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| x Canada Revenue Agency |
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Canada | Government of Canada |
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) (formerly Revenue Canada under the Federal Identity Program) is a federal agency that administers tax laws for the Government of Canada and for most provinces and territories, international trade legislation, and...
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| x National Archives and Records Administration |
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United States of America | Federal government of the United States |
The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those...
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| x Israeli Security Forces |
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Israel |
Security forces in Israel include a variety of organizations, including law enforcement, military, paramilitary, governmental, and intelligence agencies.
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| x United States Census Bureau |
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United States of America | Federal government of the United States | United States Economics and Statistics Administration |
The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title 13 U.S.C. § 11) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of...
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| x United States Copyright Office | United States of America |
The United States Copyright Office, a part of the Library of Congress, is the official U.S. government body that maintains records of copyright registration in the United States. It is used by copyright title searchers who are attempting to clear a...
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| x United States Department of Energy |
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United States of America |
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material. Its responsibilities include the nation's...
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| x United States Department of Agriculture |
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United States of America | Federal government of the United States |
The United States Department of Agriculture (informally the Agriculture Department or USDA) is the United States federal executive department responsible for developing and executing U.S. federal government policy on farming, agriculture, and food....
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| x United States Department of Commerce |
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United States of America | Federal government of the United States |
The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor on February 14, 1903. It was...
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| x National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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United States of America | Federal government of the United States | United States Department of Commerce |
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, pronounced /ˈno(ʊ).ə/, like "noah") is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere. NOAA warns of dangerous...
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| x United States Department of Defense |
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United States of America | Federal government of the United States |
The United States Department of Defense (DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military. The organization and...
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| x United States Department of Education |
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United States of America | Federal government of the United States |
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for (the) Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. Created by the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88), it...
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| x United States Department of Homeland Security |
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United States of America | Federal government of the United States |
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet department of the United States federal government with the primary responsibilities of protecting the territory of the U.S. from terrorist attacks and responding to natural...
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| x United States National Security Agency |
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United States of America |
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States government, administered as part of the United States Department of Defense. Created on November 4, 1952 by President Harry S....
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| x Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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United States of America | United States Department of Justice |
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency. The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations...
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| x United States Central Intelligence Agency |
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United States of America |
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government.
It is an independent agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior United States policymakers.
It is the successor...
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| x Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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United States of America | United States Department of Homeland Security |
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Order on April 1, 1979. The primary purpose of FEMA is to coordinate the response to a disaster...
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| x National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
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United States of America | Federal government of the United States |
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is an agency of the United States Government with the primary mission of collection, analysis, and distribution of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security. NGA was formerly...
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| x Library and Archives Canada |
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Canada | Government of Canada | Department of Canadian Heritage |
Library and Archives Canada (in French: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is a Canadian federal government department responsible for the collection and preservation of the documentary heritage of Canada through texts, pictures and other documents...
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| x Department of Canadian Heritage |
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Canada |
The Department of Canadian Heritage, or simply Canadian Heritage, is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for policies and programs regarding the arts, culture, media, communications networks, official languages (including...
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| x Independent regulatory commission | United States of America |
An independent regulatory commission is an independent regulatory agency in the United States Government. These agencies are established to be outside the power of both the executive and legislative branches of the government.
United States was...
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| x Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency |
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Sweden | Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
For the disease known in Spanish as SIDA, see AIDS
Sida (sometimes SIDA but not officially spelled with capital letters) is a Swedish governmental agency that answers to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida is an acronym for the Swedish...
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| x United States Federal Protective Service |
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United States of America |
For the Russian Federal Protective Service see:Federal Protective Service (Russia)
The Federal Protective Service (FPS) is a component of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and Programs Directorate and is responsible for law...
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| x Defence Bills Agency | United Kingdom |
The Defence Bills Agency was an executive agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) which paid the bills from MOD contracts, invoices and collects MOD receipts and provides financial management information to budget holders. It was...
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| x Forensic Science Service | United Kingdom |
The Forensic Science Service (FSS) is a market-leading government-owned company in the United Kingdom which provides forensic science services to the police forces and government agencies of England and Wales, as well as other countries.
The FSS...
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| x Norwegian Board of Health Supervision |
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Norway | Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services |
The Norwegian Board of Health Supervision is a national government institution under the Ministry of Health and Care Services. The name was altered from Norwegian Board of Health as of January 1, 2007.
The Norwegian Board of Health Supervision ...
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| x Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet |
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Norway |
National Security Authority (NSM) (Norwegian: Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet) is a Norwegian intelligence agency at the level of government agency (Direktorat) established on 1 January 2003 as the successor to Forsvarets sikkerhetsstab (FO/S). It is...
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| x New Zealand Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | New Zealand |
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of New Zealand (often known by its acronym, DPMC) is the department charged with supporting the Prime Minister of New Zealand and their Cabinet. The department is one of three agencies responsible...
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| x Rail Accident Investigation Branch | United Kingdom |
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch is a government agency that became operational on 17 October 2005. Its primary role is the investigation of rail accidents in the United Kingdom and the Channel Tunnel in order to find a cause, not to lay blame...
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| x Idaho State Liquor Dispensary | Idaho |
The Idaho State Liquor Dispensary is an agency of the government of the state of Idaho that maintains a monopoly on the sale of all alcoholic beverages that exceed 16% alcohol by volume.
The current superintendent of the Dispensary is James M. "Dyke...
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| x Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation |
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New South Wales |
The Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation is an agency of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for new railway projects in the city of Sydney, Australia. The TIDC forms part of the Transport portfolio.
TIDC is charged...
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| x Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs |
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Oklahoma |
The Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA) is an agency of the state of Oklahoma charged with veteran and veteran-related affairs.
The Veterans Affairs Department is charged with ensuring all Oklahoma veterans and their families receive all...
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| x The Global Development Alliance | United States of America |
The Global Development Alliance (or GDA) is a program of the United States Agency for International Development. It was created in May 2001 as a new way to effectively provide aid to underdeveloped countries. The GDA business model combines the...
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| x Defense Visual Information Center | United States of America |
The Defense Visual Information Center (DVIC) is a division of the American Forces Information Service situated in March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley, California. It was established in 1994 after a consolidation of the Air Force Aerospace...
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| x ABM-utvikling | Norway |
Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, ABM-utvikling or Statens senter for arkiv, bibliotek og museum is a Norwegian government agency under the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs responsible for archival, library and museum...
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| x Swedish Police Service | Sweden |
The Swedish Police Service (in Swedish: Polisen) is a collection of Government agencies concerned with police matters in Sweden.
The Swedish Police Service consists of 26 122 (December 2008) employees of which 39 per cent are women. The staff...
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| x Law Enforcement Availability Pay | United States of America |
Law Enforcement Availability Pay is, per the Office of Personnel Management, a type of premium pay that is paid to Federal law enforcement officers who are criminal investigators. Due to the nature of their work, criminal investigators are required...
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| x NASA |
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United States of America |
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, pronounced /ˈnæsə/) is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program. NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29,...
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| x United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division | United States of America |
The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is the institution within the federal government responsible for enforcing federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, religion, and national origin. The...
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| x Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board | Washington |
Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board is a Washington state agency with a 10-member citizen board to improve higher education.
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| x Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics |
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Oklahoma |
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBNDD), often shortened to Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma charged with minimizing the abuse of controlled substances through law enforcement...
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| x Federal Power Commission | United States of America |
The Federal Power Commission (FPC) was an independent commission of the United States government, organized originally on June 23, 1930, with five members nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The FPC was originally created in 1920...
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| x Executive Agency | United Kingdom |
An executive agency, also known as a next-step agency, is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate in order to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government,...
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| x Marine Products Export Development Authority | India |
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) was constituted in 1972 under the Marine Products Export Development Authority Act 1972 (No.13 of 1972). The role envisaged for the MPEDA under the statute is comprehensive - covering...
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| x New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
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New Zealand |
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (In Māori, Te Manatu Ahuwhenua, Ngāherehere) is the state sector organisation of New Zealand which deals with matters relating to agriculture, forestry and biosecurity. It is commonly known by its acronym, ...
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| x Highways Agency |
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United Kingdom |
The Highways Agency is an executive agency, part of the Department for Transport in England. It has responsibility for managing the core road network in England. It operates a variety of information services, liaises with other government agencies...
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| x Queensland Department of Main Roads |
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Queensland |
The Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads plans, designs, builds and maintains the 34,000km of Queensland state-controlled roads, under the Minister for Local Government and Main Roads. Warren Pitt is the current Minister for...
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| x Serious Fraud Office | New Zealand |
The New Zealand Serious Fraud Office (Maori: Te Tari Hara Tāware) is based upon the British model. The SFO works closely with the New Zealand Police in trying to prevent serious and complex fraud.
Established by the Serious Fraud Office Act 1990,...
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| x Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife | Oregon |
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for programs protecting Oregon fish and wildlife resources and their habitats. The agency operates hatcheries, issues hunting...
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| x Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
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Canada | Public Safety Canada |
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) (French: Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC), literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most...
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| x IRS Criminal Investigation Division | United States of America |
Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) investigates potential criminal violations of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes in a manner intended to foster confidence in the tax system and compliance with the...
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| x Office of Civilian Defense | United States of America |
Office of Civilian Defense was a United States federal emergency war agency set up May 20, 1941 by Executive Order 8757 to co-ordinate state and federal measures for protection of civilians in case of war emergency. Its two branches supervised...
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| x Australian Secret Intelligence Service |
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Australia | Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
The Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) is the Australian government intelligence agency responsible for collecting foreign intelligence, undertaking counter-intelligence activities and cooperation with other intelligence agencies overseas...
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| x Defence Estates | United Kingdom |
Defence Estates is an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), in the United Kingdom, which is responsible for the built and rural estate. It is controls 2,400 square kilometres which is about 1% of the area of the UK (244,820 km²).
The...
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| x Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee | United States of America |
The Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, also referred to as the Defense Policy Board (DPBAC or DPB) is a federal advisory committee to the United States Department of Defense. Their charter is available on line through the Director of the...
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| x United States Department of Justice Civil Division | United States of America |
The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division represents the United States, its departments and agencies, members of Congress, Cabinet officers and other Federal employees in civil litigation. Its litigation responsibilities include a wide diversity...
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| x OGCbuying.Solutions | United Kingdom |
Buying Solutions is the UK government executive agency charged with procurement management. It is an executive agency of the Office of Government Commerce in HM Treasury and was formerly known as OGCbuying.solutions. It changed its name on 6 April...
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| x Missile Defense Agency |
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United States of America |
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is the section of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a layered defense against ballistic missiles. The agency has its origins from the Strategic Defense Initiative which...
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| x Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore | Sweden |
The Institute for Language and Folklore, (Swedish: Institutet för språk och folkminnen, but commonly referred to by the acronym SOFI), is a Swedish government agency with the purpose of studying and collecting materials concerning dialects, folklore...
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| x Office of Force Transformation |
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United States of America |
The United States Department of Defense Office of Force Transformation (OFT) was established October 29, 2001 in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. It now appears to have been disestablished.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld called for the...
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| x Jefatura de Inteligencia del Estado Mayor Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas | Argentina |
The Jefatura de Inteligencia del Estado Mayor Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas (Intelligence Department of the Joint General Staff of the Armed Forces, J-2) is an Argentine federal agency in charge of controlling all the military intelligence...
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