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In September 2000, the State Department building (previously known as "Main State", and often called by the metonym "Foggy Bottom") was named in honor of President Harry S. Truman. [7] As of 2007, more than 8000 employees worked in the Truman Building. [8]
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 relating to the broad range of consular services and immigration.
District of Columbia flag Badge of a Deputy U.S. Marshal. This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the District has six local law enforcement agencies employing 4,262 sworn police officers, about 722 for each 100,000 residents.
The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 is an organic act enacted by Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution that formally placed the District of Columbia under the control of Congress and organized the unincorporated territory within the District into two counties: Washington County to the north and east of ...
Masterpieces in the collections are assembled from the early Federal period, c. 1790–1815. These masterpieces are interwoven into an interpretative narrative that explores U.S. diplomatic history: charting of the new world and the colonial foundations, the nation’s road to independence and birth of the United States, and expansion westward over the years 1740–1840.
District of Columbia Office of Public Records Management, Archival Administration, and Library of Governmental Information; Agency overview; Formed: September 5, 1985 () Type: Public Records Repository: Headquarters: District Records Center, 1300 Naylor Ct NW, Washington, DC 20001
A 25-year-old Alabama resident named Eric Council Jr. was arrested Thursday morning in connection with the unauthorized takeover of the Security and Exchange Commission’s X account in January ...
The Washington, D.C., Admission Act would enact several individual provisions related to the new state's admission: The existing area of the District of Columbia would be admitted into the union as the 51st state. The new state would be named "Washington, Douglass Commonwealth", renaming itself after Frederick Douglass.