Suitland and Silver Hill Rd..,

Suitland, MD (mailing address: Washington, D.C. 20233)

Tel: (301) 457-2800

 The agency’s role is to collect and provide timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States.

Bureau of Economic Analysis

1441 L St. NW

Washington, D.C. 20230

Tel. (202) 606-5344

 BEA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the nation's economic accountant, preparing estimates that illuminate key national, international, and regional aspects of the U.S. economy

1800 M Street NW, Room 4145,

Washington, D.C. 20036-5831.

Tel. 202-694-5050

 The Economic Research Service (ERS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Economic Research Service is official source for economic analysis and information on agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural America.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

650 Massachusette Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20226

Tel (202) 927-8540

 The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is a law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Treasury with unique responsibilities dedicated to reducing violent crime, collecting revenue, and protecting the public. ATF enforces the Federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, explosives and arson by working directly and in cooperation with others agencies

General Accounting Office

441 G Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20548

Tel. (202) 275-6202

 The General Accounting Office (GAO), as an independent and nonpolitical arm of the Congress, is concerned with finding ways of improving the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of government operations.

General Services Administration

18th and F Streets, NW

Washington, D.C. 20405

Tel. (202) 566-1231

The General Services Administration (GSA) is the government’s business manager, landlord, real estate agent, maintenance expert, purchasing agent for items ranging from trucks to typewriter ribbons, supplier of telecommunications and computer equipment and services, record keeper, office management specialist and recycler or disposer of any leftover or unwanted federal property, from military bases to mops and brooms.

Office of Federal Procurement Policy

126 Jackson Place, N.S.

Room 9013

Washington, D.C. 20503

Tel. (202) 359-5803

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OPP.) was established to improve the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the procurement processes by providing overall direction of procurement policies, regulations, procedures and forms.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

1919 M Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20554

Tel. (202) 632-7000

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency responsible for regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio under the provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

400 7th Street, SW

Washington, D.C. 20590

Tel. (202) 366-0604/ 0660

FHWA provides leadership, expertise, resources and information to continually improve the quality of our Nation’s Highway System and its internodal connections. We undertake this mission in cooperation with all our partners to enhance the country’s economic vitality, quality of life and the environment.

Thomas Jefferson Building, Room LJ 100

Washington, D.C. 20540-5550

Tel. 202-707-6500

United States Office of Personnel Management

1900 E Street, NW

Washington, DC 20415-0001

Tel (202) 606-1800 - Office of Communications

The U. S. Office of Personnel Management administers a merit system for Federal employment that includes recruiting, examining, and promoting people on the basis of their knowledge and skills, regardless of their race, religion, sex, political influence, or other nonmerit factors. It also performs other personnel related functions on behalf of the American people.

Department of Commerce

14th St. and Constitution Ave. NW

Washington, D.C. 20230

Tel:202- 482-6001

The Department of Commerce mission is the promotion job creation, economic growth, sustainable development, and improved living standards for all Americans, by working in partnership with business, universities, communities, and workers.

United States Postal Service

475 L’Enfant Plaza West, SW

Washington, D.C. 20260

Tel. (202) 245-4000

The Office of International Postal Affairs is primarily responsible for coordinating mail policy and operational procedures in the United States Postal Service (USPS). In addition to this function, the Office makes bilateral international postal arrangements, maintains effective relationships with foreign postal services and serves as the U.S. representative in international postal organizations.

Room C804, Stop: LP

Washington, DC 20401

Tel: 202-512-1991 Fax: 202-512-1293

The Government Printing Office (GPO) prints, binds, and distributes the publications of the Congress as well as the executive departments and establishments of the Federal Government. Distribution is being accomplished on an increasing basis via various electronic media in accordance with Public Law 103-40, "The Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993.''

Suite 3B18

441 G Street, NW

Washington, DC 20548

Fax 202 512-7366

 The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board was established in 1990 by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Comptroller general of the U.S. The Board was created to consider and recommend accounting standards and principles to the federal government to improve the usefulness of Federal financial reports.

Bureau of the Public Debt

Office of the Commissioner

Bureau of Public Debt

Washington, DC 20239-0001

Tel (202) 219-3302

 Bureau of the Public Debt an agency within the Department of the Treasury, charged with the job of borrowing the money needed to operate the Federal Government and to account for the resulting debt.

Export-Import Bank of the United States

811 Vermont Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20571

Tel. (202) 566-2117

For more than four decades, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Eximbank), an independent U.S. government agency, has been an important source of financing for the sale of U.S. goods and services to purchasers overseas.

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

1200 K Street NW

Washington DC 2005-4026

Tel. (202) 326-4180

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) protects the retirement incomes of more than 42 million American workers -- one of every three working persons -- in about 50,000 defined benefit pension plans. PBGC is a federal government corporation established by Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in 1974 to encourage the growth of defined benefit plans, provide timely and uninterrupted payment of benefits, and maintain pension insurance premiums at the lowest level necessary to carry out the Corporation's obligations.

Farm Credit Administration

1503 Farm Credit Drive

McLean, Virginia 22102

Tel 703 883 4030

The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or Agency) is an independent agency in the executive branch of the U.S. Government. It is responsible for the regulation and examination of the banks, associations, and related entities that collectively comprise what is known as the Farm Credit System (System), including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac). Initially created by an Executive order of the President in 1933, the Agency now derives its powers and authorities from the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended (Act). FCA's mission is to promote a safe and sound, competitive Farm Credit System.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

801 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20434-0001

Tel. (800) 276-6003 / (202) 416-6940

Fax (202) 416-2076

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is the major insurer of banks and savings associations, and in cooperation with other federal and state regulatory agencies, the FDIC promotes the safety and soundness of insured depository institutions and the U.S. financial system by identifying, monitoring, and addressing risks to the deposit insurance funds.

Internal Revenue Service

1111 Constitution Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20224

Tel. (202) 622-5044 or call 1-800-829-1040 - for the nearest district office

The purpose of the Internal Revenue Service is to collect the proper amount of tax revenue at the least cost to the public in a manner warranting the highest degree of public confidence in our integrity, efficiency, and fairness.

Federal Housing Finance Board

1777 F Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006-5210

Tel. (202) 408-2500

The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) was established as an independent agency in the Executive Branch by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) of 1989. The Finance Board has regulatory authority and supervisory oversight responsibility for the twelve Federal Home Loan Banks and the Office of Finance. The Finance Board ensures the safety and soundness of the Bank System, establishes policy for the Community Investment Cash Advances program (including the Affordable Housing and Community Investment programs), and the Community Support Program, oversees the FHLBanks' financial performance and operations, and evaluates Banks' achievements of public policy mission as a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE).

 Minority Business Development Agency

14th St. and Constitution Ave. NW

Washington, D.C. 20230

Tel.(202) 482-4547

The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is a Federal agency specifically created to encourage the growth of minority- owned businesses in the United States. MBDA increases opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities to participate in the free enterprise system through the formation and development of competitive minority-owned and managed firms. Established in 1969 by Executive Order 11458,

National Credit Union Administration

1775 Duke Street

Alexandria, VA 22314-3428

Tel 703-518-6300

 The National Credit Union Administration is an independent federal agency that supervises and insures 7,152 federal credit unions and insures 4,240 state-chartered credit unions.

 Overseas Private Investment Corporation

1129 20th Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20527

Tel. (202) 632-1804

 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is a self-sustaining agency whose objective is to foster development through the encouragement of U.S. private investment in some 90 friendly developing countries in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

The Federal Reserve System

Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.

Tel. 202-452-3245 Fax 202-728-5886,

The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States. It was founded by Congress in 1913 to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system; over the years, its role in banking and the economy has expanded.

 LABOR:

U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Washington, D.C. 20250

Tel. (202) 720-2791

 The Foreign Agricultural Service advances the interests of the agricultural community and the general public by working to develop and expand foreign markets for U.S. food and agricultural products.

Federal Maritime Commission

1100 L Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20573

Tel. (202) 523-5911

 The Federal Maritime Commission, an independent agency, regulates the liner shipping industry operating in U.S. ocean commerce.

 Federal Railroad Administration

400 7th Street, SW

Washington, D.C. 20590

Tel. 202-366-0895/ 800-RAIL 990

 The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) was created to promote and enforce safety throughout the U.S. railroad system, rehabilitate Northeast Corridor rail passenger services, consolidate Federal support for rail transportation, and support research and development for rail transportation. 

Federal Labor Relations Authority.

607 Fourteenth Street NW

Washington, DC 20424-0001

Tel. 202-482-6550

 The Federal Labor Relations Authority oversees the Federal service labor- management relations program. It administers the law that protects the right of employees of the Federal Government to organize, bargain collectively, and participate through labor organizations of their own choosing in decisions affecting them.

 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Federal Emergency Management Agency

500 C Street, SW

Washington, DC 20472

Tel. (202) 646-3923

 FEMA was organized on April 1, 1979 to be the central point of contact within the Federal government to provide leadership, coordination, and management in reducing risks and helping disaster victims, regardless of the cause. The Agency is dedicated to protect the Nation from all types of hazards through a comprehensive, risk-based, all-hazards emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

Environmental Protection Agency

401 M Street, SW

Washington, D.C. 20460

Tel. (202) 755-0700

 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cooperates with the Departments of State and Commerce to promote the sale abroad of pollution control devices and environmental technology.

1801 L Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20507

Tel. (202) 663-4900 TDD: (202) 663-4494

 The mission of the EEOC, is to promote equal opportunity in employment through administrative and judicial enforcement of the federal civil rights laws and through education and technical assistance.

Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)

U.S. Department of Labor

Room S-2235

Washington, DC 20210

Tel. 202-219-6061

 The Bureau of International Labor Affairs carries out the Department of Labor's international responsibilities under the direction of the Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs, and assists in formulating international economic, trade, and immigration policies affecting American workers.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE

Room 4110

Washington, DC 20212

Tel. (202) 606-5900

 The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor.

Department of Labor

200 Constitution Ave., NW, Room S-1032

Washington, DC 20210

Tel (202) 219-8211

 The U.S. Department of Labor was created by Congress in 1913 to "...foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions and their opportunities for profitable employment." The department enforces applicable U.S. labor laws and regulates workplace activities required by those laws.

Office of Compliance

John Adams Building of The Library of Congress

110 2nd Street S.E.,

Washington D.C. 20540.

Tel (202) 724-9250

 The Office of Compliance was established to implement the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. Known as the CAA, the Act generally extends the rights and protections of 11 employment and labor laws to covered employees in the legislative branch of the federal government.

 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Route I-270 and Quince Orchard Rd..,

Gaithersburg, MD (mailing address: Bldg.. 101, #A1134, Gaithersburg, MD 20899)

Tel: (301) 975-2762

 An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Technology Administration, NIST's primary mission is to promote U.S. economic growth by working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards. It carries out this mission through a portfolio of four major programs: Measurement and Standards Laboratories; Advanced Technology Program; Manufacturing Extension Partnership; Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

National Labor Relations Board

Division of Information

1099 14th Street, NW, Room 5400 East

Washington, D.C. 20570-0001

Tel. (202) 273-1789

The NLRB is an independent Federal agency created in 1935 to administer and enforce the National Labor Relations Act. It conducts secret-ballot elections to determine whether employees desire union representation, and it investigates and remedies unfair labor practices.

TRADE:

 Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Pennsylvania Avenue at Sixth Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20580

Tel. (202) 523-3625

 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency established pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. The FTC’s principal function is to protect consumers and the existence of a free enterprise system through prevention and elimination of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive business acts or practices.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC)

2033 K Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20581

Tel. (202) 254-6387

 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has jurisdiction over futures trading on all U.S. commodity exchanges and over trading in commodity options and leverage contracts, including those in gold and silver bullion and bulk gold and silver coins.

Consumer Product Safety Commission.

4330 East West Highway (East West Towers)

Bethesda, MD 20814

Tel. 301-504-0580

 The Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public against unreasonable risks of injury from consumer products; assists consumers in evaluating the comparative safety of consumer products; develops uniform safety standards for consumer products and minimizes conflicting State and local regulations; and promotes research and investigation into the causes and prevention of product-related deaths, illnesses, and injuries.

International Communication Agency (Formerly United States Information Agency)

1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20547

Tel. (202) 724-9103

 The International Communication Agency (ICA) conducts international communication, educational, cultural and exchange programs designed to build two-way bridges of understanding between the people of the United States and other peoples of the world.

 International Trade Administration (ITA)

14th St. and Constitution Ave. NW

Washington, D.C. 20230

Tel 202 482-3808

 ITA’s mission is to encourage, assist, and advocate U.S. exports, to ensure U.S. business has equal access to foreign markets, to enable U.S. businesses to compete against unfairly traded imports, and to safeguard jobs and the competitive strength of American industry.

Interstate Commerce Commission

Twelfth Street and Constitution Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20423

Tel. 202-927-7119

The Interstate Commerce Commission regulates interstate surface transportation, including trains, trucks, buses, water carriers, household goods transporters, freight forwarders, transportation brokers, and pipelines that are not regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Inter-American Foundation

1515 Wilson Boulevard

Rosslyn, Virginia 22209

Tel. (703) 841-3800

 The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), an independent agency of the United States government, was created in 1969 as an experimental U.S. foreign assistance program. The IAF works in Latin America and the Caribbean to promote equitable, responsive, and participatory self-help development by awarding grants directly to local organizations throughout the region. It also enters into partnerships with public- and private-sector entities to scale up support and mobilize local, national, and international resources for grassroots development.

 Bureau of Export Administration

14th St. and Constitution Ave. NW

Washington, D.C. 20230

Tel. (202) 482-2721

 The Bureau of Export Administration enhances the nation's security and its economic prosperity by controlling exports for national security, foreign policy, and short supply reasons. We administer the Export Administration Act by developing export control policies, issuing export licenses, and prosecuting violators. Additionally, BXA enforces the EAA's antiboycott provisions.

 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

690 L’Enfant Plaza East, SW

Washington, DC 20594

Tel. (202) 314-600

 The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent Federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation -- railroad, highway, marine and pipeline-- and issuing safety recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents.

14th St. and Constitution Ave. NW

Washington, D.C. 20230

Tel.(202) 482-1551

 The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is the Executive Branch agency principally responsible for domestic and international telecommunications and information policy issues. NTIA's major role is to promote the efficient and effective use of telecommunications and information resources in a manner that creates job opportunities, enhances U.S. competitiveness, and raises the standard of living.

U.S. Agency for International Development

1735 North Lynn Street

Rosslyn, Virginia

Tel. (703) 235-9155

 The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) carries out assistance programs designed to help the people of certain less developed countries develop their human and economic resources, increase productive capacities and improve the quality of human life as well as to promote economic or political stability in friendly countries.

Office of Management and Budget

Executive Office Building

17th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20503

Tel. (202) 395-3000

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a highly influential agency on international commercial issues. OMB’s International Affairs Division helps determine budgetary priorities in such areas as: foreign assistance, Law of the Sea, trade policy, East-West trade and the policies and programs of the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

Office of Science and Technology Policy

Executive Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20500

Tel. (202) 456-7116

 Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) was created to provide the President with timely advice and to coordinate investment in science and technology. OSTP has played a prominent role in advancing science, education and scientific literacy, and investment in applied research.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

250 E. Street SW

Washington DC 20219

Tel. (202) 874-5080

 The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) ensure a safe, sound and competitive national banking system that supports the citizens, communities and economy of the United States.

 Office of Thrift Supervision

1700 G Street NW

Washington DC 20552

Tel (202) 906-6547

 The OTS is the primary regulator of all federal and many state-chartered thrift institutions. The OTS was established as a bureau of the Department of the Treasury on August 9, 1989. The OTS has five regional offices located in Jersey City, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco.

 Patent and Trademark Office

2011 S. Clark Place,

Arlington, VA 22202. (mailing address: Washington, D.C. 20231)

Tel. (703) 308-4357

 The basic role of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries (Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution).

President’s Export Council

U.S. Department of Commerce Room 2015B

14th & Constitution Ave., NW.

Washington, DC 20230

Phone: 202-482-1124

The President’s Export Council (PEC) was established to serve as a national advisory body to the President. The members of the Council includes: heads or representatives of the Departments of State, Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor, the Office of the United States Trade Representative , the Export-Import Bank, three members from both the House of Representatives and Senate, and 28 private citizens appointed by the President.

Securities and Exchange Commission

450 Fifth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20549

(202) 942-7040

 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) administers the federal securities laws. Its primary goal as mandated by such laws is the protection of investors through disclosure of material information by securities issuers and the maintenance of orderly and competitive securities markets.

 Small Business Administration

1441 L Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20416

Tel. (202) 653-6600

 The primary responsibility of the Small Business Administration (SBA) is to aid, counsel, assist and protect the small business community of the United States.

 Social Security Administration

SSA's headquarters

6401 Security Blvd.,

Baltimore, MD 21235.

Tel.410) 965-8105

 The Social Security Administration (SSA) manages the nation’s Social Security systems and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

Technology Administration (TA)

14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW

Washington, D.C. 20230

Phone: (202) 482-8321

The Technology Administration (TA) is the only Federal agency working to maximize technology's contribution to America's economic growth. It operates through its three agencies: the Office of Technology Policy (OTP), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).

United States Mint

United States Mint,

Customer Service Center,

10003 Derekwood Lane,

Lanham, MD 20706,

Tel (202) 283-COIN.

 United States Mint is an agency of the Treasury Department. Its primary mission is to produce sufficient amounts of coinage to meet the demands of commerce.

Department of the Treasury

15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, D.C. 20220

Tel. (202) 566-2000

 The Department of the Treasury has responsibility for formulating and regulating U.S. international financial and tax policy and holds preeminent influence in international monetary, economic and investment matters.

United States International Development Cooperation Agency

Department of State Building

2201 C Street NW

Washington DC 20533-0001

Tel.202-647-1850

Phone: 202-647-1850

 The United States International Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA) is responsible for the development aspects of U.S. participation in international organizations, including United Nations development programs. The Agencies include, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and a proposed Institute for Scientific and Technological Cooperation (ISTC).

U. S. International Trade Commission

701 E Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20436

Tel. (202) 523-0161

 The primary duty of the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) is to investigate tariff and international trade complaints as required by law. It furnishes studies, reports and recommendations to the President, the Congress and other government agencies and also conducts studies, surveys and public hearings and initiates research projects pertaining to the international trade of the United States.

1111 20th Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20570

Tel. (202) 653-6166

 The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States is a quasi-judicial, independent agency within the Department of Justice which adjudicates claims of U.S. nationals against foreign governments, either under specific jurisdiction conferred by Congress or pursuant to international claims settlement agreements.

1800 G Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20506

Tel. (202) 395-4647

The Office of the United States Trade Representative has primary responsibility for developing and coordinating the implementation of international trade policy. U.S. trade policy leadership and all trade negotiation responsibilities are consolidated in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)

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