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A–Z Index of US Departments and Agencies, USA.gov, the US government's official web portal. Directory of agency contact information. CyberCemetery, online document archive of defunct US Federal Agencies, maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries in partnership with the Federal Depository Library Program of the GPO
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district (national capital) of Washington ...
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 United States being a presidential system) they are led by a head of government who is also the head of ...
Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC) United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) Office of Naval Research (ONR) Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) Naval Air Warfare Center (NASC) Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC)
t. e. In the United States government, independent agencies are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary) and the Executive Office of the President. [1]: 6 In a narrower sense, the term refers only to those independent agencies that, while considered part of the executive branch, have ...
The following Federal Agencies are headquartered in Northern Virginia. Agencies with approximately 10,000+ employees, or a $10 billion+ budget are in bold. Agency (common abbreviation) City/CDP (Area) Seal/Insignia/Crest. Defense Contract Management Agency. Alexandria.
The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the 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, its insular areas and associated states.
A government agency or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government (bureaucracy) that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administration. [1] There is a notable variety of agency types.