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs ** Energy ** Education * National Interior University * Office of Security * Indian Arts and Craft Board * Office of Emergency Management * DOTI Police * National Interior Library * Office of International Affairs * Office of Interior Statistics * Office of Interior Intelligence * Bureau of Indian Affairs ** Bureau of Indian Affairs Police ** Bureau of Indian Education * DOTI Office of the Inspector General * Bureau of Land Management ** Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement *
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior, established in 2010 by Secretarial Order. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) states: "...the outer Continental Shelf is a v ...
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Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation, and formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and opera ...
** BOR Police ** Hoover Dam Police (dissolved) *
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE "Bessie") is an agency under the United States Department of the Interior. Established in 2011, BSEE is the lead agency in charge of improving safety and ensuring environmental protection r ...
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Fish and Wildlife Service The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats. The mission of the agency is "working with othe ...
** National Wildlife Refuge System *** NWRS Division of Refuge Law Enforcement ** Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council ** FWS Office of Law Enforcement ** Endangered Species Program *
National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propert ...
** United States Park Police *
Office of Insular Affairs The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that oversees federal administration of several United States insular areas. It is the successor to the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Departme ...
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Office of Surface Mining The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) 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 Reclamati ...
** National Mine Map Repository *
United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the 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, ...
* Federal Consulting Group


United States Department of Justice

* Office of the Attorney General * Office of the Deputy Attorney General * Office of the Associate Attorney General *
Office of the Solicitor General The Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines ( fil, Tanggapan ng Taga-usig Panlahat), formerly known as the Bureau of Justice, is an independent and autonomous office attached to the Department of Justice. The OSG is headed by Menardo G ...
* Special Counsel's Office * Antitrust Division * Civil Division *
Civil Rights Division The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is the institution within the federal government responsible for enforcing federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, religion, and national origin. T ...
* Criminal Division * Environment and Natural Resources Division *
Justice Management Division The Justice Management Division (JMD) is a division of the United States Department of Justice. It is the administrative arm of the Department of Justice. Its mission is to support some 40 senior management offices (SMOs), offices, bureaus, and di ...
** Asset Forfeiture Fund * National Security Division * Tax Division * Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives * Bureau of Prisons **
Federal Prison Industries Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI), doing business as UNICOR (stylized as unicor) since 1977, is a wholly owned United States government corporation created in 1934 as a prison labor program for inmates within the Federal Bureau of Prisons, ...
(aka Unicor) ** National Institute of Corrections * Community Relations Service *
Drug Enforcement Administration The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA; ) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic en ...
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El Paso Intelligence Center The El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) was established in 1974 in response to a study by the Justice Management Division of the U.S. Department of Justice entitled, "A Secure Border." Recommendation number 7 of this study suggested the estab ...
** Office of National Security Intelligence * Executive Office for Immigration Review **
Board of Immigration Appeals The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) is an administrative appellate body within the Executive Office for Immigration Review of the United States Department of Justice responsible for reviewing decisions of the U.S. immigration courts and cert ...
* Executive Office for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces * Executive Office for United States Attorneys * Executive Office for United States Trustees *
Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, ...
** Intelligence Branch ** National Security Branch *** Counterterrorism Division ** Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch *** Critical Incident Response Group ***
National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime The National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) is a specialist FBI department. The NCAVC's role is to coordinate investigative and operational support functions, criminological research, and training in order to provide assistan ...
*** Strategic Information and Operations Center *** Crisis Negotiation Unit ***
Behavioral Analysis Unit The Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) is a department of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) that uses behavioral analysts to assist in criminal investigations. The mission of the NCAVC ...
** Science and Technology Branch ***
FBI Laboratory The FBI Laboratory (also called the Laboratory Division) is a division within the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation that provides forensic analysis support services to the FBI, as well as to state and local law enforcement agencies ...
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FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division The Criminal Justice Information Services Division (or CJIS) is a division of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) located in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. The CJIS was established in February 1992 and is the lar ...
** Information and Technology Branch ** Human Resources Branch *** FBI Academy ** National Gang Intelligence Center * Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States * INTERPOL Washington – United States National Central Bureau * Office of Community Oriented Policing Services *
Office of Justice Programs The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that focuses on crime prevention through research and development, assistance to state, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies, including law enf ...
** Bureau of Justice Assistance ** Bureau of Justice Statistics **
National Criminal Justice Reference Service The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally sponsored program that shares publications and other information including grants and funding opportunities and upcoming trainings and conferences from the United States Departme ...
** National Institute of Justice ** Office for Victims of Crime **
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is an office of the United States Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs. The OJJDP publishes the JRFC Databook on even numbered years for informat ...
** Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) * Office of Legal Counsel * Office of Legal Policy *
Office of the Pardon Attorney The Office of the Pardon Attorney assists the president of the United States in his exercise of executive clemency as authorized by Article II, Section 2, of the US Constitution. It is part of the United States Department of Justice and is in co ...
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Office on Violence Against Women The United States Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) was created following the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994.Offices of the United States Attorneys *
United States Marshals Service The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a federal law enforcement agency in the United States. The USMS is a bureau within the U.S. Department of Justice, operating under the direction of the Attorney General, but serves as the enforc ...
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Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System The Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS), nicknamed "Con Air", is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with the transportation of persons in legal custody among prisons, detention centers, courtho ...
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United States Parole Commission The United States Parole Commission is the parole board responsible for granting or denying parole to, and supervising the parole releases of, incarcerated individuals who fall under its jurisdiction. It is part of the United States Department of J ...
* Office of Information Policy * Office of Legislative Affairs * Office of Public Affairs * Office of Professional Responsibility *
Office of the Inspector General In the United States, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency. Such offices are attached to ma ...
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Office of Tribal Justice An office is a space where an organization's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific d ...
* Professional Responsibility Advisory Office


United States Department of Labor (DOL)


Office of the Secretary (OSEC)


Offices under the Deputy Secretary of Labor


Administrations

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Employee Benefits Security Administration The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor responsible for administering, regulating and enforcing the provisions of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ...
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Employment and Training Administration The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is part of the U.S. Department of Labor. Its mission is to provide training, employment, labor market information, and income maintenance services. ETA administers federal government job training and ...
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration The Occupational Safety and Health Administration'' (OSHA ) is a large regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces. Congress established the agenc ...


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Administrative Review Board The Administrative Review Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the detainees held by the United States in Camp Delta in the United States Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The purpose of the Board is to re ...
* Benefits Review Board * Employees' Compensation Appeals Board


Bureaus

* Bureau of International Labor Affairs * Bureau of Labor Statistics * Women's Bureau


Miscellaneous

* National Labor Library *
Veterans' Employment and Training Service The United States Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training (OASVET) was established by Secretary's Order No. 5-81 in December 1981. The assistant secretary position was created by P.L. 96-466 in October 1980, to rep ...
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Wage and Hour Division The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing federal labor laws. The Division was formed with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The Wage and Hour m ...
* Wirtz Labor Library


United States Department of State (DOS)


Office of the Secretary

* Chief of Staff *
Bureau of Intelligence and Research The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) is an intelligence agency in the United States Department of State. Its central mission is to provide all-source intelligence and analysis in support of U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy. INR is ...
* Bureau of Legislative Affairs * Office of the Legal Adviser * Executive Secretariat ** Operations Center ** Executive Secretariat Staff *** Advance and Staffing Division *** Records and Information Management Division ** Executive Office of the Executive Secretariat ** ExecTech Office * Office of the Chief of Protocol * Counselor of the Department * Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy * Policy Planning Staff ** Secretary's Foreign Affairs Policy Board * Office of Civil Rights * Office of the Ombudsman ** Ombuds Services Office ** Workplace Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center (wCPRc) * Foreign Service Grievance Board * Secretary's Open Forum * Office of Hostage Affairs * Office of Global Women's Issues * Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues * Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS *
Office of Inspector General In the United States, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency. Such offices are attached to ma ...
* Iran Action Group * Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation * Special Representative for Syria Engagement * Special Representative for Venezuela * United States Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority


Reporting to the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources

* Office of Foreign Assistance


Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security

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Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance The Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC) is a bureau 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, o ...
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Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) is a bureau within the United States Department of State responsible for managing a broad range of nonproliferation and counterproliferation functions. The bureau leads U.S. efforts ...
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Bureau of Political-Military Affairs The Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM) is an agency within the United States Department of State that bridges the Department of State with the Department of Defense. It provides policy in the areas of international security, security assist ...
** Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement * International Security Advisory Board


Reporting to the Under Secretary for Human Rights, Civilian Security, and Democracy

* Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations *
Bureau of Counterterrorism The Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism (CT) is a bureau of the United States Department of State. It coordinates all U.S. Government efforts to improve counter-terrorism cooperation with foreign governments and participate ...
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Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Affairs (DRL) is a bureau within the United States Department of State. The bureau is under the purview of the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights. DRL's res ...
* Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs ** Office of Aviation * Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration * Office of Global Criminal Justice * Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons *
Office of International Religious Freedom The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( Public Law 105–292, as amended by Public Law 106–55, Public Law 106–113, Public Law 107–228, Public Law 108–332, and Public Law 108–458) was passed to promote religious freedom as a fo ...
* Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism * Office of the U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues


Reporting to the Under Secretary for Environment, Energy, and Economic Growth

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Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs The Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EB) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of State charged with promoting economic security and prosperity at home and abroad. It reports to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and t ...
* Bureau of Energy Resources *
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs The Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) is a functional bureau within the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affa ...
* Office of the Chief Economist * Office of Global Partnerships * Office of the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary


Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management

* Bureau of Administration * Bureau of Budget and Planning * Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services *
Bureau of Information Resource Management The Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) 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 mi ...
** Diplomatic Telecommunications Service *
Bureau of Global Talent Management The Bureau of Global Talent Management (GTM), previously Bureau of Human Resources, is an agency in the United States Department of State. The bureau is under the purview of the Under Secretary of State for Management. The bureau handles recruit ...
** Office of the Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global Talent * Foreign Service Institute *
Bureau of Consular Affairs The Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA) is a bureau of the United States Department of State reporting to the under secretary of state for management. The mission of the Bureau is to administer laws, formulate regulations and implement policies re ...
* Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) ** Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) ** Diplomatic Courier Service ** Rewards for Justice Program *
Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) is a US Government agency that directs the worldwide overseas building program for the United States Department of State and the U.S. Government community serving abroad . OBO helps set worldwide ...
* Office of Foreign Missions (OFM) * Bureau of Medical Services * Office of Management Strategy and Solutions * Director of Diplomatic Reception Rooms * Office of the White House Liaison


Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs

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Bureau of African Affairs In the United States government, the Bureau of African Affairs (AF) is part of the U.S. Department of State and is charged with advising the Secretary of State on matters of Sub-Saharan Africa. The bureau was established in 1958. It is headed b ...
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Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs In the United States Government, the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP, originally the Office of Chinese Affairs) is part of the United States Department of State and is charged with advising the Secretary of State and Under Secre ...
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Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs In the United States Government, the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR) is part of the United States Department of State, charged with implementing U.S. foreign policy and promoting U.S. interests in Europe and Eurasia (which it defin ...
* Bureau of International Organization Affairs *
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA), also known as the Bureau of Near East Asian 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 nati ...
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Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) is an agency within the United States Department of State that is responsible for the U.S. government's relations with countries in the South and Central Asian region. The bureau is headed by t ...
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Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs In the United States government, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) is a part of the U.S. Department of State, charged with implementing U.S. foreign policy and promoting U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere, as well as advising ...


Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

* Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs * Bureau of Global Public Affairs * Office of Policy, Planning and Resources for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy * Global Engagement Center * International Expositions Unit * United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy


Permanent diplomatic missions

* United States Mission to the African Union * United States Mission to the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN ( , ), officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, militar ...
* United States Mission to the Arab League * United States Mission to the Council of Europe (and to all other European Agencies) * United States Mission to International Organizations in Vienna * United States Mission to the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
* United States Mission to the
International Civil Aviation Organization The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international a ...
* United States Mission to the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
* United States Mission to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development * United States Mission to the Organization of American States * United States Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe *
United States Mission to the United Nations The United States Mission to the United Nations (USUN) serves as the United States' delegation to the United Nations. USUN is responsible for carrying out the nation's participation in the world body. In 1947, the United States Mission was created ...
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United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome The United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome serves as a link between the Rome-based international organizations and the U.S. government. Rome is unusual in that there are three U.S. Ambassadors located there; the other U.S. diplomatic mis ...
* United States Mission to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva * United States Observer Mission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization * United States Permanent Mission to the
United Nations Environment Programme The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. It was established by Maurice Strong, its first director, after the United Nations Conference on th ...
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United Nations Human Settlements Programme The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1977 as an outcome of the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlem ...


United States Department of Transportation

* United States Secretary of Transportation **
United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation The deputy secretary of transportation advises and assists the secretary of transportation in the supervision and direction of the Department of Transportation (DOT). The deputy secretary would succeed the secretary in his or her absence, sickness ...


Operating administrations

* Office of the Secretary of Transportation ** Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration ** Office of the Chief Financial Officer ** Office of the Chief Information Officer ** Office of Civil Rights ** Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance ** Office of the General Counsel ** Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs ** Office of Hearings ** Office of Intelligence, Security and Emergency Response ** Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology ** Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization ** Office of the Under Secretary for Policy *
Federal Aviation Administration The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the largest transportation agency of the U.S. government and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the country as well as over surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic ...
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Federal Highway Administration The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) 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 ...
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation that regulates the trucking industry in the United States. The primary mission of the FMCSA is to reduce crashes, injuries and f ...
* Federal Railroad Administration *
Federal Transit Administration The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems. The FTA is one of ten modal administration ...
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Maritime Administration Maritime administrations, or flag state administrations, are the executive arms/state bodies of each government responsible for carrying out the shipping responsibilities of the state, and are tasked to administer national shipping and boating issue ...
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United States Merchant Marine Academy The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. It trains its midshipmen (as students at the academy are called) to serve as officers in the United States Merchant ...
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA ) is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation. It describes its mission as "Save lives, prevent injuries, reduce vehicle-related crashes" rel ...
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Office of the Inspector General In the United States, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency. Such offices are attached to ma ...
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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is a United States Department of Transportation agency created in 2004, responsible for developing and enforcing regulations for the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound oper ...
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Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation that operates and maintains the U.S.-owned and operated facilities of the joint United States-Canadian St. Lawrence ...


United States Department of the Treasury


Departmental offices

* Office of the Secretary ** Office of the Deputy Secretary ** Office of the Chief of Staff *
Office of Inspector General In the United States, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency. Such offices are attached to ma ...
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Office of General Counsel A general counsel, also known as chief counsel or chief legal officer (CLO), is the chief in-house lawyer for a company or a governmental department. In a company, the person holding the position typically reports directly to the CEO, and their ...
* Office of Legislative Affairs * Office of Management * Office of Public Affairs * Office of Domestic Finance ** Office of Financial Institutions *** Community Development Financial Institutions Fund ***
Financial Stability Oversight Council The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) is a United States federal government organization, established by Title I of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama on ...
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Office of Financial Research The Office of Financial Research (OFR) is an independent bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury that was established by the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, whose passage in 2010 was a legislative ...
*** Terrorism Risk Insurance Program *** Small Business Lending Fund *** Federal Insurance Office **
Office of Financial Markets The Office of Financial Markets is an office of the United States federal government in the United States Department of the Treasury. OFM serves as the department's advisor on broad matters of domestic finance, financial markets, Federal, State and ...
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Federal Financing Bank The Federal Financing Bank (FFB) is a United States government corporation created by Congress in 1973 under the general supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury.Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973 (12 USC 2281, the Act) The FFB was establis ...
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Office of Fiscal Service The Office of Fiscal Service (OFS) is an agency of the United States federal government in the United States Department of the Treasury. The office is led by the Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. The Fiscal Assistant Secretary reports to t ...
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Office of Financial Stability The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability was the head of the Office of Financial Stability in the United States Department of the Treasury. The position was created on October 3, 2008 by the Emergency Economic Stabilization ...
* Office of Economic Policy * Office of International Affairs **
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS, commonly pronounced "Cifius" ) is an inter-agency committee of the United States government that reviews the national security implications of foreign investments in U.S. compani ...
** Office of Technical Assistance * Office of Tax Policy *
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), formed in 2004, is an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury. TFI works to reduce the use of the financial system for illicit activities by terrorists (groups and state-sponso ...
** Office of Foreign Assets Control ** Office of Intelligence and Analysis ** Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes ***
Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture The Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture (TEOAF) is an agency of the United States federal government in the United States Department of the Treasury. TEOAF is responsible for administering the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (TFF). The TFF was e ...
* Office of the Treasurer of the United States


Bureaus


United States Department of Veterans Affairs


Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs


Agencies


Independent agencies and government-owned corporations


Established under United States Constitution Article I, Section 4


Elections

* Election Assistance Commission ** EAC Office of Inspector General *
Federal Election Commission The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an independent regulatory agency of the United States whose purpose is to enforce campaign finance law in United States federal elections. Created in 1974 through amendments to the Federal Election Cam ...
** FEC Office of Inspector General


Established under Article I, Section 8


Administrative agencies

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Administrative Conference of the United States The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) is an independent agency of the United States government that was established in 1964 by the Administrative Conference Act. The conference's purpose is to "promote improvements in the eff ...
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National Archives and Records Administration The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It ...
** Office of Presidential Libraries **
Information Security Oversight Office The Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) is responsible to the President for policy and oversight of the government-wide security classification system and the National Industrial Security Program in the United States. The ISOO is a comp ...
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Public Interest Declassification Board The Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) is an advisory committee established by the United States Congress with the official mandate of promoting the fullest possible public access to a thorough, accurate, and reliable documentary record o ...
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Office of the Federal Register The Office of the Federal Register is an office of the United States government within the National Archives and Records Administration. The Office publishes the ''Federal Register'', ''Code of Federal Regulations'', ''Public Papers of the Presid ...


Civil service agencies

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Merit Systems Protection Board The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) is an independent quasi-judicial agency established in 1979 to protect federal merit systems against partisan political and other prohibited personnel practices and to ensure adequate protection for federa ...
* United States Office of Government Ethics, Office of Government Ethics * United States Office of Personnel Management, Office of Personnel Management ** Human Resources University ** USOOPM Office of the Inspector General ** National Background Investigations Bureau ** Federal Executive Institute ** Chief Acquisition Officers Council ** Chief Human Capital Officers Council ** Chief Financial Officers Council ** Chief Information Officers Council * United States Office of Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel


Commerce regulatory agencies

* Federal Trade Commission ** FTC Office of the Inspector General * US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer Product Safety Commission ** CPSC Office of the Inspector General * Federal Communications Commission ** Universal Service Fund ** Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service * Federal Housing Finance Agency * Federal Housing Finance Board (defunct) * United States International Trade Commission


Government commissions, committees, and consortium

* National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women * Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency * United States Commission on International Religious Freedom * Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board * Social Security Advisory Board * Northwest Power Planning Council * Northwest Power and Conservation Council * Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council * National Indian Gaming Commission * Marine Mammal Commission * Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission * Migratory Birds Conservation Commission * Mississippi River Commission * National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare * Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer * Federal Library and Information Center Committee * Japan-United States Friendship Act of 1975, Japan–United States Friendship Commission * Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Commission * Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) * Federal Interagency Committee on Education * Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy * Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements * Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds * Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board * Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council * Interagency Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group * Interagency Council on Homelessness * Federal Geographic Data Committee * U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad


Education and broadcasting agencies

* Corporation for Public Broadcasting ** PBS Public Broadcasting Service ** NPR National Public Radio ** American Public Television APT * Helen Keller National Center * Institute of Museum and Library Services * U.S. Agency for Global Media ** Voice of America ** Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ** Radio y Television Marti ** Radio Free Asia ** Middle Eastern Broadcasting Networks ** International Broadcasting Bureau * National Constitution Center * National Endowment for the Arts * National Endowment for the Humanities * Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship in Excellence and Education Program * James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation * Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation * Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation * Vietnam Education Foundation


Energy and science agencies

* National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) * National Science Board ** National Science Foundation *** University Corporation for Atmospheric Research **** National Center for Atmospheric Research * United States Antarctic Program * United States Arctic Research Commission * Nuclear Regulatory Commission * Office of the Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects * Tennessee Valley Authority ** Tennessee Valley Authority Police


Foreign investment agencies

* African Development Foundation * Export–Import Bank of the United States * Inter-American Foundation * U.S. International Finance Development Corporation * United States Trade and Development Agency, U.S. Trade and Development Agency


Interior agencies

* Advisory Council on Historic Preservation * United States Environmental Protection Agency ** United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance * Presidio Trust * Appalachian Regional Commission * Delta Regional Authority * Denali Commission * American Battle Monuments Commission * Delaware River Basin Commission * Susquehanna River Basin Commission * Northern Border Regional Commission


Labor agencies

* Federal Labor Relations Authority * Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (United States), Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service * Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission * National Labor Relations Board * National Mediation Board * Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission * Chemical Safety Board


Monetary and financial agencies

* Commodity Futures Trading Commission * Farm Credit Administration * Federal Reserve System ** Federal Reserve Police ** Consumer Financial Protection Bureau * Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation * National Credit Union Administration ** Central Liquidity Facility * US Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission * Securities Investor Protection Corporation * Small Business Administration


Postal agencies

* Military Postal Service Agency * Postal Regulatory Commission * United States Postal Service ** United States Postal Inspection Service *** US Postal Service Police ** Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee ** USPS Office of the Inspector General ** US Philatelic Bureau *** US Stamp Printing Service


Retirement agencies

* Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board ** Thrift Savings Plan * Railroad Retirement Board * Social Security Administration


Federal property and seat of government agencies

* Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency * General Services Administration ** Federal Systems Integration and Management Center ** USAGov (formerly Federal Citizen Information Center) ** Office of the President-Elect * National Capital Planning Commission * Commission of Fine Arts


Transportation agencies

* Amtrak, Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) ** Amtrak Police * Federal Maritime Commission * National Transportation Safety Board * Surface Transportation Board


Volunteerism agencies

* Corporation for National and Community Service ** AmeriCorps *** AmeriCorps Organizations *** AmeriCorps VISTA ** Senior Corps ** Learn and Serve America ** National Civilian Community Corps ** Volunteers in Service to America ** USA Freedom Corps ** Presidential Freedom Scholarship Program ** President's Volunteer Service Award * Peace Corps


Authority under Article II, Section 1


Defense and security agencies

* Central Intelligence Agency ** Central Intelligence Agency Security Protective Service * Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board * Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Director of National Intelligence ** National Intelligence Board ** Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive ** Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity * Selective Service System * National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence


Authority under Amendment XIV


Civil rights agencies

* United States Commission on Civil Rights, Commission on Civil Rights * Equal Employment Opportunity Commission * National Council on Disability


Other agencies and corporations

* Digital Opportunity Investment Trust


Joint programs and interagency agencies

* Joint Fire Science Program * National Interagency Fire Center


Special Inspector General Office

* Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction


Quasi-official agencies


Arts & cultural agencies

* Travel Promotion Act of 2009, Corporation for Travel Promotion * John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts * National Trust for Historic Preservation * National Building Museum * National Gallery of Art * Smithsonian Institution ** Smithsonian Police (Smithsonian Institution Office of Protection Services) *** National Zoological Police ** U.S. National Museum ** U.S. National Zoo ** U.S. National Theater ** Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars * Washington National Cathedral Foundation ** Washington National Cathedral *** Washington National Cathedral Police


Museum agencies

* United States Holocaust Memorial Museum


Commerce & technology agencies

* North American Electric Reliability Corporation * Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board * National Futures Association * Public Company Accounting Oversight Board * Financial Industry Regulatory Authority * Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) * Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) * U S Civilian Research & Development Foundation


Defense & diplomacy agencies

* American Institute in Taiwan * East–West Center * Millennium Challenge Corporation * National Endowment for Democracy * United States Institute of Peace * Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine


Human service & community development agencies

* National Industries for the Blind * Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation * Access Board * AbilityOne Commission * National Institute of Building Sciences


Interior agencies

* National Fish and Wildlife Foundation * National Park Foundation


Law & justice agencies

* Legal Services Corporation * State Justice Institute * Vera Institute of Justice * National Center for Missing & Exploited Children


See also

* Congressional charter, Congressionally chartered organizations * Federal Advisory Committee Act * Government-sponsored enterprises * List of defunct or renamed United States federal agencies * State-owned enterprises of the United States * Federally funded research and development centers * University Affiliated Research Center * Number of United States political appointments by agency * List of United States federal research and development agencies


References


Explanatory notes


Notes


Bibliography

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External links


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