| has gloss | (noun) an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
bureau, office, authority, agency, government agency, federal agency |
| has gloss | eng: A government agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency . There is a notable variety of types of agency. Although usage differs, a government agency is normally distinct both from a Department or Ministry, and other types of public body established by government. The functions of an agency are normally executive in character since different types of organisation (such as commissions) are normally used for advisory functions, but this distinction is often blurred in practice. |
| lexicalization | eng: agency |
| lexicalization | eng: authority |
| lexicalization | eng: bureau |
| lexicalization | eng: federal agency |
| lexicalization | eng: Government agencies |
| lexicalization | eng: government agency |
| lexicalization | eng: Government |
| lexicalization | eng: office |
| subclass of | (noun) a unit with administrative responsibilities
administrative unit, administrative body |
| Note: 24 other subclass(es) ommited in the following list |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
CTC, Counterterrorist Center |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems
Nonproliferation Center, NPC |
| has subclass | (noun) the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States
Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA |
| has subclass | (noun) the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data
National Climatic Data Center, NCDC |
| has subclass | (noun) the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps
National Weather Service |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth
Technology Administration |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information
NTIS, National Technical Information Service |
| has subclass | (noun) the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA |
| has subclass | (noun) a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness
Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community
DOEI, Department of Energy Intelligence |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health
United States Public Health Service, PHS |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
NIH, National Institutes of Health |
| has subclass | (noun) the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse
Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA |
| has subclass | (noun) the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers
BJS, Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| has subclass | (noun) the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States
US Border Patrol, United States Border Patrol |
| has subclass | (noun) the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas
DS, Bureau of Diplomatic Security |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community
INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS, US Fish and Wildlife Service |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks
National Park Service |
| has subclass | (noun) the federal agency in the Treasury Department that manages the government's disbursement and collection systems and provides central accounting and financial reporting
Financial Management Service |
| has subclass | (noun) the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs
USCB, Bureau of Customs, Customs Bureau, Customs Service |
| has subclass | (noun) the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency
Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
| has subclass | (noun) the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections
IRS, Internal Revenue Service |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
FAA, Federal Aviation Agency |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel
TSA, Transportation Security Administration |
| has subclass | (noun) an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
GAO, Government Accounting Office, United States Government Accounting Office |
| has subclass | (noun) the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces
US Navy, United States Navy, USN, Navy |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce
US Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard |
| has subclass | (noun) the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare
NSW, Naval Special Warfare |
| has subclass | (noun) the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for all aspects of surface warfare
Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC |
| has subclass | (noun) the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for submarine and undersea warfare systems
NUWC, Naval Underwater Warfare Center |
| has subclass | (noun) the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy
Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology
Advanced Research and Development Activity, ARDA |
| has subclass | (noun) the organization in the Defense Logistics Agency that inventories and evaluates and sells reusable United States government surplus
Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, DRMS |
| has subclass | (noun) a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| has subclass | (noun) the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units
National Guard Bureau, NGB |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO |
| has subclass | (noun) a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
DISA, Defense Information Systems Agency |
| has subclass | (noun) an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care
Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC |
| has instance | (noun) a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces
Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL |
| has instance | (noun) a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry
Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC |
| has instance | (noun) the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines
NRL, Naval Research Laboratory |
| has instance | (noun) a defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command; the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence
United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, USACIL, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory |