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- Federal Aviation Administration (redirect from Federal Aviation Agency) (category Government agencies established in 1958)The FAA was created in August 1958 (1958-08) as the Federal Aviation Agency, replacing the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA). In 1967, the FAA became71 KB (6,765 words) - 23:11, 7 January 2025
- Bureau of African Affairs (category Government agencies established in 1958)Secretary of State on matters of Sub-Saharan Africa. The bureau was established in 1958. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs8 KB (456 words) - 23:22, 22 November 2024
- DARPA (redirect from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) (category Government agencies established in 1958) (section Early history (1958–1969))high-tech government agency, and as such has many appearances in popular fiction. Some realistic references to DARPA in fiction are as "ARPA" in Tom Swift129 KB (13,112 words) - 22:07, 6 January 2025
- NASA (category Government agencies established in 1958) (section Nuclear in-space power and propulsion (ongoing))independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. Established in 1958, it succeeded224 KB (20,690 words) - 01:00, 14 January 2025
- Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (category Government agencies established in 1958)Numbered 1 Amendment of 1958 ~ P.L. 85-763". 72 Stat. 861 ~ Senate Bill 4059. U.S. Government Printing Office. August 26, 1958. http://www.gpo.gov/fds4 KB (291 words) - 23:28, 22 November 2024
- Biological Technologies Office (DARPA) (category Government agencies established in 1958)about bioterrorism to the fore. Then came the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which led the agency to invest in fields such as neuroscience, psychology and brain-computer6 KB (655 words) - 23:22, 22 November 2024
- of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related64 KB (6,017 words) - 22:39, 6 January 2025
- Modernization Act, Pub. L. 85–133, 71 Stat. 349 1958 – Transportation Act of 1958, Pub. L. 85–625, 72 Stat. 568 1958 – Federal Aviation Act, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat19 KB (1,545 words) - 13:27, 21 January 2025
- Department of Agriculture (category Government agencies established in 1862) (section Origins in the Patent Office)By the year 1933, the department was well established in Washington and very well known in rural America. In the agricultural field the picture was different75 KB (8,082 words) - 22:23, 21 December 2024
- Office of Management and Budget (category Government agencies established in 1970) (section Role in the executive budget process)OMB then works with the agencies to discuss issues in the upcoming budget. In July, the OMB issues circular A-11 to all agencies, which outlines instructions33 KB (2,700 words) - 22:46, 17 January 2025
- United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (category Organizations established in 1958)1959, and was the first new standing committee established in the House since 1946. The name was changed in 1974 to the House Committee on Science and Technology19 KB (762 words) - 22:24, 21 December 2024
- National Science Foundation (category Government agencies established in 1950)are funded in whole or in part by NSF. The NSF's astronomy program forged a close working relationship with NASA, also founded in 1958, in that the NSF57 KB (6,202 words) - 22:17, 15 January 2025
- Department of Commerce (category Government agencies established in 1913)Commerce Department. In 1949, the Public Roads Administration was added to the department after the Federal Works Agency was dismantled. In 1958, the independent36 KB (3,411 words) - 23:52, 2 December 2024
- President's Intelligence Advisory Board (category United States intelligence agencies)Evan Bayh to the PIAB. In October 2022, he named Anne Finucane to the PIAB. In November 2022, he named Mark Angelson to the PIAB. In January 2023, he named33 KB (2,693 words) - 00:43, 23 November 2024
- Council of Economic Advisers (category Government agencies established in 1946)the various programs and activities of the Federal Government in the light of the policy declared in section 2 for the purpose of determining the extent24 KB (2,163 words) - 23:51, 4 January 2025
- Bonneville Power Administration (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government)federal government to finance the construction of dams in the Pacific Northwest. The agency's name was changed to the Bonneville Power Administration in 194022 KB (1,543 words) - 21:41, 20 December 2024
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (category Research institutes established in 1931) (section From 1973 to 1989: new capabilities in energy and environmental research)Chemistry in 1951 with McMillan. Founding Laboratory Director Lawrence died in 1958 at the age of 57. McMillan became the second Director, serving in that role67 KB (5,750 words) - 23:26, 22 November 2024
- White House Chief of Staff (category Articles with invalid date parameter in template) (section Average tenure in office)Staff to the Commander-in-Chief" for his principal military adviser, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy.[citation needed] In 1946, in response to the rapid32 KB (1,416 words) - 14:59, 11 January 2025
- Department of Labor (category Government agencies established in 1913) (section Agencies, boards, bureaus, offices, programs, library and corporation of the department)locations. In the mid‑1960s, construction on the "New Labor Building" began and construction was finished in 1975. In 1980, it was named in honor of Frances27 KB (2,332 words) - 21:48, 20 December 2024
- Space Force (category Military units and formations established in 2019) (section The U.S. military in space)January 1958. Space exploration continued to be a military responsibility until the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created in 1958. The162 KB (12,818 words) - 00:48, 22 January 2025