The United States Information Agency (USIA) was a United States government agency devoted to the practice of public diplomacy which operated from 1953...
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definitions of an agency of the federal government of the United States are varied, and even contradictory. The official United States Government Manual...
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In the United States government, independent agencies are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary)...
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foreign audiences. Prior to this, the United States Department of State and then the United States Information Agency (USIA) beginning in 1952, were prohibited...
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The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), known as the Defense Communications Agency (DCA) until 1991, is a United States Department of Defense (DoD)...
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United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), known until 2018 as the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), is an independent agency of the United States...
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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA /ˈfɔɪjə/ FOY-yə), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is the United States federal freedom of information law that requires the full...
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not then handle Top Secret information, but may handle Secret and Confidential classified information. The United States does not have a British-style...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. President...
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States government that is primarily responsible for...
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The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense, specializing in...
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The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of federal law enforcement agencies (informally known as the "Feds") to maintain law...
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strategic level, comes from the Voice of America or United States Information Agency. In the United States Department of Defense, Psychological Operations...
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The United States Office of War Information (OWI) was a United States government agency created during World War II. The OWI operated from June 1942 until...
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The National Security Agency (NSA) is an intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National...
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became United States Bureau of Fisheries in 1903. United States Information Agency (USIA) United States Life-Saving Service Merged with the United States Revenue...
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Awards and decorations of the United States government are civilian awards of the U.S. federal government which are typically issued for sustained meritorious...
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The United States Intelligence Community (IC) is a group of separate U.S. federal government intelligence agencies and subordinate organizations that work...
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Credit bureau (redirect from Credit reference agency)
collection agency that gathers account information from various creditors and provides that information to a consumer reporting agency in the United States, a...
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the International Broadcasting Bureau, the successor of the United States Information Agency, established in 1953. IBB's operations include Voice of America...
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The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019...
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information in the United States relates to the public's ability to access government records, meetings, and other information. In the United States,...
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The term "government agency" or "administrative agency" usually applies to one of the independent agencies of the United States government, which exercise...
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Au pair (redirect from Chinese au pairs in the United States)
the United States picked up in 1987, when two educational and cultural exchange agencies were designated by the United States Information Agency (USIA)...
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United Nations Specialized Agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the co-ordinating machinery of...
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Information Operations is a category of direct and indirect support operations for the United States Military. By definition in Joint Publication 3-13...
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The United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO or GPO), formerly the United States Government Printing Office, is an agency of the legislative branch...
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list of United States federal agencies that are primarily devoted to research and development, including their notable subdivisions. These agencies are responsible...
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the United States Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on...
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense whose primary mission is collecting...
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