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• Department of Agriculture (USDA) / Landbrugsministeriet
• Department of Commerce (DOC) / Handelsministeriet
• Department of War 1789-1947 Department of Defense (DOD) 1947 / Krigsministeriet, Forsvarsministeriet / Pentagon
• Department of Education (ED) / Undervisningsministeriet
• Department of Energy (DOE) / Energiministeriet, herunder: the National Nuclear Security Administration og dens Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan og Nuclear Security Enterprise Sites.
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) / Sundhedsministeriet
  CRS: Public Health Service Agencies: Overview and Funding / : Amalia K. Corby-Edwards ; C. Stephen Redhead. 2013.
  'Within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), eight agencies are designated components of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS): (1) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), (2) the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), (3) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), (4) the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), (5) the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), (6) the Indian Health Service (IHS), (7) the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and (8) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).'
  'AHRQ and NIH are primarily research agencies. AHRQ conducts and supports health services research to improve the quality of health care. NIH conducts and supports basic, clinical, and translational biomedical and behavioral research. Three PHS agencies—IHS, HRSA, and SAMHSA—provide health care services or help fund systems that do so. IHS supports a health care delivery system for American Indians and Alaska Natives. HRSA funds programs and systems to improve access to health care among the uninsured and medically underserved. SAMHSA funds mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services. CDC and ATSDR coordinate and support a variety of population-based programs to prevent and control disease, injury, and disability. FDA regulates drugs, medical devices, food, dietary supplements, and tobacco products.'
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS) / Sikkerhedsministeriet eller Ministeriet for indenlandsk eller indre sikkerhed, herunder United States Secret Service. Se Amerikanske efterretningstjenester
  'Ti år efter 11. september 2001, terrorangrebet, har den amerikanske regering ikke har en enkelt definition for "indre sikkerhed." I øjeblikket tilbyder forskellige strategiske dokumenter og politiske udsagn forskellige politikker, der er afledt af forskellige interne sikkerhedsdefinitioner.'
  CRS: Defining Homeland Security: Analysis and Congressional Considerations. / : Shawn Reese, Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy. January 8, 2013. - 18 s.
  'Ten years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. government does not have a single definition for “homeland security.” Currently, different strategic documents and mission statements offer varying missions that are derived from different homeland security definitions. Historically, the strategic documents framing national homeland security policy have included national strategies produced by the White House and documents developed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Prior to the 2010 National Security Strategy, the 2002 and 2007 National Strategies for Homeland Security were the guiding documents produced by the White House. In 2011, the White House issued the National Strategy for Counterterrorism. In conjunction with these White House strategies, DHS has developed a series of evolving strategic documents based on the two national homeland security strategies and include the 2008 Strategic Plan—One Team, One Mission, Securing the Homeland; the 2010 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review and Bottom-Up Review; and the 2012 Department of Homeland Security Strategic Plan. The 2012 DHS strategic plan is the latest evolution in DHS’s process of defining its mission, goals, and responsibilities. This plan, however, only addresses the department’s homeland security purview and is not a document that addresses homeland security missions and responsibilities that are shared across the federal government. Currently, the Department of Homeland Security is developing the 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, which is due late 2013 or early 2014. There are 30 federal entities that receive annual homeland security funding excluding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) estimates that 48% of annual homeland security funding is appropriated to these federal entities, with the Department of Defense (DOD) receiving approximately 26% of total federal homeland security funding. DHS receives approximately 52%.'
  CRS: National Security Strategy: Mandates, Execution to Date, and Issues for Congress. / : Catherine Dale. August 6, 2013.
  'The U.S. government—at the levels of both the White House and individual agencies—conducts a wide array of strategic reviews, and issues many forms of strategic guidance. The pinnacle of the national security strategic architecture is the national security strategy, issued by the President. That effort is supported by an array of subordinate quadrennial reviews—the Quadrennial Defense Review by the Department of Defense, the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review by the Department of State, the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review issued by the Department of Homeland Security, and the Quadrennial Intelligence Community Review issued by the Office of the Director for National Intelligence— as well as a number of subordinate strategies including national defense strategy, national military strategy, national homeland security strategy, and national intelligence strategy. Yet in practice, the strategic architecture is more complex and less coherent than this synopsis might suggest, because these core strategic efforts are joined by a number of one-off strategic reviews and documents, and because timelines, content, and relationships among the various documents have all varied a great deal over time.'
  'The cornerstone of the current national security system is the National Security Act of 1947 as amended, designed to meet the challenges of the post-WWII, Cold War world. That legislation laid the foundations of a new national security regime, including the creation of the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department ofDefense, a separate Department of the Air Force, and a permanent Joint Chiefs of Staff. See National Security Act of1947.
• Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) / Boligministeriet
• Department of the Interior (DOI) / Indenrigsministeriet - CRS: Federal Land Ownership: Current Acquisition and Disposal Authorities. / : Carol Hardy Vincent et al. December 13, 2012. - 14 s.
  'The federal government owns roughly 635 million acres, heavily concentrated in 12 western states. Four agencies—the National Park Service (NPS), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in the Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Forest Service (FS) in the Department of Agriculture—administer about 95% of those lands.'
  CRS: Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data. / : Ross W. Gorte et al. - 24 s.
  'The lands administered by the four land agencies are managed for many purposes, primarily related to preservation, recreation, and development of natural resources. Yet each of these agencies has distinct responsibilities. The BLM manages 248 million acres and is responsible for 700 million acres of subsurface mineral resources. The BLM has a multiple-use, sustained-yield mandate that supports a variety of uses and programs, including energy development, recreation, grazing, wild horses and burros, and conservation. The USFS manages 193 million acres also for multiple uses and sustained yields of various products and services, including timber harvesting, recreation, grazing, watershed protection, and fish and wildlife habitats. Most of the USFS lands are designated national forests. Wildfire protection is increasingly important for both agencies. The FWS manages 89 million acres of federal land (plus several large marine areas), primarily to conserve and protect animals and plants. The National Wildlife Refuge System includes wildlife refuges, waterfowl production areas, and wildlife coordination units. The NPS manages 80 million acres of federal land in 397 diverse units to conserve lands and resources and make them available for public use. Activities that harvest or remove resources generally are prohibited. Federal land ownership is concentrated in the West. Specifically, 62% of Alaska is federally owned, as is 47% of the 11 coterminous western states. By contrast, the federal government owns only 4% of lands in the other states.'
• Department of Justice (DOJ) / Justitsministeriet, herunder forbundspolitiet FBI og Kontoret for Fængsler / Bureau of Prisons
  CRS: Drug Enforcement in the United States: History, Policy, and Trends. / : Lisa N. Sacco, 2014.
  'Over the last decade, the United States has shifted its stated drug control policy toward a comprehensive approach; one that focuses on prevention, treatment, and enforcement. In order to restrict and reduce availability of illicit drugs in the United States, a practice referred to as “supply reduction,” the federal government continues to place emphasis on domestic drug enforcement. According to the most recent drug control budget (FY2015) released by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), approximately 60% of all federal drug control spending is dedicated to supply reduction, with approximately 37% of the total budget dedicated to domestic law enforcement.
  Federal agencies, primarily the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), enforce federal controlled substances laws in all states and territories, but the majority of drug crimes known to U.S. law enforcement are dealt with at the state level. In the United States in 2012, the DEA arrested 30,476 suspects for federal drug offenses while state and local law enforcement arrested 1,328,457 suspects for drug offenses.'
  CRS: The Federal Prison Population Buildup: Overview, Policy Changes, Issues, and Options. / : Nathan James. January 22, 2013. - 60 s. 'The number of inmates under the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) jurisdiction has increased from approximately 25,000 in FY1980 to nearly 219,000 in FY2012. Since FY1980, the federal prison population has increased, on average, by approximately 6,100 inmates each year. Data show that a growing proportion of inmates are being incarcerated for immigration- and weapons-related offenses, but the largest portion of newly admitted inmates are being incarcerated for drug offenses. Data also show that approximately 7 in 10 inmates are sentenced for five years or less.' The Bureau of Prisons is the largest correctional agency in the country in terms of the number of prisoners under its jurisdiction.1 The BOP currently operates 118 correctional facilities in 35 states and Puerto Rico. The BOP was established in 1930 to house federal inmates, professionalize the prison service, and ensure consistent and centralized administration of the federal prison system'.
  Note 1: E. Ann Carson and William J. Sabol, Prisoners in 2011, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, NCJ 239808, Washington, DC, December 2012, p. 21. - http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p11.pdf
• Department of Labor (DOL) / Beskæftigelsesministeriet
• Department of State (DOS) / Udenrigsministeriet, herunder: the Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation, the American Commission to Negotiate Peace 1914-1931, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC), Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN). The Historical Advisory Committee to the Department of State (HAC) embraces two principal responsibilities. First, it oversees the preparation and timely publication of the Foreign Relations of the United States series. Second, it promotes public access to records that are 25 or more years older than the date of issue.
  Publications of the Foreign Relations Series
  During 2011, the Office of the Historian published seven volumes in the Foreign Relations of the United States series. These are:
  1. 1969-1976, Volume XIII, Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971
  2. 1969-1976, Volume XV, Soviet Union, June 1972- August 1974
  3. 1969-1976, Volume XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973
  4. 1969-1976, Volume XXVIII, Southern Africa
  5. 1969-1976, Volume XXXIV, National Security Policy, 1969-1972
  6. 1969-1976, Volume XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974
  7. 1969-1976, Volume E-12, Documents on East and Southeast Asia, 1973-1976
  State Department Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations
• Department of the Treasury / Skatteministeriet
• Department of Transportation (DOT) / Transportministeriet, herunder US Maritime Security Programme
• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veteranministeriet

US Government Manual 2005-2006 Edition, 773 s..
As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies; international organizations in which the United States participates; and boards, commissions, and committees. The Manual begins with reprints of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
A typical agency description includes:
* A list of officials heading major operating units.
* A summary statement of the agency's purpose and role in the Federal Government.
* A brief history of the agency, including its legislative or executive authority.
* A description of its programs and activities.
* Information, addresses, and phone numbers to help users locate detailed information on consumer activities, contracts and grants, employment, publications, and other matters of public interest.
The Manual is published as a special edition of the Federal Register (see 1 CFR 9.1). Its focus is on programs and activities. Persons interested in detailed organizational structure, the regulatory documents of an agency, or Presidential documents should refer to the Federal Register or one of its other special editions.
GPO Access contains the U.S. Government Manual for 1995-96 and all subsequent editions to the present. The new edition of the Manual is available to the Public each year in the late summer'.
- http://www.archive.org/details/US_Government_Manual_2005-2006
CRS: Government Transparency and Secrecy: An Examination of Meaning and Its Use in the Executive Branch. / : Wendy Ginsberg et al. 2012. - 39 s.
'Congress has the authority to determine what information can and should be publicly available as well as what should be protected. Congressional powers that may be used to address federal transparency include the powers to legislate, hold hearings, issue subpoenas, and control the federal budget. Statutes that grant access to government information include the Federal Register Act, the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Among the laws enacted to protect information are the Privacy Act and FOIA. Agencies also use security classifications, which are governed largely by executive orders, to protect certain records from public release. Records may be protected for national security purposes, personal privacy concerns, or other reasons.
The Obama Administration has undertaken its own transparency initiative, known as the Open Government Initiative, to make executive branch agencies more transparent, publicly accessible, and collaborative than they have historically been. Watchdog organizations have offered mixed reviews of the initiative’s ability to promote and institute government transparency. Transparency may be defined as the disclosure of government information and its use by the public. Transparency, under this definition, requires a public that can access, understand, and use the information it receives from the federal government. This report first assesses the meaning of transparency and discusses its scholarly and practical definitions. It also provides an analysis of the concept of transparency, with a focus on federal government transparency in the executive branch'.