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This is a list of agencies of the United States federal government.
Contents
- Legislative
- Judicial branch
- Specialty Courts
- Executive Office of the President
- United States Department of Agriculture USDA
- United States Department of Commerce
- United States Department of Defense DOD
- United States Department of Education
- United States Department of Energy
- United States Department of Health and Human Services
- United States Department of Homeland Security
- Agencies and Offices Library and Coast Guard and Teams and schools
- Offices and Councils
- Management
- National Protection and Programs
- Science and Technology
- United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Agencies
- Offices and Centers and Library and University
- Corporation
- United States Department of the Interior
- United States Department of Justice
- United States Department of Labor DOL
- Agencies and Bureaus and Corporation and Center and Program and Library and University
- United States Department of State DOS
- Agencies and Bureaus and Offices and Library and Boards and Councils and schools
- Permanent Diplomatic Missions
- United States Department of Transportation
- Agencies Offices and Corporations and Board and Library and University
- United States Department of the Treasury
- Agencies and bureaus
- Offices and agencies
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- Agencies and university
- Boards and offices and library
- Established under United States Constitution Article I Section 4
- Established under Article I Section 8
- Government Commissions and Committees and Consortium
- Authority under Article II Section 1
- Authority under Amendment XIV
- Other agencies and corporations
- Joint programs and interagency agencies
- Special Inspector General Office
- Arts cultural agencies
- Museum agencies
- Commerce technology agencies
- Defense diplomacy agencies
- Human service community development Agencies
- Interior agencies
- Law justice agencies
- References
Legislative definitions of a federal agency are varied, and even contradictory, and the official United States Government Manual offers no definition. 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 subsequent litigation, often involving the Freedom of Information Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act. These further cloud attempts to enumerate a list of agencies.
The executive branch of the federal government includes the Executive Office of the President and the United States federal executive departments (whose secretaries belong to the Cabinet). Employees of the majority of these agencies are considered civil servants.
The majority of the independent agencies of the United States government are also classified as executive agencies (they are independent in that they are not subordinated under a Cabinet position). There are a small number of independent agencies that are not considered part of the executive branch, such as the Library of Congress and Congressional Budget Office, which are administered directly by Congress and thus are legislative branch agencies.
Legislative
Agencies and other entities within the legislative branch:
Judicial branch
Agencies within the judicial branch: