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* [[Open World Leadership Center]] - Promotes international understanding by facilitating professional exchanges for emerging leaders from Russia, Eurasia, and the Baltic states. | * [[Open World Leadership Center]] - Promotes international understanding by facilitating professional exchanges for emerging leaders from Russia, Eurasia, and the Baltic states. | ||
** URL: https://www.openworld.gov/ | ** URL: https://www.openworld.gov/ | ||
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* [[Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)]] - Coordinates military operations in the Indo-Pacific region to promote stability, security, and prosperity. | |||
** URL: https://www.pacom.mil/ | |||
* [[Pardon Attorney, Office of]] - Processes petitions for executive clemency, including pardons, commutations of sentence, respites, and remissions of fines and forfeitures. | |||
** URL: https://www.justice.gov/pardon | |||
* [[Parent Information and Resources Center (CPIR)]] - Provides support to build capacity of Statewide Parent Training and Information Centers, Community Parent Resource Centers, and the organizations that serve them. | |||
** URL: https://www.parentcenterhub.org/ | |||
* [[Parole Commission]] - Determines whether and when, consistent with the protection of the public, to release on parole adults sentenced under federal and District of Columbia law. | |||
** URL: https://www.justice.gov/uspc | |||
* [[Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)]] - Grants patents and registers trademarks, advising the President, through the Secretary of Commerce, on national and international IP policy issues. | |||
** URL: https://www.uspto.gov/ | |||
* [[Peace Corps]] - Sends volunteers to work with communities in developing countries on projects in education, health, agriculture, and more to promote peace and friendship. | |||
** URL: https://www.peacecorps.gov/ | |||
* [[Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)]] - Protects the retirement incomes of American workers in private-sector defined benefit pension plans. | |||
** URL: https://www.pbgc.gov/ | |||
* [[Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA)]] - Provides force protection, security, and law enforcement for the Pentagon and other Department of Defense activities in the National Capital Region. | |||
** URL: https://www.pfpa.mil/ | |||
* [[Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)]] - Works to protect people and the environment by advancing the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials. | |||
** URL: https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/ | |||
* [[Policy Development and Research (PD&R)]] - Conducts research on housing needs, market conditions, and existing programs, and develops and evaluates policies to address housing issues. | |||
** URL: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/pdrhome.html | |||
* [[Postal Inspection Service]] - Protects the U.S. Postal Service, its employees, and its customers from criminal attack, and protects the nation's mail system from criminal misuse. | |||
** URL: https://www.uspis.gov/ | |||
* [[Postal Regulatory Commission]] - Provides regulatory oversight over the U.S. Postal Service to ensure fair practices for postal customers. | |||
** URL: https://www.prc.gov/ | |||
* [[Postal Service (USPS)]] - An independent federal establishment that provides postal services in the United States. | |||
** URL: https://www.usps.com/ | |||
* [[Postsecondary Education, Office of (OPE)]] - Works to increase college access, affordability, and completion, ensuring that postsecondary education and training contribute to the nation's economic growth and global competitiveness. | |||
** URL: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/index.html | |||
* [[President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCSFN)]] - Promotes health and well-being through physical activity, sports participation, and good nutrition. | |||
** URL: https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/presidents-council | |||
* [[Presidential Scholars Commission]] - Recognizes and honors some of the nation's most distinguished graduating high school seniors. | |||
** URL: https://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html | |||
* [[Presidio Trust]] - Manages the Presidio of San Francisco, ensuring its preservation and enhancing its public use as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. | |||
** URL: https://www.presidio.gov/ | |||
* [[Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia]] - Assists judicial officers in their release or detention decisions by providing accurate information and supervising released defendants to maximize court appearance rates and public safety. | |||
** URL: https://www.psa.gov/ | |||
* [[Prevention Information Network (NPIN)]] - Provides health professionals and public health officials with information on HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB prevention. | |||
** URL: https://npin.cdc.gov/ | |||
* [[Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)]] - Ensures that the government's efforts to prevent terrorism are balanced with the need to protect privacy and civil liberties. | |||
** URL: https://www.pclob.gov/ | |||
* [[Public and Indian Housing (PIH)]] - Provides and operates housing assistance programs for America's low-income families, including public housing and housing choice vouchers. | |||
** URL: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing | |||