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  2. Alphabet agencies - Wikipedia

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    The alphabet agencies, or New Deal agencies, were the U.S. federal government agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The earliest agencies were created to combat the Great Depression in the United States and were established during Roosevelt's first 100 days in office in 1933.

  3. Category:New Deal agencies - Wikipedia

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    This category contains articles about New Deal agencies (or "alphabet agencies"), United States Government agencies created during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of the New Deal. Subcategories

  4. List of federal agencies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Alphabet soup (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Alphabet soup is a metaphor for an abundance of abbreviations or acronyms, named for a common dish made from alphabet pasta. Its use dates at least as far back as Franklin D. Roosevelt's alphabet agencies of the New Deal . [ 1 ]

  6. Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation was one of the so-called alphabet agencies set up in the United States during the 1930s as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Created in 1933 as the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation, its name was changed by charter amendment on November 18, 1935. In 1937 its administration was ...

  7. United States federal executive departments - Wikipedia

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    The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States.They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but (the United States being a presidential system) they are led by a head of government who is also the head of state.

  8. List of slang terms for federal agents - Wikipedia

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    A federal agent (also known as a special agent, federal police officer, or federal operative) is an employee of an agency or branch of the federal government, typically one responsible for investigating organized crime and terrorism, handling matters of domestic or national security, and who practices espionage, such as the FBI, CIA, NSA, or MI5.

  9. Category:Government agencies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Transportation government agencies of the United States (10 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Government agencies in the United States" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.