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US Government Manual, official freely downloadable PDFs of annual printed versions. Federal Agency Directory, online database maintained by the Louisiana State University Libraries in partnership with the Federal Depository Library Program of the GPO; A–Z Index of US Departments and Agencies, USA.gov, the US government's official web portal ...
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the common government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, comprising 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district (national capital) of Washington, D.C ...
This category is for the institutions and powers of all levels of government in the United States , including federal, state and local governments, and their officers. For articles pertaining specifically to the Federal government of the United States, see Category:Federal government of the United States.
In the United States, the government of each of the 50 states is structured in accordance with its individual constitution. In turn, each state constitution must be grounded in republican principles. Article IV, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution tasks the federal government with assuring that each state's government is so ...
Category:Government in the United States for state or local governments or for government in general. Category:Politics of the United States, for the conduct and doctrines of U.S. politicians. Category:Law of the United States for the official actions of these institutions.
This is a list of Hispanic and Latino Americans who have served in the United States Congress.Persons included are identified as having a lineage from Spain or Latin America, a definition that includes Brazil, but not Portugal.
Six subsequent states were never an organized territory of the federal government, or part of one, before being admitted to the Union. Three were set off from an already existing state: Kentucky (1792, from Virginia ), [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Maine (1820, from Massachusetts ), [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] and West Virginia (1863, from Virginia ).
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 state.