[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages v-vii]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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Contents

                               DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE         1

                         CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES         5

                Chart: The Government of the United States        22

                                        LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
                                                  Congress        25
                                  Architect of the Capitol        43
                              United States Botanic Garden        44
                                 General Accounting Office        46
                                Government Printing Office        49
                                       Library of Congress        53
                           Office of Technology Assessment        60
                               Congressional Budget Office        63
      
                                           JUDICIAL BRANCH
                    The Supreme Court of the United States        69
                                              Lower Courts        70
                                            Special Courts        77
         Administrative Office of the United States Courts        80
                                   Federal Judicial Center        84
                       United States Sentencing Commission        85
      
                                          EXECUTIVE BRANCH
                        The President of the United States        91
                         Executive Office of the President        91
                                    The White House Office        92
                           Office of Management and Budget        96
                              Council of Economic Advisers        99
                                 National Security Council       100
          Office of the United States Trade Representative       101
                          Council on Environmental Quality       103
                   Office of Science and Technology Policy       104
                    Office of National Drug Control Policy       105
                                  Office of Administration       105
         Office of the Vice President of the United States       107
      
                                        Executive Agencies
      
                                           Departments    
                                 Department of Agriculture       111
                                    Department of Commerce       147
                                     Department of Defense       175
                        Office of the Secretary of Defense       179
                                     Joint Chiefs of Staff       180
                                      DOD Field Activities       183
                               Department of the Air Force       186
      
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                                    Department of the Army       199
                                    Department of the Navy       213
                                          Defense Agencies       230
                                     Joint Service Schools       244
                                   Department of Education       249
                                      Department of Energy       258
                   Department of Health and Human Services       270
               Department of Housing and Urban Development       309
                                Department of the Interior       318
                                     Department of Justice       339
                                       Department of Labor       377
                                       Department of State       400
                              Department of Transportation       413
                                Department of the Treasury       449
                            Department of Veterans Affairs       481

    Independent Establishments and Government Corporations
            Administrative Conference of the United States       501
                            African Development Foundation       503
                               Central Intelligence Agency       504
                      Commodity Futures Trading Commission       506
                        Consumer Product Safety Commission       508
            Corporation for National and Community Service       511
                   Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board       517
                           Environmental Protection Agency       519
                   Equal Employment Opportunity Commission       525
                   Export-Import Bank of the United States       531
                                Farm Credit Administration       533
                         Federal Communications Commission       536
                     Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation       542
                               Federal Election Commission       546
                       Federal Emergency Management Agency       548
                             Federal Housing Finance Board       551
                         Federal Labor Relations Authority       555
                               Federal Maritime Commission       558
                Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service       561
          Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission       564
                                    Federal Reserve System       566
                Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board       572
                                  Federal Trade Commission       573
                           General Services Administration       581
                                 Inter-American Foundation       595
                            Interstate Commerce Commission       596
                            Merit Systems Protection Board       600
             National Aeronautics and Space Administration       603
              National Archives and Records Administration       612
                      National Capital Planning Commission       620
                      National Credit Union Administration       623
        National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities       625
                            National Labor Relations Board       631
                                  National Mediation Board       635
          National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)       637
                               National Science Foundation       639
                      National Transportation Safety Board       645
                             Nuclear Regulatory Commission       649
          Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission       655

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                               Office of Government Ethics       657
                            Office of Personnel Management       658
                                 Office of Special Counsel       663
                                   Panama Canal Commission       665
                                               Peace Corps       667
               Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation       671
                      Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation       673
                                    Postal Rate Commission       676
                                 Railroad Retirement Board       678
                              Resolution Trust Corporation       681
                        Securities and Exchange Commission       682
                                  Selective Service System       688
                             Small Business Administration       690
                            Social Security Administration       701
                                Tennessee Valley Authority       703
               Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board       705
                              Trade and Development Agency       708
         United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency       711
                  United States Commission on Civil Rights       714
                          United States Information Agency       716
United States International Development Cooperation Agency       723
              United States International Trade Commission       731
                              United States Postal Service       736

              Guide to Boards, Commissions, and Committees       743

                                   Quasi-Official Agencies
                                Legal Services Corporation       747
                                   Smithsonian Institution       748
                                   State Justice Institute       766
                          United States Institute of Peace       767

                       Selected Multilateral Organizations       769
                          Selected Bilateral Organizations       779
                      Appendix A: Standard Federal Regions
                                  Standard Federal Regions       781
                                  Federal Executive Boards       781
                              Standard Federal Regions Map       782
      
      Appendix B: Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms       783

           Appendix C: Terminated and Transferred Agencies       791

     Appendix D: Agencies Appearing in the Code of Federal
                                               Regulations       845

                                                NAME INDEX       855

                                      AGENCY/SUBJECT INDEX       883

                                            RECENT CHANGES       893