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Government Agencies & Departments
Government Departments and Agencies can be a fantastic source of data, statistics and government reports. A complete list of government agencies is available.
The Complete List of Agencies & Departments
Suggested Agencies C
- Census Bureau
- Centers for Disease Control
- Central Command
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Citizenship & Immigration Services
- Coast Guard
- Department of Commerce
- Commission of Fine Arts
- Commission on Civil Rights
- Congressional Budget Office
- Customs and Border Protection
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Suggested Agencies F
- Office of Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Federal Election Commission
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Federal Highway Administration
- Federal Housing Administration
- Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Federal Reserve System
- Fish & Wildlife Service
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Suggested Agencies G
Suggested Agencies I
Suggested Agencies L
Suggested Agencies N
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
- National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)
- National Cancer Institute
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Guard
- National Institute of Justice
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health
- National Institute of Standards & Technology
- National Institutes of Health
- National Labor Relations Board
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- National Park Service
- National Science Foundation
- National Security Agency
- National Security Council
- National Weather Service
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Navy
- Office of Nuclear Energy
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Suggested Agencies O
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
- Office for Civil Rights (Department of Education)
- Office for Civil Rights (Department of Health & Human Services)
- Office of Child Support Services
- Office of Environmental Management
- Office of Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity
- Office of Government Ethics
- Office of Immigrant & Employee Rights
- Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
- Office of Management & Budget
- Office of Minority Health
- Office of Policy Development & Research
- Office of Refugee Resettlement
- Office of Special Counsel
- Office on Violence Against Women
Suggested Agencies S
- St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
- Department of Energy’s Office of Science
- Secret Service
- Securities & Exchange Commission
- Selective Service System
- Sentencing Commission
- Small Business Administration
- Smithsonian Institution
- Social Security Administration
- Social Security Advisory Board
- Office of Special Counsel
- Special Education & Rehabilitation Services
- Special Forces Operations Command
- State Department
- State Justice Institute
- Strategic Command
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration