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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a federally funded research and development center in Livermore, California, United States. Originally established in 1952, the laboratory now is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administered privately by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Livermore, California, 1952 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (since 2007) [10] 8,000 US$2,217,000,000 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Golden, Colorado, 1977 Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (since 2008) [11] 2,685 US$393,000,000
These further cloud attempts to enumerate a list of agencies. [3] [4] The executive branch of the federal government includes the Executive Office of the President and the United States federal executive departments (whose secretaries belong to the Cabinet). Employees of the majority of these agencies are considered civil servants.
Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) are public-private partnerships that conduct research and development for the United States Government.Under Federal Acquisition Regulation § 35.017, FFRDCs are operated by universities and corporations to fulfill certain long-term needs of the government that "...cannot be met as effectively by existing in-house or contractor resources."
One of Sandia's first permanent buildings (Building 800) was completed in 1949. Sandia National Laboratories' roots go back to World War II and the Manhattan Project.Prior to the United States formally entering the war, the U.S. Army leased land near an Albuquerque, New Mexico airport known as Oxnard Field to service transient Army and U.S. Navy aircraft.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, with six regions comprising more than 60 field and home offices, the agency provides mediation and conflict resolution services to industry, government agencies and communities. The headquarters of the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve System (often called "the Fed"), is the central bank of the United ...
Disaster Relief is a longstanding mission. One of USAID’s most visible functions is the provision of disaster assistance to foreign nations. The agency’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance ...
[78] [79] The system, in development at Lawrence Livermore and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory since 2003, has cost the agency $42 million to date. Controversy over the program is not new; in March 2007, the Government Accountability Office stated that "the ADVISE tool could misidentify or erroneously associate an individual with ...