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*National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) | *National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) | ||
*National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) | *National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) | ||
*Federal TRIO Programs | |||
*; '''Upward Bound (UB)''' | |||
*; Talent Search | |||
*: Talent Search (TS) identifies junior high and high school students who might benefit from intervention strategies meant to increase the chances of the student pursuing a college education. There are currently more than 475 TS programs in the U.S. serving more than 389,000 students. At least two-thirds of the students in each local TS program must be from low-income economic backgrounds and from families where parents do not have a bachelor's degree. TS is a grant-funded program. Local programs are required to demonstrate that they meet federal requirements every five years in order to maintain funding. Talent Search alumni include US Congressman [[Henry Bonilla]]. | |||
*; Student Support Services | |||
*: Student Support Services (SSS) receives funding through a federal grant competition. Funds are awarded to institutions of higher education to provide opportunities for academic development, assist students with basic college requirements, and to motivate students toward the successful completion of their postsecondary education. SSS projects also may provide grant aid to current participants who are receiving Federal Pell Grants. The goal of SSS is to increase the college retention and graduation rates of its participants. Alumni of Student Support Services include Viola Davis and [[Franklin Chang-Diaz]]. | |||
*; Educational Opportunity Centers | |||
*: The Educational Opportunity Centers program (EOC) provides counseling and information on college admissions to qualified adults who want to enter or continue a program of postsecondary education. The program also provides services to improve the financial and economic literacy of participants. An important objective of the program is to counsel participants on financial aid options, including basic financial planning skills, and to assist in the application process. The goal of the EOC program is to increase the number of adult participants who enroll in postsecondary education institutions. | |||
*; Veterans Upward Bound | |||
*: Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) is designed to motivate and assist veterans in the development of academic and other requisite skills necessary for acceptance and success in a program of postsecondary education. The program provides assessment and enhancement of basic skills through counseling, mentoring, tutoring, and academic instruction in the core subject areas. The primary goal of the program is to increase the rate at which participants enroll in and complete postsecondary education programs. | |||
*; Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs | |||
*: The purpose of the Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO Staff Training) is to increase the effectiveness of TRIO programs through staff training and development. Through a grant competition, funds are awarded to institutions of higher education and other public and private nonprofit institutions and organizations to support training to enhance the skills and expertise of project directors and staff employed in the Federal TRIO Programs. Funds may be used for conferences, seminars, internships, workshops, or the publication of manuals. Training topics are based on priorities established by the Secretary of Education and announced in Federal Register notices inviting applications. | |||
*; [[Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program]] | |||
*: The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, often referred to as the McNair Scholars Program, is a [[United States Department of Education]] initiative with a goal of increasing "attainment of PhD degrees by students from underrepresented segments of society," including first-generation low-income individuals and members from [[Race (classification of human beings)|racial]] and [[ethnic]] groups historically underrepresented in graduate programs. | |||
*; Upward Bound Math-Science | |||
*: Upward Bound Math-Science (UBMS) was first authorized through the [[Higher Education Act of 1965]] and reauthorized in the [[Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008]]. Participating students must have completed the eighth grade and be low-income or "potential first-generation college students", with two-thirds of selected applicants meeting both of the criteria. The program provides counseling, summer programs, research, computer training, and connections to university faculty with the goal of improving students' math and science skills and helping them obtain degrees and careers in the maths and sciences. Students in the summer program attend 5 weeks of English, math, and science classes in the summer months. [[Mathematics]] classes include [[algebra]], [[geometry]], pre[[calculus]], calculus, and science cour | |||
==Acts== | ==Acts== | ||
* [[National Arthritis Act of 1974]] | * [[National Arthritis Act of 1974]] |
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- Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative
- National Integrated Ballistic Information Network
- National Tracing Center
- Organized Crime Control Act
- Center for Intelligence and Security Studies
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
- Director
- Chief of Staff
- Chief Counsel
- Deputy Director (Chief Operating Officer)
- Office of Field Operations
- Office of Human Resources and Professional Development
- Office of Management
- Office of Enforcement Programs and Services
- Office of Professional Responsibility and Security Operations
- Office of Public and Governmental Affairs
- Office of Science and Technology
- Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information
- Operation Ceasefire
- United States Attorneys
- Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
- U.S. Federal Statistical System
- Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis
- Office of Data Development and Standards
- Office of Transportation Analysis
- Office of Spatial Analysis and Visualization
- Office of Airline Information
- Office of Information and Library Sciences
- Office of Safety Data and Analysis
- National Transportation Atlas Database
- Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act
- Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
- Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
- Transportation Librarians Roundtable
- Transportation Research Board
- Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs (OORP)
- Oil Spill Preparedness Division (OSPD)
- Environmental Compliance Division (ECD)
- Air Quality, Archaeological and Cultural Resources
- Marine Ecology, Marine Trash and Debris Oversight
- Rigs-to-Reefs (R2R) Artificial Reef Program
- Safety & Incident Investigation Division (SIID)
- Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement
- United States Bicycle Route System
- Desert Terminal Lakes Program
- List of United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
- Federal lands
- United States General Land Office
- Taylor Grazing Act of 1934
- Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
- Antiquities Act
- Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
- Golden Spike National Historical Park
- Great American Outdoors Act
- Federal Land Policy and Management Act
- Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971
- Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978
- Range Improvement Funds
- United States Grazing Service
- Homestead Act of 1862
- National Conservation Lands
- National Trails System
- National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
- U.S. Federal Statistical System
- U.S. Consumer Price Index
- Producer Price Index
- U.S. Import and Export Price Indices
- Consumer Expenditure Survey
- Bureau of Labor Act of 1884
- Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs (ODUS)
- Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT)
- Office of Trade and Labor Affairs (OTLA)
- Office of International Relations (OIR)
- Office of Economic and Labor Research (OELR)
- Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
- Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA)
- Office of Indian Services
- Office of Justice Services (OJS)
- Office of Trust Services
- Office of Field Operations - Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Indian Reservation Roads Program
- Second Legal Tender Act
- United States Treasury Police
- Philadelphia Mint
- Denver Mint
- San Francisco Mint
- West Point Mint
- Federal Reserve Act
- Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
- Federal Statistical System of the United States
- National Income and Product Accounts
- Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs
- Immigration and Nationality Act
- Office of Comptroller
- Office of Consular Systems & Technology
- Office of Executive Director
- Office of Fraud Prevention
- Office of Overseas Citizen Services
- Office of Policy Coordination & Public Affairs
- Office of Passport Services
- Visas Services Office
- Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs
- American Community Survey
- U.S. Economic Census
- Current Population Survey
- U.S. Economic Census
- Director of the United States Census Bureau
- Census Information Center
- Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980
- Beige Book
- FRED database
- Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act
- Federal Open Market Committee
- Chair of the Board of Governors
- Federal Reserve Act
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- National Counterintelligence and Security Center
- Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
- U.S. Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
- Arms Export Control Act of 1976
- Programs
- Foreign military sales (FMS)
- International Military Education and Training (IMET)
- United States Foreign Military Financing (FMF)
- Template:Infobox institute
- United States European Command
- U.S. Pacific Command
- Armed Forces Recreation Cente
- Edelweiss Lodge and Resort
- United States European Command (EUCOM)
- FAO Program
- U.S. Senior Fellows Program
- Partner Language Training Center Europe
- Partnership for Peace Consortium
- United States Pacific Command (USPACOM)
- Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1983
- Air Reserve Personnel Center,
- Chief Financial Officers Act
- National Security Resources Board
- Department of Defense Reorganization Act
- Unified Command Plan
- National Defense Authorization Act
- Department of Defense Appropriations Act
- Supplemental Defense Appropriations Act
- Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986
- Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
- Denali Commission Act of 1998
- Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000
- Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
- Delaware River Basin Compact
- Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- National Academy of Sciences
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
- DLA Aviation
- DLA Disposition Services
- DLA Distribution
- DLA Energy
- DLA Troop Support
- DLA Land and Maritime
- DLA Police
- Defense Cataloging and Standardization Act of 1952
- Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center
- Goldwater-Nichols Reorganization Act
- Defense National Stockpile Center
- United States Southern Command
- Defense Cover Office (DCO)
- Directorate for Analysis
- Directorate for Science and Technology
- Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS)
- Directorate for Mission Services
- Joint Military Intelligence Training Center
- Americas and Transnational Threats Center
- Indo-Pacific Regional Center
- Europe/Eurasia Regional Center
- Middle East/Africa Regional Center
- China Mission Group
- Defense Resources and Infrastructure Center
- Defense Combating Terrorism Center
- National Center for Medical Intelligence
- Missile and Space Intelligence Center
- National Media Exploitation Center
- Underground Facilities Analysis Center (UFAC)
- Missile and Space Intelligence Center
- National Center for Medical Intelligence
- United States Strategic Command
- Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
- Military Intelligence Board
- Defense Clandestine Service
- Defense Attache System
- Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe Analytic Center
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
- Defense Reorganization Act of 1958
- Joint Military Attaché School
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
- Joint Task Force National Capital Region/Medical
- Surgeon General of the United States Army
- Surgeon General of the United States Navy
- Surgeon General of the United States Air Force
- Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
- National Intelligence Council (NIC)
- National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
- National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC)
- Federal TRIO Programs
- Upward Bound (UB)
- Talent Search
- Talent Search (TS) identifies junior high and high school students who might benefit from intervention strategies meant to increase the chances of the student pursuing a college education. There are currently more than 475 TS programs in the U.S. serving more than 389,000 students. At least two-thirds of the students in each local TS program must be from low-income economic backgrounds and from families where parents do not have a bachelor's degree. TS is a grant-funded program. Local programs are required to demonstrate that they meet federal requirements every five years in order to maintain funding. Talent Search alumni include US Congressman Henry Bonilla.
- Student Support Services
- Student Support Services (SSS) receives funding through a federal grant competition. Funds are awarded to institutions of higher education to provide opportunities for academic development, assist students with basic college requirements, and to motivate students toward the successful completion of their postsecondary education. SSS projects also may provide grant aid to current participants who are receiving Federal Pell Grants. The goal of SSS is to increase the college retention and graduation rates of its participants. Alumni of Student Support Services include Viola Davis and Franklin Chang-Diaz.
- Educational Opportunity Centers
- The Educational Opportunity Centers program (EOC) provides counseling and information on college admissions to qualified adults who want to enter or continue a program of postsecondary education. The program also provides services to improve the financial and economic literacy of participants. An important objective of the program is to counsel participants on financial aid options, including basic financial planning skills, and to assist in the application process. The goal of the EOC program is to increase the number of adult participants who enroll in postsecondary education institutions.
- Veterans Upward Bound
- Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) is designed to motivate and assist veterans in the development of academic and other requisite skills necessary for acceptance and success in a program of postsecondary education. The program provides assessment and enhancement of basic skills through counseling, mentoring, tutoring, and academic instruction in the core subject areas. The primary goal of the program is to increase the rate at which participants enroll in and complete postsecondary education programs.
- Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs
- The purpose of the Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO Staff Training) is to increase the effectiveness of TRIO programs through staff training and development. Through a grant competition, funds are awarded to institutions of higher education and other public and private nonprofit institutions and organizations to support training to enhance the skills and expertise of project directors and staff employed in the Federal TRIO Programs. Funds may be used for conferences, seminars, internships, workshops, or the publication of manuals. Training topics are based on priorities established by the Secretary of Education and announced in Federal Register notices inviting applications.
- Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program
- The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, often referred to as the McNair Scholars Program, is a United States Department of Education initiative with a goal of increasing "attainment of PhD degrees by students from underrepresented segments of society," including first-generation low-income individuals and members from racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in graduate programs.
- Upward Bound Math-Science
- Upward Bound Math-Science (UBMS) was first authorized through the Higher Education Act of 1965 and reauthorized in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. Participating students must have completed the eighth grade and be low-income or "potential first-generation college students", with two-thirds of selected applicants meeting both of the criteria. The program provides counseling, summer programs, research, computer training, and connections to university faculty with the goal of improving students' math and science skills and helping them obtain degrees and careers in the maths and sciences. Students in the summer program attend 5 weeks of English, math, and science classes in the summer months. Mathematics classes include algebra, geometry, precalculus, calculus, and science cour