Government Agency
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This type is for any agency which is operated by a government. It does not include bodies that constitute a government, such as legislatures and courts. This type can be used to show how agencies have merged, split, or otherwise turned into new...
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| Canada Revenue Agency |
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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) (Revenue Canada under the Federal Identity Program) a federal agency that administers tax law for the Government of Canada and for most provinces and territories, international trade legislation, and various social...
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| National Archives and Records Administration |
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The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records. It is also charged with increasing...
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| Israeli Security Forces |
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Security forces in Israel include a variety of organizations, including law enforcement, military, paramilitary, governmental, and intelligence agencies.
A civilian force. As with most other police forces in the world, their duties include...
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| United States Census Bureau |
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Information Source | United States | United States Department of Commerce |
The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. It is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census.
The agency director is a...
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| United States Copyright Office | United States |
The United States Copyright Office, a part of the Library of Congress, is the official U.S. government body that maintains records of copyright registration in the United States. It is used by copyright title searchers who are attempting to clear a...
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| United States Department of Energy |
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The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. Its responsibilities include the nation's nuclear weapon program, nuclear reactor production...
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| United States Department of Agriculture |
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The United States Department of Agriculture (also called the Agriculture Department, or USDA) is a United States Federal Executive Department (or Cabinet Department). Its purpose is to develop and execute policy on farming, agriculture, and food. It...
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| United States Department of Commerce |
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The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor on February 14, 1903. It...
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| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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Employer | United States Department of Commerce |
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere. NOAA warns of dangerous weather, charts seas and skies,...
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| United States Department of Defense |
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The United States Department of Defense (DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military. The organization and...
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| United States Department of Education | Employer | United States |
The United States Department of Education (also referred to as ED, for Education Department) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. Created by the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88), it was signed...
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| United States Department of Homeland Security |
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Employer | United States |
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), commonly known in the United States as "Homeland Security", is a Cabinet department of the U.S. federal government with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the U.S. from...
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| National Security Agency |
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Employer | United States |
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States government, administered as part of the United States Department of Defense. Created on November 4, 1952, it is responsible for...
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| Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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Employer | United States | United States Department of Justice |
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic intelligence agency. At present, the FBI has...
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| Central Intelligence Agency |
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Aircraft Owner | United States |
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. Its primary function is collecting and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and persons in order to advise public...
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| Federal Emergency Management Agency | United States | United States Department of Homeland Security |
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The purpose of FEMA (begun by Presidential Order on April 1, 1979)is to coordinate the response to a disaster which has occurred in...
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| National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
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Employer | United States |
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is an agency of the United States Government with the primary mission of collection, analysis, and distribution of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security. NGA was formerly...
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| Library and Archives Canada |
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Employer | Canada | Department of Canadian Heritage |
Library and Archives Canada (in French: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is a Canadian federal government department responsible for the collection and preservation of the documentary heritage of Canada through text, picture and other document...
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| Department of Canadian Heritage | Canada |
The Department of Canadian Heritage, or simply Canadian Heritage, is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for policies and programs regarding the arts, culture, media, communications networks, official languages (including...
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| Independent regulatory commission | United States |
An independent regulatory commission is an independent regulatory agency in the United States Government. These agencies are established to be outside the power of both the executive and legislative branches of the government.
United States was...
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| Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency |
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Sida (sometimes SIDA but not officially spelled with capital letters) is a Swedish governmental agency that answers to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida is an acronym for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (or in...
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| United States Federal Protective Service |
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The United States Federal Protective Service (FPS) is a component of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is responsible for law enforcement and security of nearly 9,000 Federally owned and leased buildings,...
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| Defence Bills Agency | United Kingdom |
The Defence Bills Agency was an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) which paid the bills from MOD contracts, invoices and collects MOD receipts and provides financial management information to budget holders. It was...
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| Forensic Science Service | United Kingdom |
The Forensic Science Service (FSS) is a government-owned company in the United Kingdom which provides forensic science services to the police forces and government agencies of England and Wales.
The FSS maintains seven laboratories throughout the...
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| Norwegian Board of Health Supervision |
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The Norwegian Board of Health Supervision is a national government institution under the Ministry of Health and Care Services. The name was altered from Norwegian Board of Health as of January 1, 2007.
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| Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet |
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Company | Norway |
National Security Authority (NSM) (Norwegian: Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet) is a Norwegian intelligence agency at the level of government agency (Direktorat) established on January 1, 2003 as one of two newly established organizations to take over...
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| Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | New Zealand |
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of New Zealand (often known by its acronym, DPMC) is the department charged with supporting the Prime Minister of New Zealand and their Cabinet. The department is one of three agencies responsible...
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| Rail Accident Investigation Branch | United Kingdom |
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch is a government agency that became operational on 17 October 2005. Its primary role is the investigation of rail accidents in the United Kingdom and the Channel Tunnel in order to find a cause, not to lay blame...
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| Idaho State Liquor Dispensary |
The Idaho State Liquor Dispensary is an agency of the government of the state of Idaho that maintains a monopoly on the sale of all alcoholic beverages that exceed 16% alcohol by volume.
The current superintendent of the Dispensary is James M. ...
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| Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation |
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The Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation is an agency of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for new railway projects in the city of Sydney, Australia. The TIDC forms part of the Transport portfolio.
TIDC is charged...
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