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This is a list of agencies of the United States federal government.

Legislative definitions of a federal agency are varied, and even contradictory, and the official United States Government Manual offers no definition.[1][2] While the Administrative Procedure Act definition of "agency" applies to most executive branch agencies, Congress may define an agency however it chooses in enabling legislation, and subsequent litigation, often involving the Freedom of Information Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act. These further cloud attempts to enumerate a list of agencies.[3][4]

The executive branch of the federal government includes the Executive Office of the President and the United States federal executive departments (whose secretaries belong to the Cabinet). Employees of the majority of these agencies are considered civil servants.

The majority of the independent agencies of the United States government are also classified as executive agencies (they are independent in that they are not subordinated under a Cabinet position). There are a small number of independent agencies that are not considered part of the executive branch, such as the Library of Congress and Congressional Budget Office, which are administered directly by Congress and thus are legislative branch agencies. The status of these agencies is an open question, however, as Judge Brett Kavanaugh noted in a brief concurrence in SoundExchange, Inc. v. Librarian of Congress. There is one independent agency in the judicial branch, the United States Sentencing Commission.

Legislative

Agencies within the legislative branch:

Judicial branch

Agencies within the judicial branch:

Specialty Courts

Executive branch

Executive Office of the President

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United States Department of Agriculture


United States Department of Commerce

United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Education

  • United States Secretary of Education:Secretary John King, Jr.
    • United States Deputy Secretary of Education: TBA
      • United States Under Secretary of Education: Under Secretary Ted Mitchell
        • United States Deputy Under Secretary of Education: Deputy Under Secretary Jeff Appel
        • United States Deputy Under Secretary of Education: Deputy Under Secretary Kim Hunter Reed
2013 Department of Education Structure
Office of the Secretary (OS)
Office of the Under Secretary (OUS)
Office of the Deputy Secretary (ODS) / Chief Operating Officer
Associated federal Agencies, Centers, Boards, Clearinghouses
  • Advisory Councils and Committees
  • National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB)[1]
  • National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE)
  • Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE)
  • Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities
  • National Board for Education Sciences
  • National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
  • American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence
  • Education Facilities Clearinghouse
  • National Resource Center
Federally aided organizations

United States Department of Energy


  • United States Secretary of Energy: Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz
    • United States Deputy Secretary of Energy: Deputy Secretary Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
      • United States Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy: TBA
        • United States Under Secretary of Energy: TBA


United States Department of Health and Human Services

United States Department of Homeland Security

  • United States Secretary of Homeland Security: Secretary Jeh Johnson

Agencies and Offices, Library and Coast Guard and Teams

Offices and Councils

Management

National Protection and Programs

Science and Technology

Portfolios
Divisions
Offices and Institutes

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

  • United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Secretary Julian Castro
    • United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Deputy Secretary Nani A. Coloretti

Agencies


Offices and Centers and Library

Corporation

United States Department of the Interior

United States Department of Justice

United States Department of Labor

Agencies and Bureaus and Corporation and Center and Program and Library


Boards
Offices
  • Office of Security
  • Office of Emergency Management
  • Office of Labor Intelligence
  • Office of Administrative Law Judges
  • DOL Office of The Inspector General
    • DOL Inspector General
      • DOL Deputy Inspector General
  • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
  • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy
  • Office of the Chief Financial Officer
  • Office of the Chief Information Officer
  • Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Office of Disability Employment Policy
  • Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
  • Office of Labor-Management Standards
  • Office of the Solicitor
  • Office of Worker's Compensation Program
  • Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
  • Wirtz Labor Library

United States Department of State

  • United States Secretary of State: Secretary John Kerry
    • United States Deputy Secretary of State: Deputy Secretary Tony Blinken

Agencies and Bureaus and Offices and Library and Boards and Councils

Reporting to the Secretary
Reporting to the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

Permanent Diplomatic Missions

United States Department of Transportation

  • United States Secretary of Transportation: Secretary Anthony Foxx
    • United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation: Deputy Secretary Victor Mendez

Agencies, Offices and Corporations and Board and Library

United States Department of the Treasury


  • United States Secretary of the Treasury: Secretary Jack Lew

Agencies and Bureaus

Offices and Bank and Board and Library

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Agencies

Boards and offices and Library

  • National Veterans Affairs Library
  • Office of International Affairs
  • Office of Security
  • Office of Emergency Management
  • Office of Veterans Affairs Statistics
  • Office Of Veterans Affairs Intelligence
  • DOVA Office of the Inspector General
    • DOVA Inspector General
      • DOVA Deputy Inspector General
  • Board of Veterans' Appeals
  • Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
  • Center for Minority Veterans
  • Center for Veterans Enterprise
  • Center for Women Veterans
  • Office of Advisory Committee Management
  • Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication
  • Office of Survivors Assistance
  • Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
  • Veterans Service Organizations Liaison

Independent agencies and government-owned corporations

Authorized under Article I, Section 4

Elections

Authorized under Article I, Section 8

Administrative agencies
Civil Service agencies
Commerce regulatory agencies

Government Commissions and Committees and Consortium

Education and Broadcasting agencies
Energy and science agencies
Foreign investment agencies
Interior agencies
Labor agencies
Monetary and financial agencies
Postal agencies
Retirement agencies
Federal Property and Seat of Government agencies
Transportation agencies
Helperrism agencies

Authority under Article II, Section 1

Defense and security agencies

Authority under Amendment XIV

Civil rights agencies

Other Agencies and Corporations

Joint Programs and Interagency Agencies

  • Joint Fire Science Program
  • National Interagency Fire Center

Special Inspector General Office

Government Owned Corporations not otherwise listed

Quasi-official agencies

Arts & cultural Agencies

Museum Agency

Commerce & technology Agencies

Defense & diplomacy Agencies

Educational Agencies

Human service & community development Agencies

Interior Agencies

Law & justice Agencies

Other Government Foundations

Other Government Organizations

US Military Support Organizations

US Navy Support Organizations

US Air Force Support Organizations

US Military Associations

All other US Military Support Organizations

Other Federal Organizations

References

Notes

Bibliography

  • Federal Register (November 2013). The United States Government Manual (PDF). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
  • Fischer, Molly (March 28, 2011). "What is a Federal Agency?" (PDF). Federal Agency Directory. Louisiana State University Libraries. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  • Kamensky, John (Spring 2013). "Mapping the Contours of the Federal Government" (PDF). Administrative and Regulatory Law News. 38 (3). American Bar Association: 3–4. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  • Lewis, David E.; Selin, Jennifer L. (2013). Sourcebook of United States Executive Agencies (PDF) (corrected March 2013 ed.). Washington, DC: Administrative Conference of the United States.