English > authority: 7 senses > noun 5, group| Meaning | An administrative unit of government. |
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| Example | "Tennessee Valley Authority" |
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| Synonyms | agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office |
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| Instances | Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL | A United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces |
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| Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC | A United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications |
| Naval Research Laboratory, NRL | The United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines |
| United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, USACIL | A defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command |
| Narrower | Advanced Research and Development Activity, ARDA | An agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology |
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| Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Air Force ISR, AFISR | An agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority |
| Army Intelligence, AI | An agency of the United States Army responsible / responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders |
| Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO | An agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible / responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality |
| Bureau of Customs, Customs Bureau, Customs Service, USCB | The agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs |
| Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS | The bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas |
| Bureau of Engraving and Printing | The agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency |
| Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR | 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 |
| Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA | 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 Statistics, BJS | The agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers |
| Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau | The bureau of the Commerce Department responsible / responsible for taking the census |
| Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC | An agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care |
| Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC | A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services |
| Comptroller of the Currency | The agency of the Treasury Department responsible for controlling the currency |
| Counterterrorist Center, CTC | 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 / stage |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA | The central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense |
| Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA | A combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible / responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President / President and the Secretary ... / Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Defense Logistics Agency | A logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense |
| Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, DRMS | The organization in the Defense Logistics Agency that inventories and evaluates and sells reusable United States government surplus |
| Defense Technical Information Center, DTIC | The agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractors |
| Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK | 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 Energy Intelligence, DOEI | 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 |
| Federal Aviation Administration, FAA | An agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation / aviation |
| Federal Housing Administration, FHA | The federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages |
| Financial Management Service | The federal agency in the Treasury Department that manages the government's disbursement and collection systems and provides central accounting and financial reporting |
| Food and Drug Administration, FDA | A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products |
| Foreign Service | The part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world |
| Government Accounting Office, GAO, United States Government Accounting Office | 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 |
| Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS | An agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States |
| Internal Revenue Service, IRS | The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible / responsible for tax collections |
| Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, MCIA | An agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide / worldwide Marine Corps organization |
| National Climatic Data Center, NCDC | The part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data |
| National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA | A combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security |
| National Guard Bureau, NGB | The agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST | An agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs |
| National Institutes of Health, NIH | 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 |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA | An agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources |
| National Park Service | An agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks |
| National Technical Information Service, NTIS | An agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information |
| National Weather Service | The federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible / responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps |
| Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, NAWCWPNS | The principal agency of the United States Navy for research and development for air warfare and missile weapon systems |
| Naval Special Warfare, NSW | The agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare |
| Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC | The agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for all aspects of surface warfare |
| Naval Underwater Warfare Center, NUWC | The agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for submarine and undersea warfare systems |
| Nonproliferation Center, NPC | 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 |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA | A government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment |
| Office of Intelligence Support, OIS | agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible / responsible for international economic policy |
| Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI | The military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security / security requirements of the United States Navy |
| Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office | The government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents / patents and trademarks and grants new ones |
| Technology Administration | An agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize / maximize the impact of technology on economic growth |
| Transportation Security Administration, TSA | An agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel |
| United States Air Force, U. S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, USAF | The airforce of the United States of America |
| United States Army, US Army, U. S. Army, Army, USA | The army of the United States of America |
| United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol | The mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States |
| United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard | An agency of the Department of Transportation responsible / responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce |
| United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS | An agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats |
| United States Government Printing Office, US Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, GPO | An agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government |
| United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy | The navy of the United States of America |
| United States Public Health Service, PHS | An agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General |
| executive agency | An agency of the executive branch of government |
| independent agency | An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments |
| law enforcement agency | An agency responsible / responsible for insuring obedience to the laws |
| local authority | An administrative unit of local government |
| organ | A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function |
| Broader | administrative unit, administrative body | A unit with administrative responsibilities |
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| Spanish | agencia, departamento, oficina |
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| Catalan | agència, departament, oficina |
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