S: (n) division (an administrative unit in government or business)
S: (n) department, section (a specialized division of a large organization) "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"
S: (n) corrections, department of corrections (the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders) "for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections"
S: (n) fire department (the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires)
S: (n) Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC (the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913)
S: (n) Department of Education, Education Department, Education (the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979)
S: (n) Department of Commerce and Labor (a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1903 and split into two departments in 1913)
S: (n) security, security department (a department responsible for the security of the institution's property and workers) "the head of security was a former policeman"
S: (n) branch, subdivision, arm (a division of some larger or more complex organization) "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"
S: (n) International Finance Corporation, IFC (a United Nations agency that invests directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors; affiliated with the World Bank)
S: (n) World Health Organization, WHO, W.H.O. (a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services)
S: (n) council (a body serving in an administrative capacity) "student council"
S: (n) Sanhedrin (the supreme judicial and ecclesiastical council of ancient Jerusalem)
S: (n) Security Council, SC (a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace)
S: (n) Trusteeship Council, TC (a permanent council of the United Nations that commissions a country (or countries) to undertake the administration of a territory)
S: (n) North Atlantic Council, NAC (a council consisting of permanent representatives of all the member countries of NATO; has political authority and powers of decision)
S: (n) city council (a municipal body that can pass ordinances and appropriate funds etc.)
S: (n) works council ((chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc; also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc)
S: (n) soviet (an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics))
S: (n) World Council of Churches (an ecumenical organization of Protestant and eastern churches; intended to promote unity and cooperation in religious and secular matters)
S: (n) secretariat, secretariate (an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations)
S: (n) committee, commission (a special group delegated to consider some matter) "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
S: (n) Commission on Human Rights (the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with human rights)
S: (n) Commission on Narcotic Drugs (the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with drug traffic)
S: (n) Commission on the Status of Women (the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with the status of women in different societies)
S: (n) Economic Commission for Africa (the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of African nations)
S: (n) Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of countries in Asia and the Far East)
S: (n) Economic Commission for Europe (the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Europe)
S: (n) Economic Commission for Latin America (the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Latin America)
S: (n) Population Commission (the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with population control)
S: (n) Social Development Commission (the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with social development)
S: (n) Statistical Commission (the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with statistical data from member nations)
S: (n) staggered board of directors (a board of directors a portion of whose members are elected each year instead of all members being elected annually)
S: (n) shadow cabinet (a group of senior members of the political party that is out of power; these members would probably assume corresponding positions as ministers in the British Cabinet if their party was elected)
S: (n) United States Cabinet, US Cabinet (a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet)
S: (n) Kashag (the advisory board of the Tibetan government-in-exile)
S: (n) draft board (a board to select personnel for involuntary military service)
S: (n) Ways and Means Committee (a permanent committee of the United States House of Representatives that makes recommendations to the US House on all bills that would raise revenue)
S: (n) steering committee (a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body)
S: (n) presidium, praesidium (a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session)
S: (n) zoning commission (a commission delegated to supervise the zoning of areas for residential or commercial use)
S: (n) jury, panel (a committee appointed to judge a competition)
S: (n) vestry (in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church)
S: (n) Atomic Energy Commission, AEC (a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States)
S: (n) Manhattan Project (a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II)
S: (n) National Security Council, NSC (a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency)
S: (n) Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Chiefs (the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps)
S: (n) Food and Drug Administration, FDA (a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products)
S: (n) Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC (a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases))
S: (n) Counterterrorist Center, CTC (an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage)
S: (n) Nonproliferation Center, NPC (an agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems)
S: (n) Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau (the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States)
S: (n) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA (an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather)
S: (n) National Weather Service (the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps)
S: (n) Technology Administration (an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth)
S: (n) National Technical Information Service, NTIS (an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information)
S: (n) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA (the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11)
S: (n) Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK (a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness)
S: (n) Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI (an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community)
S: (n) National Institutes of Health, NIH (an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government)
S: (n) Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA (the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse)
S: (n) Bureau of Justice Statistics, BJS (the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers)
S: (n) United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol (the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States)
S: (n) Foreign Service (the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world)
S: (n) Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR (an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community)
S: (n) United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS (an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution)
S: (n) Financial Management Service (the federal agency in the Treasury Department that manages the government's disbursement and collection systems and provides central accounting and financial reporting)
S: (n) Office of Intelligence Support, OIS (agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy)
S: (n) United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy (the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces)
S: (n) Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI (the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy)
S: (n) Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, MCIA (an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization)
S: (n) independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)
S: (n) Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA (an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities)
S: (n) Central Intelligence Agency, CIA (an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council)
S: (n) Interstate Commerce Commission, ICC (a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995) "the ICC was established in 1887 as the first federal agency"
S: (n) National Labor Relations Board, NLRB (an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions)
S: (n) National Science Foundation, NSF (an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education)
S: (n) Federal Communications Commission, FCC (an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite)
S: (n) United States Post Office, US Post Office, Post Office, PO (an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States)
S: (n) Federal Trade Commission, FTC (an independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft)
S: (n) General Services Administration, GSA (a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management)
S: (n) Federal Protective Service, FPS (an agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business)
S: (n) Small Business Administration, SBA (an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government contracts)
S: (n) Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, ATF (the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson)
S: (n) Criminal Investigation Command, CID (the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world)
S: (n) Federal Bureau of Prisons, BoP (the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes)
S: (n) Federal Judiciary (the judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws)
S: (n) United States Marshals Service, US Marshals Service, Marshals (the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system)
S: (n) Mutawa'een, Mutawa (religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded)
S: (n) secret police (a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition))
S: (n) Gestapo (the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods)
S: (n) Schutzstaffel, SS (special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps)
S: (n) organ (a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function) "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department"
S: (n) National Guard Bureau, NGB (the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units)
S: (n) Army Intelligence, AI (an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders)
S: (n) Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA (a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
S: (n) Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC (an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care)
S: (n) Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL (a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces)
S: (n) Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC (a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry)
S: (n) Naval Research Laboratory, NRL (the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines)
S: (n) Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA (an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition)
S: (n) Central Intelligence Agency, CIA (an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council)
S: (n) Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA (an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition)
S: (n) National Reconnaissance Office, NRO (an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations)
S: (n) National Security Agency, NSA (the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information)
S: (n) United States Secret Service, US Secret Service, USSS, Secret Service, SS (the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents)
S: (n) Central Intelligence Machinery, CIM (the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies)
S: (n) Foreign Intelligence Service, Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki, SVR (Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information; collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime)
S: (n) Iraqi Intelligence Service, IIS, Iraqi Mukhabarat (the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system) "the Iraqi Mukhabarat has been involved in numerous terrorist activities"
S: (n) A'man (the Israeli military intelligence which produces comprehensive national intelligence briefings for the prime minister and the cabinet)
S: (n) Mossad (the Israeli foreign intelligence agency) "the primary focus of the Mossad is on Arab nations"
S: (n) Security Intelligence Review Committee, SIRC (an agency of the Canadian government that oversees the activities of the Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada and has the power to intrude on the privacy of suspected terrorists or spies)
S: (n) Shin Bet, General Security Services (the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency) "the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline"
S: (n) unit, social unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group) "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"