The FAA was created in August 1958 (1958-08) as the Federal Aviation Agency, replacing the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA). In 1967, the FAA became
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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 Affairs
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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 Swift
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independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. Established in 1958, it succeeded
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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/fds
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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-computer
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of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related
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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 Stat
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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 different
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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 instructions
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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 Technology
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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 NSF
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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 named
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Commerce Department. In 1949, the Public Roads Administration was added to the department after the Federal Works Agency was dismantled. In 1958, the independent
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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 role
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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 extent
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federal government to finance the construction of dams in the Pacific Northwest. The agency's name was changed to the Bonneville Power Administration in 1940
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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 Frances
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Staff to the Commander-in-Chief" for his principal military adviser, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy.[citation needed] In 1946, in response to the rapid
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kind of government-to-government (G2G) financial assistance is usually performed by the host government's own audit agency. As a government agency is usually
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