The United States Government Manual 1999/2000

• ISBN13: 9781579804428
• ISBN10: 157980442X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Claitors Pub Div

Table of Contents

Declaration of Independence	1	(4)
Constitution of the United States	5	(17)
Chart: The Government of the United States	22	(3)
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Congress	25	(18)
Architect of the Capitol	43	(2)
United States Botanic Garden	45	(2)
General Accounting Office	47	(3)
Government Printing Office	50	(4)
Library of Congress	54	(7)
Congressional Budget Office	61	(6)
JUDICIAL BRANCH
The Supreme Court of the United States	67	(1)
Lower Courts	68	(7)
Special Courts	75	(2)
Administrative Office of the United States Courts	77	(5)
Federal Judicial Center	82	(1)
United States Sentencing Commission	83	(7)
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
The President of the United States	89	(1)
The Vice President of the United States	90	(1)
Executive Office of the President	90	(1)
The White House Office	90	(4)
Office of the Vice President of the United States	94	(1)
Council of Economic Advisers	94	(1)
Council on Environmental Quality	95	(1)
National Security Council	96	(1)
Office of Administration	97	(2)
Office of Management and Budget	99	(3)
Office of National Drug Control Policy	102	(2)
Office of Policy Development	104	(1)
Office of Science and Technology Policy	105	(1)
Office of the United States Trade Representative	106	(3)
Executive Agencies
Departments
Department of Agriculture	109	(35)
Department of Commerce	144	(29)
Department of Defense	173	(4)
Office of the Secretary of Defense	177	(1)
Joint Chiefs of Staff	178	(2)
Unified Combatant Commands	180	(1)
DOD Field Activities	181	(4)
Department of the Air Force	185	(11)
Department of the Army	196	(12)
Department of the Navy	208	(17)
Defense Agencies	225	(12)
Joint Service Schools	237	(6)
Department of Education	243	(10)
Department of Energy	253	(10)
Department of Health and Human Services	263	(30)
Department of Housing and Urban Development	293	(8)
Department of the Interior	301	(21)
Department of Justice	322	(38)
Department of Labor	360	(23)
Department of State	383	(15)
Department of Transportation	398	(38)
Department of the Treasury	436	(33)
Department of Veterans Affairs	469	(22)
Independent Establishments and Government Corporations
African Development Foundation	491	(1)
Central Intelligence Agency	492	(1)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	493	(2)
Consumer Product Safety Commission	495	(3)
Corporation for National and Community Service	498	(4)
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board	502	(1)
Environmental Protection Agency	502	(8)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	510	(8)
Export-Import Bank of the United States	518	(2)
Farm Credit Administration	520	(3)
Federal Communications Commission	523	(6)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	529	(4)
Federal Election Commission	533	(1)
Federal Emergency Management Agency	534	(4)
Federal Housing Finance Board	538	(3)
Federal Labor Relations Authority	541	(4)
Federal Maritime Commission	545	(3)
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service	548	(1)
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission	549	(2)
Federal Reserve System	551	(7)
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board	558	(1)
Federal Trade Commission	559	(6)
General Services Administration	565	(13)
Inter-American Foundation	578	(1)
Merit Systems Protection Board	579	(2)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	581	(9)
National Archives and Records Administration	590	(8)
National Capital Planning Commission	598	(2)
National Credit Union Administration	600	(2)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities	602	(7)
National Labor Relations Board	609	(4)
National Mediation Board	613	(2)
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)	615	(2)
National Science Foundation	617	(7)
National Transportation Safety Board	624	(3)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	627	(7)
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission	634	(2)
Office of Government Ethics	636	(1)
Office of Personnel Management	637	(5)
Office of Special Counsel	642	(2)
Overseas Private Investment Corporation	644	(2)
Panama Canal Commission	646	(2)
Peace Corps	648	(3)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	651	(3)
Postal Rate Commission	654	(1)
Railroad Retirement Board	655	(3)
Securities and Exchange Commission	658	(6)
Selective Service System	664	(3)
Small Business Administration	667	(12)
Social Security Administration	679	(3)
Tennessee Valley Authority	682	(2)
Trade and Development Agency	684	(3)
United States Agency for International Development	687	(4)
United States Commission on Civil Rights	691	(3)
United States Information Agency	694	(7)
United States International Trade Commission	701	(6)
United States Postal Service	707	(10)
Guide to Boards, Commissions, and Committees	713	(4)
Quasi-Official Agencies
Legal Services Corporation	717	(2)
Smithsonian Institution	719	(18)
State Justice Institute	737	(1)
United States Institute of Peace	738	(3)
Selected Multilateral Organizations	741	(10)
Selected Bilateral Organizations	751	(2)
Appendix A: Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms	753	(6)
Appendix B: Terminated and Transferred Agencies	759	(56)
Appendix C: Agencies Appearing in the Code of Federal Regulations	815	(10)
Name Index	825	(28)
Agency/Subject Index	853	(6)
Recent Changes	859