List of federal agencies in the United States: Difference between revisions

Legislative definitions of an [[government agency|agency]] of the [[federal government of the United States]] are varied, and even contradictory. The official ''[[United States Government Manual]]'' offers no definition.{{sfn|Fischer|2011|pages=1–2}}{{sfn|Federal Register|2013}} While the [[Administrative Procedure Act (United States)|Administrative Procedure Act]] definition of "agency" applies to most [[Executive (government)|executive branch]] agencies, [[United States Congress|Congress]] may define an agency however it chooses in enabling legislation, and through subsequent litigation often involving the [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] and the [[Government in the Sunshine Act]]. These further cloud attempts to enumerate a list of agencies.{{sfn|Lewis|Selin|2013|pages=13–14}}{{sfn|Kamensky|2013}}

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 [[Congressional Research Service]] and the [[United States Sentencing Commission]], which are legislative and judicial agencies, respectively.  

==United States Congress==

!Agency

!Principal executive

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|[[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]]

|[[National Security Advisor (United States)|Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs]]

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|[[National Space Council]]

|Executive Secretary of the National Space Council

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|[[United States Homeland Security Council|Homeland Security Council]]{{efn|shares staff with the National Security Council}}

|[[Homeland Security Advisor|Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism]]{{efn|reports to the National Security Advisor}}

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|[[Council of Economic Advisers]]

|Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers

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|[[Council on Environmental Quality]]

|Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality

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|[[President's Intelligence Advisory Board]]

|Chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board

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|[[Executive Residence]] Staff and Operations

|[[White House Chief Usher]]

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|[[Office of Administration]]

|Director of the Office of Administration

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|[[Office of Management and Budget]]

** Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC)

|[[Director of the Office of Management and Budget]]

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|[[Office of National Drug Control Policy]]

|[[Director of National Drug Control Policy]]

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|[[Office of the National Cyber Director]]

|[[National Cyber Director]]

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|[[Office of Science and Technology Policy]]

|[[Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy]]

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|[[Office of the United States Trade Representative]]

|[[United States Trade Representative]]

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|[[Office of the Vice President of the United States]]

|[[Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States|Chief of Staff to the Vice President]]

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|[[White House Office]]

|[[White House Chief of Staff|Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff]]

|}

=== White House Office ===

==United States Department of Health and Human Services==

{{Main|United States Department of Health and Human Services}}

* [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|Office of the Secretary]] (OS)

==United States Department of Homeland Security==

{{Main|United States Department of Homeland Security}}

* [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Office of the Secretary]]

==United States Department of Housing and Urban Development==

{{Main|United States Department of Housing and Urban Development}}

==United States Department of the Interior (DOI)==

{{Main|United States Department of the Interior}}

* [[United States Secretary of the Interior]]

==United States Department of Justice (DOJ)==

{{Main|United States Department of Justice}}

* [[United States Attorney General|Office of the Attorney General]]

==United States Department of Labor (DOL)==

{{Main|United States Department of Labor}}

===Office of the Secretary (OSEC)===

==United States Department of State (DOS)==

{{Main|United States Department of State}}

==United States Department of Transportation==

{{Main|United States Department of Transportation}}

==United States Department of the Treasury==

{{Main|United States Department of the Treasury}}

=== Departmental offices<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fedscope.opm.gov/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognosisapi.dll|title=IBM Cognos software|website=www.fedscope.opm.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-12-17}}</ref> ===

==United States Department of Veterans Affairs==

{{Main|United States Department of Veterans Affairs}}

==Independent agencies, tribunals, and government-owned corporations==

{{Main|Independent agencies of the United States government|State-owned enterprises of the United States|Federal tribunals in the United States}}

==References==

===Explanatory notes===

===Notes===

{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===

* {{cite book|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GOVMAN-2013-11-06/pdf/GOVMAN-2013-11-06.pdf|title=The United States Government Manual|date=November 2013|publisher=Government Printing Office|location=Washington, DC|last1=Federal Register}}

* {{cite web|url=http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedagencydef.pdf|title=What is a Federal Agency?|date=March 28, 2011|website=Federal Agency Directory|publisher=Louisiana State University Libraries|last1=Fischer|first1=Molly|access-date=21 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518150541/http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedagencydef.pdf|archive-date=18 May 2013}}

* {{cite journal|date=Spring 2013|title=Mapping the Contours of the Federal Government|url=http://www.acus.gov/sites/default/files/documents/EXCERPT_ABA_Spring2013_final.pdf|journal=Administrative and Regulatory Law News|publisher=[[American Bar Association]]|volume=38|issue=3|pages=3–4|last1=Kamensky|first1=John|access-date=22 September 2014}}

* {{cite book|url=http://www.acus.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Sourcebook%202012%20FINAL_May%202013.pdf|title=Sourcebook of United States Executive Agencies|last2=Selin|first2=Jennifer L.|date=2013|publisher=[[Administrative Conference of the United States]]|edition=corrected March 2013|location=Washington, DC|last1=Lewis|first1=David E.}}

==External links==

* [http://www.usgovernmentmanual.gov/ US Government Manual], official online version of the [[United States Government Manual]], continually updated.

* [http://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/index.shtml A–Z Index of US Departments and Agencies], USA.gov, the US government's official web portal. Directory of agency contact information.

* [http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/default.htm CyberCemetery], online document archive of defunct US Federal Agencies, maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries in partnership with the Federal Depository Library Program of the GPO

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