trains, ranging in speed from 125–250 mph (200–400 km/h), and capable of delivering a passenger 500 miles (800 km) in about 2–3 hours. In smaller, regional
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(STB) – spun off as an independent federal agency in 2015 In 2012, the DOT awarded $742.5 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment
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Diseases is based in Fort Collins, Colorado, with a branch in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Arctic Investigations Program is based in Anchorage. In addition, CDC
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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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for each $1 invested in the NPS, the American public receives $4 in economic value. In 2011, national parks generated $30.1 billion in economic activity and
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for the preservation of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Since enactment in 1966, repeated efforts to fund the HPF was realized
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accelerator constructed in 1966 that could accelerate electrons to energies of 50 GeV. Today SLAC research centers on a broad program in atomic and solid-state
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Venereal Diseases was established in 1918, and the Narcotics Division in 1929 (it eventually became the National Institute of Mental Health). In 1930, the Hygienic
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removes the hazardous residues. In 1978, in compliance with the new Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ETEC established the Hazardous Waste Management
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$3.17 billion in federal aid and $2.14 billion in state and local funds. The Federal Highway Administration was created on October 15, 1966, along with the
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1947, transitioning to “Air Police” (1948-1966), then “Security Police” (1966-1997), and renamed Security Forces in 1997 to reflect its expanded combat role
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officials in Florida and Michigan have reported spending 25-70% of staff time in recent years on processing public records requests. In 2022, officials in Maricopa
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Advisory Heart Council. The intramural research program was established a year later in 1949. In 1969, the National Heart Institute was renamed the National Heart
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Research and Development, established in 1968 within the PHS Health Services and Mental Health Administration (HSMHA) during the 1966–1973 PHS reorganizations
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employing children under 12 years of age. In 1910, Congress established the Bureau of Mines as a new agency in the Department of the Interior. The Bureau
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Gordon 1961–1962 John P. Lewis 1963–1964 Otto Eckstein 1964–1966 James S. Duesenberry 1966–1968 Merton J. Peck 1968–1969 Warren L. Smith 1968–1969 Paul
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Assistants to the Secretary (established in 1947) and the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legal and Legislative Affairs) (established in 1949). General Counsel
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well." In 1832 Congress established the position of Commissioner of Indian Affairs. In 1849 Indian Affairs was transferred to the newly established U.S. Department
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S.C. 2121 note) The Economic Development Administration was created in 1965. In 1966, the Bureau of Public Roads was transferred to the newly created Department
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NOAA was created by an executive order in 1970 and has never been established in law, despite its critical role. In January 2023, The Washington Post reported
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