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conducted by the United States Department of the Treasury. Starting with the enactment of the Land Ordinance of 1785, which created the Public Land Survey System

Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose

It became the United States Coast Survey in 1836 and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878, the latter name change reflecting the increasing

its existence as the United States Survey of the Coast, created within the United States Department of the Treasury by an Act of Congress on February 10

mathematicians of the United States Census Bureau (Bureau of the Census), first established in 1902 within the United States Department of Commerce, to begin

some of which are among the earliest in the federal government: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, formed in 1807 Weather Bureau of the United States

practices of other nations. It is headed by the Secretary of Commerce, who reports directly to the President of the United States, and is a member of the President's

the density of the slave population using the 1860 census data Distribution of the slave population of the Southern States of the United States – 1860 Susan

activities and responsibilities of the United States Department of Commerce. Committee members included the Director of the United States Weather Bureau, Dr. Robert

resources. The mission of NACD is to provide leadership and a unified voice for natural resource conservation in the United States. The NACD grew in the 1930s

The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) is the military intelligence agency of the United States Navy. Established in 1882 primarily to advance the Navy's

publish, and promote the use of information about the soils of the United States and its trust territories. The activities of the NCSS are carried out

Massachusetts has the same position and powers within the United States as other states. John Adams may have chosen the word in 1779 for the second draft of what became

well as in positions in the United States Merchant Marine, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Coast Guard, the National Aeronautics

Demographic and Health Surveys List of household surveys in the United States "National Survey of Family Growth". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

employed to the total population of the United States. Although the primary purpose of the CPS is to record employment information, the survey fulfills a secondary

The Illinois Wing of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the highest echelon of Civil Air Patrol in the state of Illinois. Illinois Wing Headquarters is located

state of war, however, the President of the United States or U.S. Congress may direct that the Coast Guard operate as part of the Department of the Navy

The Kentucky Wing of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the highest echelon of Civil Air Patrol in the state of Kentucky and is a part of CAP's Great Lakes Region

landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both