causal agent
cause
causal agency | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results |
means
agency
way | how a result is obtained or an end is achieved, a means of control, an example is the best agency of instruction, the true way to success |
| agency | a business that serves other businesses |
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA | an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment |
| executive agency | an agency of the executive branch of government |
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 |
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 |
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
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Drug Enforcement Administration
Drug Enforcement Agency
DEA | federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances, goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations |
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA | an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation |
United Nations agency
UN agency | an agency of the United Nations |
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA | the United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy |
agency
federal agency
government agency
bureau
office authority | an administrative unit of government, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, Tennessee Valley Authority |
| independent agency | an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments |
intelligence
intelligence service
intelligence agency | a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy |
military intelligence
military intelligence agency | an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value |
| United States intelligence agency | an intelligence service in the United States |
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 |
| Defense Logistics Agency | a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense, provides worldwide support for military missions |
| international intelligence agency | an intelligence agency outside the United States |
| international law enforcement agency | an international administrative unit responsible for law enforcement |
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 |
| law enforcement agency | an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws |
regulatory agency
regulatory authority | a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest |
advertising agency
ad agency | an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients |
| detective agency | an agency that makes inquiries for its clients |
employment agency
employment office | an agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people |
mercantile agency
commercial agency | an organization that provides businesses with credit ratings of other firms, Dun & Bradstreet is the largest mercantile agency in the United States |
news agency
press agency
wire service
press association
news organization
news organisation | an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically |
service agency
service bureau
service firm | a business that makes its facilities available to others for a fee, achieves economy of scale |
| travel agency | an agency that arranges personal travel |
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 |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NGA | a combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security |
child welfare agency
child welfare service | an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children |
| Russian agency | an administrative agency of the Russian government |
administrative district
administrative division
territorial division | a district defined for administrative purposes |
borderland
border district
march
marchland | district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area, the Welsh marches between England and Wales |
| district line | the boundary between two districts |
| city district | a district of a town or city |
voting precinct
election district | one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting, each contains one polling place |
business district
downtown | the central area or commercial center of a town or city, the heart of Birmingham's downtown |
| congressional district | a territorial division of a state, entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives |
district
territory
territorial dominion
dominion | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes |
| federal district | a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation |
residential district
residential area
community | a district where people live, occupied primarily by private residences |
| red-light district | a district with many brothels |
| tenement district | a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses |
| school district | a district whose public schools are administered together |
Lake District
Lakeland | a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain |
District of Columbia
D.C.
DC | the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington, chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia |