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| x Canada Revenue Agency |
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Canada | Government of Canada |
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) (formerly Revenue Canada and the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency) is a federal agency that administers tax laws for the Government of Canada and for most provinces and territories, international trade legislation,...
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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 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 documents, which...
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| x United States Census Bureau |
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United States of America | Federal government of the United States |
The United States Census Bureau (officially the 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...
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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 | Agricultural Division |
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. The mission of the department is to "promote job creation and improved living standards for all Americans by...
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| x National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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United States of America | Federal government of the United States |
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...
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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 Department of Defense (also known as the Defense Department, USDOD, DOD, DoD or the Pentagon) is the Executive Department of the Government of the United States of America charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of...
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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. Recreated by the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88)...
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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 | Immigration and Naturalization Service |
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States federal government, created in response to the September 11 attacks, and with the primary responsibilities of protecting the United States of...
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| x United States National Security Agency |
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United States of America |
The National Security Agency (NSA) is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S....
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| x Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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United States of America |
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a governmental agency belonging to the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency (counterintelligence). Also, it is...
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| x Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
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United States of America | Office of Strategic Services |
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, with responsibility for providing national security...
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| x Federal Emergency Management Agency | United States of America | Federal government of the United States |
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders. On 1 April 1979. The...
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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 federal government of the United States with the primary mission of collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security. NGA...
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| x Library and Archives Canada |
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Canada | Government of Canada |
Library and Archives Canada (in French: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is a national memory institution dedicated to providing the best possible account of Canadian life through acquiring, preserving and making Canada's documentary heritage...
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| x Department of Canadian Heritage |
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Canada |
The Department of Canadian Heritage, or simply Canadian Heritage (French: Patrimoine canadien, is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for policies and programs regarding the arts, culture, media, communications networks,...
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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 |
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Swedish: Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete, Sida) is a government agency of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida is responsible for organization of the bulk of...
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| x United States Federal Protective Service |
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United States of America |
As a component of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and Programs Directorate within DHS Headquarters, the Federal Protective Service (FPS) is responsible for law enforcement and security of nearly 9,000 federally owned and...
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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) was a government-owned company in the United Kingdom which provided forensic science services to the police forces and government agencies of England and Wales, as well as other countries.
The UK Government...
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| x Norwegian Board of Health Supervision |
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Norway |
The Norwegian Board of Health Supervision (Norwegian: Statens helsetilsyn, short name Helsetilsynet) is a national government institution under the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services. The name was altered from Norwegian Board of Health...
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| x Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet | Norway |
The National Security Authority (NSM) (Norwegian: Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet) is a Norwegian security agency (Direktorat) established on 1 January 2003 as the successor to Forsvarets sikkerhetsstab (FO/S). It is responsible for preventative...
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| x New Zealand Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | New Zealand | 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 (RAIB) 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...
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| x Idaho State Liquor Dispensary | Idaho |
The Idaho State Liquor Division is an agency of the government of the state of Idaho that maintains a monopoly on the sale of all alcoholic beverages which exceed 16% alcohol by volume.
The current director of the Division is Jeff Anderson, who was...
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| x Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation | New South Wales |
The Transport Construction Authority (formerly the Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation) is a former agency of the Government of New South Wales that was responsible for new railway projects in the city of Sydney, Australia. On 1...
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| x Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs | Oklahoma |
The Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs (ODVA) is a department of the state of Oklahoma under the supervision of the Oklahoma Secretary of Veterans Affairs charged with providing medical and rehabilitative services for veterans and their families...
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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 (USAID). It was created in May 2001 as a new way to effectively provide aid to developing countries through public-private partnerships....
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| x Defense Visual Information Center | United States of America |
The Defense Visual Information Center (DVIC) is a division of the Defense Media Activity (formerly the American Forces Information Service) situated in March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley, California. It was established in 1994 after a...
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| x ABM-utvikling | Norway |
The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority (Norwegian: 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,...
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| x Swedish Police Service |
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Sweden |
The Swedish Police Service (Swedish: Polisen, or Polismyndigheten) is a collection of Government agencies concerned with police matters in Sweden. The Swedish Police Service consists of 28,500 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 United States 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...
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| x NASA | United States of America |
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. Since February 2006, NASA's mission...
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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 | Oklahoma |
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBN), often shortened to Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics 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, originally organized 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 | New Zealand |
The Ministry for Primary Industries (formerly the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) is the state sector organisation of New Zealand that deals with matters relating to agriculture, forestry, biosecurity, aquaculture, fisheries and food safety....
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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 | Queensland |
The Department of Main Roads is a former department of the Government of Queensland. Its role was to plan, design, build and maintain the 34,000 km of Queensland state-controlled roads, under the Minister for Local Government and Main Roads. Warren...
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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 |
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) (French: Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC), literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada'; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force') is the national police force of Canada, and one of the...
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| x IRS Criminal Investigation Division |
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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 | Australia |
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 Infrastructure Organisation is an operating arm of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), in the United Kingdom, which is responsible for the built and rural estate. The organisation formed on 1 April 2011 after a reorganisation of the Ministry of...
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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 online through the office of the Director...
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| x United States Department of Justice Civil Division | United States of America |
The United States Department of Justice Civil Division represents the United States, its departments and agencies, Members of Congress, Cabinet officers and other Federal employees. Its litigation reflects the diversity of government activities,...
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| x OGCbuying.Solutions | United Kingdom |
The Government Procurement Service is the UK government executive agency charged with procurement management. It is an executive agency of the Cabinet Office. It was formerly known as OGCbuying.solutions, and then just Buying Solutions. On 15 June...
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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 in 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. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld called for the creation of this new office to support his...
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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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| x Office of Net Assessment | United States of America |
The United States Department of Defense's Office of Net Assessment (ONA) was created in 1973. The Director of Net Assessment is the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense on net assessment matters....
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