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National Security Council (NSC)
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President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
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Executive Agencies

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Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Education
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Department of the Interior (DOI) Department of Justice (DOJ)
Department of Labor (DOL)
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Department of Transportation (DOT)
Department of the Treasury
Department of Veterans Affairs

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WWW Servers: U.S. Federal Government
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Federal Agencies & Commissions

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
African Development Foundation
Agency for International Development (USAID)
American Battle Monuments Commission
AMTRAK
Appalachian Regional Commission
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Arms Control & Disarmament Agency (ACDA)
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms (ATF)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigations Board (USCSB)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Commission on Civil Rights
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Corporation For National Service (CNS)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Defense Information Systems Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
Defense Logistics Agency
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Defense Security Service
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Farm Credit Administration (FCA)
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB)
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Reserve System
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
General Accounting Office
General Services Administration (GSA)
Ginnie Mae
Health Care Financing Administration
Immigration & Naturalization Services (INS)
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Inter-American Development Bank
Inter-American Foundation
Internal Revenue Services (IRS)
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development
International Labor Organization
International Monetary Fund
International Trade Commission (USITC) Legal Services Corporation
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Merit Systems Protection Board
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
National Capital Planning Commission
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS)
National Council on Disability (NCD)
National Credit Union Administration
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Imagery & Mapping Agency
National Institute of Justice
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Standards & Technology
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Labor Relations Board
National Mediation Board
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Park Service
National Partnership for Reinventing Government
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Skill Standards Board
National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC)
National Telecommunications Information Administration
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Office of Government Ethics
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Office of Special Counsel
Office of Thrift Supervision
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
Organization of American States
Overseas Private Investment Corp.
Pan American Health Organization
Patent & Trademark Office
Peace Corps
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
Postal Rate Commission
President's Interagency Council on Women (IACW)
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
Securities Investor Protection Corp.
Selective Service System (SSS)
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Surface Transportation Board
Tennessee Valley Authority
Trade and Development Agency
USA Jobs
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U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Government Printing Office
US Office of Government Ethics (USOGE)
United States Holocaust Memorial Council
United States Postal Service (USPS)
United Nations Information Center
Voice of America (VOA)
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
White House Fellows
Women's History Commission

The Nation's Capitol

Washington, D.C., locat-ed along the Potomac River, was chosen as the permanent site for the capital of the United States by Congress in 1790.

SIZE: 68 sq. miles
MOTTO: Justitia Omnibus (Justice to all)
BIRD: Wood Thrush
FLOWER: American Beauty Rose
SONG: The Star-Spangled Banner

ORIGIN OF NAME: The District is named after Christopher Columbus.

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