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A broader definition of the term "government agency" also means the United States federal executive departments that include the President's cabinet-level departments and their sub-units. Examples of these include the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury.
[1] [2] While the Administrative Procedure Act definition of "agency" applies to most executive branch agencies, Congress may define an agency however it chooses in enabling legislation, and through subsequent litigation often involving the Freedom of Information Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act. These further cloud attempts to ...
The Peace Corps was created in 1961 by an executive order of President Kennedy, originally under the State Department but reorganized as an independent agency by President Nixon. Peace Corps' goal is to assist developing countries by providing skilled workers in fields such as education, health, entrepreneurship, women's empowerment, or ...
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) Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Warfare Center (NCCOSC) Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWSCL) United States ...
Principal statistical agencies [3] Seal Agency Department Established FY13 budget est. [4] (millions) FY22 budget est. [5] (millions) Census Bureau: U.S. Department of Commerce: 1903 $1,000.4 $1,518.8 Bureau of Labor Statistics: U.S. Department of Labor: 1884 $618.2 $700.1 National Center for Education Statistics: U.S. Department of Education ...
Texas is looking at a plan to ramp up migrant buses again — but instead of sending them to sanctuary cities, officials would ship newly arrived illegal migrants directly to ICE holding centers ...
The Bureau of Labor was established within the Department of the Interior on June 27, 1884, to collect information about employment and labor. Its creation under the Bureau of Labor Act (23 Stat. 60) stemmed from the findings of U.S. Senator Henry W. Blair's "Labor and Capital Hearings", which examined labor issues and working conditions in the U.S. [6] Statistician Carroll D. Wright became ...
Without a last-minute deal on the table, the U.S. heads for a government shutdown, meaning several shuttered federal agencies and furloughed federal employees, along with other consequences.