Legislative definitions of a federal

agency Agency may refer to: Organizations * Institution, governmental or others ** Advertising agency or marketing agency, a service business dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising for its clients ** Employment agency, a business that ...

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 Freedom of Information Act may refer to the following legislations in different jurisdictions which mandate the national government to disclose certain data to the general public upon request: * Freedom of Information Act 1982, the Australian act * ...

and the Government in the Sunshine Act. These further cloud attempts to enumerate a list of agencies. The executive branch of the federal government includes the Executive Office of the President 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 Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets * Filin ...

). Employees of the majority of these agencies are considered

civil servants The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

. 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, 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 po ...

(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 The Capitol Police Board is the body that governs the United States Capitol Police. It was established in 1873, and today consists of three voting members: the Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms ...

which governs the United States Capitol Police (USCP) * The office of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) who is in charge of maintaining the Capitol Building, including the

Capitol Visitor Center The United States Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) is a large underground addition to the United States Capitol complex which serves as a gathering point for up to 4,000 tourists and an expansion space for the US Congress.United States Botanic Garden (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 libra ...

(LOC). A national library dedicated to national records and administers various programs, agencies, and services including: * Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) *

(CRS) * United States Copyright Office (USCO) and the Copyright Royalty Board (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 p ...

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 *

Federal Judicial Center The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency of the United States federal courts. It was established by in 1967, at the recommendation of the Judicial Conference of the United States. According to , the main areas of respo ...

* Judicial Conference of the United States * Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation * United States Sentencing Commission * Probation and Pretrial Services System * Defender Services

Specialty courts

Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordanc ...

* Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces * Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit *

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 ...

* Court of Federal Claims * Court of International Trade * Bankruptcy Courts * Alien Terrorist Removal Court *

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 aga ...

* Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review

Executive Office of the President

Seal of the President of the United States

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 (EXR) maintained by the Office of Administration (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)

* Farm Service Agency (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 (RMA) ** Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) * Farm Production and Conservation Business Center (FBC)

Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services The Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services is a position created within the United States Department of Agriculture in 1993, and is responsible for administrating the department's fifteen nutrition and food security programs and ...
(FNCS)

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

Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety

* Food Safety and Inspection Service

Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs The Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs is a high-ranking position within the United States Department of Agriculture that supervises policy development and day-to-day operations of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, ...
(MRP)

* Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) **

Federal Grain Inspection Service Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General * Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies * Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states ...

(FGIS) * Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) ** Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) **

Wildlife Services Wildlife Services is the program intended to provide Federal leadership and skill to resolve wildlife interactions that threaten public health and safety, as well as agricultural, property, and natural resources. The program is part of the Unit ...

(WS)

Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment (NRE)

United States Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 United States National Forest, national forests and 20 United States Nationa ...

(USFS) **

International Institute of Tropical Forestry The International Institute of Tropical Forestry () is a program of the United States Forest Service that was founded in 1939. It is headquartered in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, on the grounds of the University of Puerto Rico's Agricultural Expe ...

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

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

(ARS) ** National Agricultural Library (NAL) * Economic Research Service (ERS) * National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) * National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) * Office of the Chief Scientist

Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development (RD)

* Rural Development **

Rural Business-Cooperative Service The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (abbreviated as "RBS") is one of three agencies within USDA Rural Development (along with the Rural Housing Service and Rural Utilities Service) responsible for administering various economic development pro ...

(RBCS) ** Rural Housing Service (RHS) **

Rural Utilities Service The United States Rural Utilities Service (RUS) administers programs that provide infrastructure or infrastructure improvements to rural communities. These include water and waste treatment, electric power, and telecommunications services. it is ...

(RUS)

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

* Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)

United States Department of Commerce

Office of the Secretary 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 ...
(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 (EDA) * Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) * National Technical Information Service (NTIS) *

National Telecommunications and Information Administration The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the President's principal adviser on telecommunications policies pertaining to the United States' ec ...

(NTIA) **

Institute for Telecommunication Sciences The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) performs the research and engineering that enables the U.S. Government, national and international standards organizations, and many aspects of private industry to manage the radio spectrum and ensu ...

(ITS) **

First Responder Network Authority The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) of the United States was created under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (MCTRJCA) as an independent authority within the National Telecommunications and Information Administ ...

(FirstNet)

Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security/ Bureau of Industry and Security (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 (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 th ...

= Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property/
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)

= *

Trademark Official Gazette The ''Trademark Official Gazette'' (TMOG) is a weekly publication of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) which publishes newly registered trademarks. Once a trademark application has been examined by a USPTO examining attorney an ...

* Patent Trial and Appeal Board * Trademark Trial and Appeal Board * Office of the Commissioner of Patents * Office of the Commissioner of Trademarks

= Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade/ International Trade Administration (ITA)

= * United States Commercial Service (CS)

= Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere/
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 conditi ...
(NOAA)

= *

Alliance for Coastal Technologies Established in 2000, the Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) is a NOAA-funded partnership of research institutions, resource managers, and private sector companies dedicated to fostering the development and adoption of effective and reliable s ...

* National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) *

National Marine Fisheries Service The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), informally known as NOAA Fisheries, is a United States federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that is responsible for the stew ...

(NMFS)/ NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement *

National Ocean Service The National Ocean Service (NOS) is an office within the U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It is responsible for preserving and enhancing the nation's coastal resources and ecosystems along the ...

(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 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, known informally as the NOAA Corps, is one of eight federal uniformed services of the United States, and operates under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ ...

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) is a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). OAR is also referred to as NOAA Research. NOAA Research is the research and development arm of NOAA and is the driving force be ...

(OAR)

= Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology

= *

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

* United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) ( AF • AR • NAV • MARFOR) * United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) ( AF • AR • NAV • MARFOR) * United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) ( AR • NAV • MARFOR) * United States European Command (USEUCOM) ( AF • AR • NAV • MARFOR) *

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) ( AF • AR • MARFOR • NAV) * United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) ( AR • MARFOR • NAV) * United States Space Command (USSPACECOM)/ ( AR • SF) * United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) ( AF • AR • MARFOR) *

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 deter ...

(MARFOR • NAV) *

United States Cyber Command United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It unifies the direction of cyberspace operations, strengthens DoD cyberspace capabilities, and integr ...

(USCYBERCOM) ( AF • AR • MARFOR • NAV) * United States Transportation Command ( AF • AR • NAV • JECC)

Joint agencies

Department of the Army The United States Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the U.S. The Department of the Army is the federal government agency within which the United States Army (U.S.) is org ...

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 The secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer () and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the United States Department of Defense. By law, the s ...

U.S. Navy Functional Operating Forces

= Shore Establishment and Activities, Echelon II

= U.S. Navy Field Support Activities

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 c ...
(USMC)

Department of the Air Force

Office of the Secretary of the Air Force The secretary of the Air Force, sometimes referred to as the secretary of the Department of the Air Force, (SecAF, or SAF/OS) is the head of the Department of the Air Force and the service secretary for the United States Air Force and United S ...

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 The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is a division of the United States Department of Education. Its purpose is to promote academic excellence, enhance educational opportunities and equity for all of America's children and families, and ...

Office of Migrant Education The Office of Migrant Education (OME) is a program within the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) that administers grant programs that provide academic and supportive services to the children of famil ...

Office of Safe and Healthy Students The Office of Safe and Healthy Students (OSHS) (formerly Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) is a subdivision within the United States Department of Education that is responsible for assisting drug and violence prevention activities within ...

* Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Language Proficient Students * Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services **

Office of Special Education Programs Originally created as the Bureau of the Education of the Handicapped, the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is part of the U.S. Department of Education. OSEP provides leadership and support for professionals working with children with d ...

** Rehabilitation Services Administration

Institute of Education Sciences (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 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 ...

** 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) ** 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 ...

** Office of Environmental Management ** Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management ** Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs ** Office of Legacy Management **

Office of Nuclear Energy The Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) is an agency of the United States Department of Energy which promotes nuclear power as a resource capable of meeting the energy, environmental, and national security needs of the United States by resolving technic ...

** Office of Science * 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 ** 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 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency that regulates the transmission and wholesale sale of electricity and natural gas in interstate commerce and regulates the transportation of oil by pipeline in ...

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 science. NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security, and ef ...

Energy Information Administration The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and publ ...

** Bonneville Power Administration ** Southeastern Power Administration ** Southwestern Power Administration ** Western Area Power Administration * National Laboratories & Technology Centers ** Ames Laboratory **

Argonne National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory is a science and engineering research national laboratory operated by UChicago Argonne LLC for the United States Department of Energy. The facility is located in Lemont, Illinois, outside of Chicago, and is the l ...

** Brookhaven National Laboratory ** Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory **

Idaho National Laboratory Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is one of the national laboratories of the United States Department of Energy and is managed by the Battelle Energy Alliance. While the laboratory does other research, historically it has been involved with nu ...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), commonly referred to as the Berkeley Lab, is a United States national laboratory that is owned by, and conducts scientific research on behalf of, the United States Department of Energy. Located in ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a federal research facility in Livermore, California, United States. The lab was originally established as the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore Branch in 1952 in response ...

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, ...

** National Energy Technology Laboratory ** National Renewable Energy Laboratory ** New Brunswick Laboratory ** 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 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is one of the United States Department of Energy national laboratories, managed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. The main campus of the laboratory is in Richland, Washington. ...

** Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory **

Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory The Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory (RESL) is a government-owned and government-operated laboratory operated by the U.S. Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office. It reports directly to the DOE-ID Assistant Manager for Techni ...

** Sandia National Laboratories ** 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. I ...

** SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory **

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

US Department of Health and Human Services seal

(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 ** Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response ***

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) office responsible for the procurement and development of medical countermeasures, principally against bioterrorism, inc ...

** 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 *

Administration on Aging The Administration on Aging (AoA) is an agency within the Administration for Community Living of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. AoA works to ensure that older Americans can stay independent in their communities, mostly ...

* Administration for Children and Families **

Administration for Native Americans The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) is a program office within the United States Department of Health and Human Services established in 1974 through the Native American Programs Act (NAPA). Background The mission of ANA is to promote ...

** 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 The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) is a national center that was established within the Children's Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services, an agency of the Federal government of the United States. It was created by the ...

** 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 *

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, Georg ...

** CDC Washington Office ** ''Center for Global Health'' ** National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ** Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices *

National Vital Statistics System The National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) is an inter-governmental system of sharing data on the vital statistics of the population of the United States. It involves coordination between the different state health departments of the US states and ...

** 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 **

Epidemic Intelligence Service The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is a program of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The modern EIS is a two-year, hands-on post-doctoral training program in epidemiology, with a focus on field work. History Creation ...

***

National Center for Health Statistics The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is a U.S. government agency that provides statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the public health of the American people. It is a unit of the Centers for Disease Control ...

* Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services *

Food and Drug Administration The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food ...

** National Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition ** Office of Criminal Investigations *

Health Resources and Services Administration The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services located in North Bethesda, Maryland. It is the primary federal agency for improving access to health care services for peopl ...

* Patient Affordable Healthcare Act Program ** Independent Payment Advisory Board * Indian Health Service *

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 lat ...

** National Institutes of Health Police **

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. T ...

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 ...

** Office of the Surgeon General ** United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps * Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

United States Department of Homeland Security

** 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 *** Office of Immigration Statistics *** 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 *** 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 United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (commonly referred to as US-VISIT) is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) management system. The system involves the collection and analysis of biometric data (such as fingerpr ...

** 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 The Office of Operations Coordination (OPS) is a component of the headquarters of the United States Department of Homeland Security. OPS is responsible for ensuring timely and robust information sharing within and external to the Department. Prim ...

** National Operations Center * Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office ** Chief Medical Officer * Office of Inspector General

Component Agencies

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 **

Center for Domestic Preparedness The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is the only U.S. federal facility chartered to provide comprehensive preparedness training programs to the nation's emergency response providers. The facility provides all-hazards training to approximatel ...

** Emergency Management Institute ** Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center ** Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration * Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ** Cybersecurity Division ***

National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) is part of the Cybersecurity Division of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It acts to coordinate var ...

** 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 (inactive, but can be activated by the director of CISA) *

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 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that has authority over the security of transportation systems within, and connecting to the United States. It was created ...

Federal Air Marshal Service The Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the supervision of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Because of the natu ...

* United States Citizenship and Immigration Services *

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, m ...

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 ...

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 offi ...

United States Coast Guard Police The United States Coast Guard Police (CGPD) are law enforcement units stationed at certain shore facilities of the United States Coast Guard. Uniform Officers wear a modified Operational Dress Uniform (ODU) with "CGPD" collar devices in ...

** United States Coast Guard Yard **

United States Coast Guard Research and Development Center The United States Coast Guard Research & Development Center (CG RDC) located in New London, Connecticut is the Coast Guard's center for operational analysis and mission execution solutions. The Research & Development Center is dedicated to maximi ...

** United States Coast Guard Academy ** United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May **

United States Coast Guard Reserve The United States Coast Guard Reserve is the reserve component of the United States Coast Guard. It is organized, trained, administered, and supplied under the direction of the Commandant of the Coast Guard through the Assistant Commandant for ...

** United States Coast Guard Auxiliary **

National Ice Center The National Ice Center (NIC) is a tri-agency operational center whose mission is to provide worldwide navigational ice analyses for the armed forces of the United States, allied nations, and U.S. government agencies. It is represented by the U ...

* United States Customs and Border Protection ** Air and Marine Operations ** United States Border Patrol **

Office of Field Operations The Office of Field Operations (OFO) is a federal law enforcement agency within the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) responsible for managing United States customs operations at 20 Field Operations offices, 328 ports of entry, and 16 pre-c ...

** Office of Trade *

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement 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 ...

(ICE) ** Enforcement and Removal Operations ** Homeland Security Investigations ** 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 ...

** United States Secret Service Uniformed Division **

James J. Rowley Training Center The James J. Rowley Training Center (JJRTC, RTC, or Secret Service Training Academy) is the law enforcement training center operated by the United States Secret Service just outside Washington, D.C. in Laurel, Maryland. It is named after former ...

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

Executive Offices

** 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

Agencies

* Government National Mortgage Association * Office of Community Planning and Development * Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity **

Fair Housing Assistance Program The Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) is a federal program that is administered by the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The FHAP program provides funding annually on a nonco ...

Fair Housing Initiatives Program The Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) is managed by the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The program provides funding to fair housing organizations and other non-profits w ...

** National Fair Housing Training Academy * Office of Field Policy and Management * Office of Housing ** Federal Housing Administration * 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 in ...

** Real Estate Assessment Center

United States Department of the Interior (DOI)

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 The deputy secretary of the Interior, in the United States government, advises and assists the secretary of the interior in the supervision and direction of the Department of the Interior and its activities, and succeeds the secretary in his or ...

** 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 The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and A ...

Bureau of Indian Affairs Police The Bureau of Indian Affairs Police, Office of Justice Services (BIA or BIA-OJS), also known as BIA Police, is the law enforcement arm of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. The BIA's official mission is to "uphold the constitutional so ...

** Bureau of Indian Education * DOTI Office of the Inspector General *

Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands. Headquartered in Washington DC, and with oversight over , it governs one eighth of the country's ...

** Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement * Bureau of Ocean Energy Management * Bureau of Reclamation ** BOR Police ** Hoover Dam Police (dissolved) * Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement * Fish and Wildlife Service **

National Wildlife Refuge System National Wildlife Refuge System is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is the system of public lands and waters set aside to c ...

*** 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 properti ...

** United States Park Police * Office of Insular Affairs * Office of Surface Mining **

National Mine Map Repository The National Mine Map Repository (NMMR) is part of the United States Department of the Interior (DOI), Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE or OSM). The NMMR resides in the Pittsburgh suburb of Green Tree, Pennsylvania, and ...

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 In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have ex ...

* Office of the Deputy Attorney General * Office of the Associate Attorney General * Office of the Solicitor General * Special Counsel's Office *

Antitrust Division The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice that enforces U.S. antitrust law. It has exclusive jurisdiction over U.S. federal criminal antitrust prosecutions. It also has jurisdict ...

* Civil Division * Civil Rights Division * Criminal Division * Environment and Natural Resources Division * Justice Management Division ** Asset Forfeiture Fund * National Security Division * Tax Division * Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives *

Bureau of Prisons The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Justice that is responsible for the care, custody, and control of incarcerated individuals who have committed federal crimes; that i ...

** Federal Prison Industries (aka Unicor) ** National Institute of Corrections *

Community Relations Service The Community Relations Service (CRS) is part of the United States Department of Justice. The office is intended to act as a peacemaker "for community conflicts and tensions arising from differences of race, color, national origin, gender, gender id ...

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 ...

** El Paso Intelligence Center **

Office of National Security Intelligence The Office of National Security Intelligence of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), established in 1973, helps initiate new investigations of major drug organizations, strengthens ongoing ones and subsequent prosecutions, develo ...

Executive Office for Immigration Review The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is a sub-agency of the United States Department of Justice whose chief function is to conduct removal proceedings in immigration courts and adjudicate appeals arising from the proceedings. These a ...

** Board of Immigration Appeals * Executive Office for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces *

Executive Office for United States Attorneys The Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) is the office within the Department of Justice that provides executive and administrative support for the 93 United States Attorneys located throughout the 50 states, District of Columbia, ...

* 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 The National Security Branch (NSB) is a service within the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The NSB is responsible for protecting the United States from weapons of mass destruction, acts of terrorism, and foreign intelligence operations and e ...

*** Counterterrorism Division ** Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch *** Critical Incident Response Group *** National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime *** Strategic Information and Operations Center *** Crisis Negotiation Unit *** Behavioral Analysis Unit ** 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 ...

*** FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division ** Information and Technology Branch ** Human Resources Branch ***

FBI Academy The FBI Academy is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's law enforcement training and research center near the town of Quantico in Stafford County, Virginia. Operated by the bureau's Training Division, it was first opened for use on May 7, 19 ...

National Gang Intelligence Center The National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) is an agency of the US Department of Justice established by the FBI upon order of Congress in 2005. The NGIC is a multi-agency effort that integrates the gang intelligence assets of federal, state, an ...

* 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 **

Bureau of Justice Assistance The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, within the United States Department of Justice. BJA provides leadership and assistance to local criminal justice programs that improve and reinforce the nat ...

Bureau of Justice Statistics The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring crime, criminal victimization, criminal offenders, victims of crime, correlates of crime, and the operation of cri ...

** National Criminal Justice Reference Service ** National Institute of Justice **

Office for Victims of Crime The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is a part of the Office of Justice Programs, within the U.S. Department of Justice. The OVC's mission is to provide aid and promote justice for crime victims. The office was created in 1988 in an amendment t ...

** Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention ** Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) *

Office of Legal Counsel The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) is an office in the United States Department of Justice that assists the Attorney General's position as legal adviser to the President and all executive branch agencies. It drafts legal opinions of the Attorney ...

Office of Legal Policy The Office of Legal Policy (OLP) is a division within the United States Department of Justice which describes itself as the "focal point for the development and coordination of Departmental policy." In addition to rendering legal advice to the Un ...

* Office of the Pardon Attorney * Office on Violence Against Women * 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 enforcem ...

** Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System * United States Parole Commission *

Office of Information Policy 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 du ...

* Office of Legislative Affairs * Office of Public Affairs *

Office of Professional Responsibility The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), part of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and supervised by the FBI, is responsible for investigating lawyers employed by the Department of Justice who have been accused of misconduct ...

* Office of the Inspector General * Office of Tribal Justice *

Professional Responsibility Advisory Office A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skil ...

United States Department of Labor (DOL)

Office of the Secretary 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 ...
(OSEC)

Offices under the Deputy Secretary of Labor

Administrations

* Employee Benefits Security Administration * Employment and Training Administration *

Mine Safety and Health Administration The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) () is a large agency of the United States Department of Labor which administers the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) to enforce compliance with mandatory safe ...

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 agen ...

Boards under the Office of Administrative Law Judges

* Administrative Review Board *

Benefits Review Board The Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board was created in 1972, by the United States Congress, to review and issue decisions on appeals of workers’ compensation claims arising under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and ...

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

Bureaus

Bureau of International Labor Affairs The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) is an operating unit of the United States Department of Labor which manages the department's international responsibilities. According to its mission statement: ''“The Bureau of International L ...

Bureau of Labor Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a unit of the United States Department of Labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics and serves as a principal agency of ...

* Women's Bureau

Miscellaneous

* National Labor Library * Veterans' Employment and Training Service * Wage and Hour Division *

Wirtz Labor Library The Wirtz Labor Library is the library of the U.S. Department of Labor. It provides Department of Labor employees and members of the general public with access to both historically significant and current resources pertaining to labor. It is locat ...

United States Department of State (DOS)

Office of the Secretary 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 ...

* 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 i ...

Bureau of Legislative Affairs The Bureau of Legislative Affairs, also known as the "H Bureau", is the office of the United States Department of State that coordinates legislative activity for the Department of State and advises the Secretary, the Deputy, as well as the unde ...

Office of the Legal Adviser The legal adviser of the Department of State is a position within the United States Department of State. It was created by an Act of Congress on February 23, 1931 (P.L. 71-715; 46 Stat. 1214). The legal adviser replaced the solicitor, a Departme ...

Executive Secretariat The United States Department of State Executive Secretariat (S/ES) is composed of the Executive Secretary of the State Department and five deputy executive secretaries. It is responsible for coordination of the work of the Department of State int ...

** 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 * 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

* Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance * Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation * Bureau of Political-Military Affairs ** 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 The Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) is a bureau of the United States Department of State The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government re ...

* Bureau of Counterterrorism * Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor *

Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is an agency that reports to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights within the Department of State. Under the umbrella of its general mis ...

** Office of Aviation *

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

Office of Global Criminal Justice The Office of Global Criminal Justice (J/GCJ), formerly called the Office of War Crimes Issues (S/WCI), is an office within the United States Department of State. Duties The Office is headed by an Ambassador: in that position, she advises the Se ...

* 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 forei ...

* 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

* Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs *

Bureau of Energy Resources The Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) is a bureau in the United States Department of State that coordinates the department's efforts in promoting international energy security. Under the purview of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growt ...

* Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs * 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 In the United States Government, the Bureau of Administration is part of the U.S. Department of State. The Bureau is responsible for administrative support operations, including procurement; supply and transportation; real property and facilit ...

* Bureau of Budget and Planning * Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services * Bureau of Information Resource Management **

Diplomatic Telecommunications Service The Diplomatic Telecommunications Service (DTS) is a system of integrated telecommunications networks that supports foreign affairs agencies in Washington, D.C., and U.S. diplomatic missions abroad. It is administered by the United States Departm ...

* Bureau of Global Talent Management ** Office of the Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global Talent *

Foreign Service Institute The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) is the United States federal government's primary training institution for employees of the U.S. foreign affairs community, preparing American diplomats as well as other professionals to advance U.S. foreign ...

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 r ...

* Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) ** Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) **

Diplomatic Courier Service Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, p ...

** Rewards for Justice Program * Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations * 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

* Bureau of African Affairs * Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs * Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs *

Bureau of International Organization Affairs The Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) is a bureau in the United States Department of State that creates and executes U.S. policy in the United Nations and other international organizations. It is headed by the Assistant Secreta ...

* Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs * Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs * Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the United States Department of State fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries around the world. It is responsible for the Un ...

* Bureau of Global Public Affairs * Office of Policy, Planning and Resources for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy *

Global Engagement Center Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act is a Bipartisanship, bipartisan bill that was introduced by the 114th United States Congress, United States Congress on 10 May 2016. The bill was initially called the Countering Information War ...

* International Expositions Unit * United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

Permanent diplomatic missions

United States Mission to the African Union The individual member states of the African Union (AU) coordinate foreign policy through this agency, in addition to conducting their own international relations on a state-by-state basis. The AU represents the interests of African peoples at larg ...

* 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, mi ...

* United States Mission to the Arab League * United States Mission to the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it has 46 member states, with a p ...

(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 union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are located primarily in Europe, Europe. The union has a total area of ...

* 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 * United States Mission to the

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate ...

* United States Mission to the

Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 Apri ...

* United States Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe * United States Mission to the United Nations *

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 ...

and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme

United States Department of Transportation

* United States Secretary of Transportation ** United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Federal Railroad Administration The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). The agency was created by the Department of Transportation Act of 1966. The purpose of the FRA is to promulgate and enforce rail sa ...

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 administratio ...

* Maritime Administration ** United States Merchant Marine Academy *

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" relat ...

* Office of the Inspector General *

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 opera ...

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 Deputy Secretary ** Office of the Chief of Staff * Office of Inspector General * Office of General Counsel * Office of Legislative Affairs * Office of Management * Office of Public Affairs * Office of Domestic Finance ** Office of Financial Institutions ***

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) promotes economic revitalization in distressed communities throughout the United States by providing financial assistance and information to community development financial institut ...

*** Financial Stability Oversight Council *** Office of Financial Research *** Terrorism Risk Insurance Program *** Small Business Lending Fund ***

Federal Insurance Office Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

** Office of Financial Markets *** Federal Financing Bank ** Office of Fiscal Service ** Office of Financial Stability * 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. companie ...

** Office of Technical Assistance *

Office of Tax Policy The Office of Tax Policy is an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury headed by the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy. The Office assists the Secretary in developing and implementing tax policies and programs; prov ...

* Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence ** Office of Foreign Assets Control ** Office of Intelligence and Analysis ** Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes *** Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture * 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 ** FEC Office of Inspector General

Established under Article I, Section 8

Administrative agencies

* Administrative Conference of the United States *

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 *** Public Interest Declassification Board **

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

* Merit Systems Protection Board *

Office of Government Ethics The United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is an independent agency within the executive branch of the U.S. Federal Government which is responsible for directing executive branch policies relating to the prevention of conflicts of interes ...

* Office of Personnel Management ** Human Resources University ** USOOPM Office of the Inspector General ** National Background Investigations Bureau **

Federal Executive Institute The Federal Executive Institute (FEI) is an executive and management development and training center for governmental leaders located on a campus near the center of Charlottesville, Virginia, less than a mile from University of Virginia. FEI off ...

** Chief Acquisition Officers Council ** Chief Human Capital Officers Council ** Chief Financial Officers Council ** Chief Information Officers Council * Office of Special Counsel

Commerce regulatory agencies

Federal Trade Commission The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. The FTC shares jurisdiction o ...

** FTC Office of the Inspector General * Consumer Product Safety Commission ** CPSC Office of the Inspector General *

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdicti ...

** 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 The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) addresses integrity, economy, and effectiveness issues that transcend individual Government agencies; and increase the professionalism and effectiveness of personnel by de ...

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is a U.S. federal government commission created by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998. USCIRF Commissioners are appointed by the President and the lead ...

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) is an independent agency within the executive branch of the United States government, established by Congress in 2004 to advise the President and other senior executive branch officials to en ...

* 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 Medicare is a government national health insurance program in the United States, begun in 1965 under the Social Security Administration (SSA) and now administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It primarily provides h ...

* Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer * Federal Library and Information Center Committee * 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 The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements is the United States federal committee "responsible matters affecting textile trade policy and for supervising the implementation of all textile trade agreements." History In 2005 the Com ...

* 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 The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is a United States government committee which promotes the coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis. Its 32 members are representatives from the E ...

U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad The U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad is an independent agency of the Government of the United States of America. It was established by . The law directs the Commission to identify and report on cemeteries, monument ...

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 The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is an independent agency of the United States federal government established in 1996. It is the main source of federal support for libraries and museums within the United States, having the ...

U.S. Agency for Global Media The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), formerly the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), is an independent agency of the United States government that broadcasts news and information. It describes its mission, "vital to US nation ...

Voice of America Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is the State media, state-owned news network and International broadcasting, international radio broadcaster of the United States, United States of America. It is the largest and oldest U.S.-funded international br ...

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States government funded organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says tha ...

Radio y Television Marti Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...

** Radio Free Asia ** Middle Eastern Broadcasting Networks **

International Broadcasting Bureau The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) is the technical support outlet within the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) (former Broadcasting Board of Governors, BBG), which is a U.S. independent agency. The IBB supports the day-to- ...

* National Constitution Center *

National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal ...

National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...

* 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 The Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation is an Executive Branch office of the United States Government. The Foundation was established by the Congress in 1992 to honor Morris Udall's thirty years of service in the House of Representati ...

* Vietnam Education Foundation

Energy and science agencies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding ...

(NASA) * National Science Board **

National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National ...

*** University Corporation for Atmospheric Research **** National Center for Atmospheric Research * United States Antarctic Program *

United States Arctic Research Commission The United States Arctic Research Commission is a United States federal agency. It was established by the ''Arctic Research and Policy Act'' of 1984 (as amended, Public Law 101–609). Duties The commission's principal duties are: #to establi ...

Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy. Established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, the NRC began opera ...

Office of the Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects The Office of the Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects is an independent agency of the U.S. government. Congress created the Office in the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2004.

* Tennessee Valley Authority **

Tennessee Valley Authority Police The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small areas of Georgia, North Carolina ...

Foreign investment agencies

African Development Foundation The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) is an independent United States government agency that provides grants of up to $250,000 for operational assistance, enterprise expansion and market linkage to early stage agriculture, e ...

Export–Import Bank of the United States The Export–Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is the official export credit agency (ECA) of the United States federal government. Operating as a wholly owned federal government corporation, the bank "assists in financing and facilitati ...

* Inter-American Foundation * U.S. International Finance Development Corporation *

U.S. Trade and Development Agency The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is an independent agency of the United States government, formed in 1992 to advance economic development and U.S. commercial interests in developing and middle income countries. Structure The U.S ...

Interior agencies

* Advisory Council on Historic Preservation *

United States Environmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it ...

** United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance *

Presidio Trust The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or The Royal Fortress of Saint Francis) is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part ...

* Appalachian Regional Commission * Delta Regional Authority *

Denali Commission The Denali Commission is a federal agency in the US based in Anchorage, Alaska that provides critical utilities, infrastructure, and economic support throughout Alaska. History It was established in 1998 by the Denali Commission Act of 1998 which ...

* 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 * Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission * National Labor Relations Board * National Mediation Board * Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission *

Chemical Safety Board The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (USCSB), generally referred to as the Chemical Safety Board or CSB, is an independent U.S. federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents. Headquartered in Washingt ...

Monetary and financial agencies

Commodity Futures Trading Commission The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an independent agency of the US government created in 1974 that regulates the U.S. derivatives markets, which includes futures, swaps, and certain kinds of options. The Commodity Exchange Act ...

* Farm Credit Administration *

Federal Reserve System The Federal Reserve System (often shortened to the Federal Reserve, or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States of America. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after ...

Federal Reserve Police The U.S. Federal Reserve Police is the law enforcement unit of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. History Federal Reserve System Law Enforcement Officers derive their authority from Section 11(q) of ...

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector. CFPB's jurisdiction includes banks, credit unions, securities firms, payday lenders, mo ...

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is one of two agencies that supply deposit insurance to depositors in American depository institutions, the other being the National Credit Union Administration, which regulates and insures cr ...

National Credit Union Administration The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is a government-backed insurer of credit unions in the United States, one of two agencies that provide deposit insurance to depositors in U.S. depository institutions, the other being the Feder ...

Central Liquidity Facility The Central Liquidity Facility (CLF) is a mixed-ownership United States (U.S.) government corporation created to improve the general financial stability of credit unions by serving as a liquidity lender to credit unions experiencing unusual or unex ...

Securities and Exchange Commission The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The primary purpose of the SEC is to enforce the law against market ...

Securities Investor Protection Corporation The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC ) is a federally mandated, non-profit, member-funded, United States corporation created under the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) of 1970 that mandates membership of most US-register ...

* Small Business Administration

Postal agencies

* Military Postal Service Agency * Postal Regulatory Commission *

United States Postal Service The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the ...

** 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 The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivor benefits. To qualify f ...

Federal property and seat of government agencies

* Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency *

General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. gover ...

Federal Systems Integration and Management Center GSA FEDSIM provides assisted acquisition support for information technology systems and services, and professional services, to other U.S. Government agencies on a fee for service basis. FEDSIM’s business lines include system and network ope ...

USAGov USAGov, formerly the Federal Citizen Information Center and Federal Consumer Information Center (FCIC), is a department in the United States government's General Services Administration. FCIC, founded in 1970, began as the federal government's d ...

(formerly Federal Citizen Information Center) ** Office of the President-Elect * National Capital Planning Commission * Commission of Fine Arts

Transportation agencies

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

Surface Transportation Board The Surface Transportation Board (STB) of the United States is a federal, bipartisan, independent adjudicatory board. The STB was established on January 1, 1996, to assume some of the regulatory functions that had been administered by the Interstat ...

Volunteerism agencies

Corporation for National and Community Service AmeriCorps (officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in service through a variety of stipended volunteer work prog ...

** AmeriCorps *** AmeriCorps Organizations *** AmeriCorps VISTA **

Senior Corps AmeriCorps Seniors is a United States government program run by the agency Corporation for National and Community Service. The program engages volunteers aged 55 and older to serve their communities. There are over 200,000 volunteers nationwide. ...

** 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 The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance. It was established in March 1961 by an executive order of President John ...

Authority under Article II, Section 1

Defense and security agencies

Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...

** Central Intelligence Agency Security Protective Service *

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is an independent agency of the United States government based in Washington, D.C. Established in 1988, the DNFSB oversees the nuclear weapons complex administered by the U.S. Department of Energy. The D ...

* Office of the Director of National Intelligence ** National Intelligence Board ** Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive **

Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is an organization within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence responsible for leading research to overcome difficult challenges relevant to the United States Intellige ...

Selective Service System The Selective Service System (SSS) is an independent agency of the United States government that maintains information on U.S. citizens and other U.S. residents potentially subject to military conscription (i.e., the draft) and carries out cont ...

* National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence

Authority under Amendment XIV

Civil rights agencies

* Commission on Civil Rights * Equal Employment Opportunity Commission *

National Council on Disability The National Council on Disability (NCD) is an advisory agency on disability policy in the United States for all levels of government and for private sector entities NCD is an independent agency of the United States government headquartered in ...

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

* Corporation for Travel Promotion *

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (formally known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is the United States National Cultural Center, located on the Potom ...

* National Trust for Historic Preservation *

National Building Museum The National Building Museum is located at 401 F Street NW in Washington, D.C. It is a museum of "architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning". It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit i ...

* National Gallery of Art *

Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Found ...

Smithsonian Police The Smithsonian Institution Office of Protection Services is the guard force of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a federal guard force consisting of 850 officers with special police authority tasked with protecting visitors, staff, property, ...

(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 The Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation Police, commonly known as the Washington National Cathedral Police, is a small private police force responsible for protecting the land of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which mainly c ...

Museum agencies

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust h ...

Commerce & technology agencies

North American Electric Reliability Corporation The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a nonprofit corporation based in Atlanta, Georgia, and formed on March 28, 2006, as the successor to the North American Electric Reliability Council (also known as NERC). The original ...

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) writes investor protection rules and other rules regulating broker-dealers and banks in the United States municipal securities market, including tax-exempt and taxable municipal bonds, municipal n ...

* National Futures Association *

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is a nonprofit corporation created by the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee the audits of public companies and other issuers in order to protect the interests of investors and further t ...

* 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 The East–West Center (EWC), or the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peop ...

* Millennium Challenge Corporation * National Endowment for Democracy * United States Institute of Peace *

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) is a global non-profit organization created by Congress in 1983. HFJ is dedicated to the advancement of military medicine, and serves as a trusted and responsive link ...

Human service & community development agencies

National Industries for the Blind National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

* Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation * Access Board * AbilityOne Commission *

National Institute of Building Sciences The National Institute of Building Sciences is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that brings together representatives of government, the professions, industry, labor and consumer interests, and regulatory agencies to focus on the identif ...

Interior agencies

* National Fish and Wildlife Foundation *

National Park Foundation The National Park Foundation (NPF) is the official charity of the National Park Service (NPS) and its national park sites. The NPF was chartered by Congress in 1967 with a charge to "further the conservation of natural, scenic, historic, scienti ...

Law & justice agencies

* Legal Services Corporation * State Justice Institute *

Vera Institute of Justice The Vera Institute of Justice, founded in 1961, is an independent nonprofit national research and policy organization in the United States. Based primarily in New York City, Vera also has offices in Washington, DC, and describes its goal as "to t ...

* National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

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Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development (RD)

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

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Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

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Defense agencies

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U.S. Navy Functional Operating Forces

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= U.S. Navy Field Support Activities

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U.S. Air Force Major Commands

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Field Operating Agencies

United States Department of Education

Office of the Secretary of Education (OSE)

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Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security

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

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

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs

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