DoD doesn't make regulations as far as I know. They also don't spy on Americans. The alphabets are generally, ATF, CIA, FBI, DOJ, NEA, AND some of the others below:
List of Government Agencies, Bureaus, Commissions and Departments
Following is an alphabetical list of organizations in the United States federal executive, legislative and judicial branches. This list of government agencies is not comprehensive, nor will it remain completely accurate, as agencies are shut down and new ones are formed on a regular basis.
9-11 Commission (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.)
Administration on Aging (AOA)
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
African Development Foundation
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Agency for International Development
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Agricultural Marketing Service
Agricultural Research Service
Air Force
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (Treasury)
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau (DOJ)
American Battle Monuments Commission
AMTRAK (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Appalachian Regional Commission
Architect of the Capitol
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board)
Arctic Research Commission
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Arms Control and International Security
Army
Army Corps of Engineers
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Interagency Coordinating Committee
Bankruptcy Courts
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs Office
Border Patrol (see Customs and Border Protection)
Botanic Garden
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
Bureau of Industry and Security (formerly the Bureau of Export Administration)
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics – responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Bureau of Prisons
Bureau of Public Debt
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Transportation (BOT) – responsible for ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Census Bureau
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – As one of the most important organizations on this list of government agencies, the CDC protects America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S.
Census – U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) – The Central Intelligence Agency, headquartered in Langley, Virginia, was created in 1947 with the signing of the National Security Act by President Harry Truman. The CIA is responsible for coordinating the nation’s intelligence activities and correlating, evaluating and disseminating intelligence which affects national security.
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigations Board
Chief Financial Officers Council
Chief Information Officers Council
Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee
Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau Service
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
Coalition Provisional Authority (Iraq)
Coalition Provisional Authority Inspector General
Coast Guard
Commerce Department
Commission of Fine Arts
Commission on Civil Rights
Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the U.S Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
Commission on International Religious Freedom
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Community Development Office (Agriculture Department)
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
Community Planning and Development
Comptroller of the Currency Office
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Constitution Center
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Corporation for National and Community Service
Council of Economic Advisers
Council on Environmental Quality
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Court of Federal Claims
Court of International Trade
Customs and Border Protection – U.S. Customs and Border Protection is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. Customs is responsible for regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing hundreds of U.S. regulations, including trade, drug and immigration laws. The primary mission of the agency is preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States.
The
United States Border Patrol is a federal law enforcement agency within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). It is a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). U.S. Border Patrol Agents are responsible for immigration and border law enforcement. Agents prevent terrorists and weapons from entering the United States. In addition, they deter, detect, and apprehend illegal aliens and individuals involved in the illegal drug trade who enter the United States other than through designated ports of entry.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Defense Commissary Agency
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Defense Contract Management Agency
Defense Field Activities
Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Defense Intelligence Agency – provides military intelligence to defense policy makers and force planners in the Department of Defense and the general Intelligence Community. The agency provides such intelligence to support of the U.S. military in planning and operations and weapon systems acquisition.
Defense Legal Services Agency
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Defense Security Service
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Delaware River Basin Commission
Denali Commission
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Department of Commerce (DOC)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Defense Inspector General
Department of Education (ED)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Department of Homeland Security – The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has three primary missions: Prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage from potential attacks and natural disasters.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Department of the Interior (DOI)
Department of Justice – Responsible for enforcing the law and defending its interests according to the law.
Department of Labor (DOL)
Department of State (DOS)
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Department of the Treasury
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Disability Employment Policy Office
Domestic Policy Council
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Economic Analysis, Bureau of
Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs
Economic and Statistics Administration
Economic Development Administration
Economic Research Service
Education Department (ED)
Election Assistance Commission
Elementary and Secondary Education
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Employment and Training Administration (Labor Department)
Employment Standards Administration
Endangered Species Committee
Energy Department (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Energy Information Administration
Engraving and Printing, Bureau of
Environment, Safety and Health
Environmental Management
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Office
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Service Agency
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (
FBI) – The FBI is the investigative arm of the US Department of Justice. It is probably the most well-known on this list of government agencies Learn more by reading these
FBI books.
Federal Bureau of Prisons – Learn about the department that is responsible for managing the federal prison system. Also, learn how to find someone wo his incarcerated.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Citizen Information Center – Providers information government via a nationwide toll-free telephone number, 1 (800) FED-INFO.. The NCC responds to thousands of government information requests every business day, either providing the information directly or locating the source of assistance for the caller.
Federal Consulting Group
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Executive Boards
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
Federal Financing Bank
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Federal Housing Finance Board
Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
Federal Judicial Center
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Federal Library and Information Center Committee
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Reserve System
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal Transit Administration
Federated States of Micronesia
Financial Management Service (Treasury Department) – The Financial Management Service provides central payment services to federal agencies, to operate the federal government’s collections and deposit systems, to provide government-wide accounting and reporting services, and to manage the collection of delinquent debt owed to the government.
The list of government agencies continues below.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food and Nutrition Service
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Foreign Agricultural Service
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Forest Service
Fossil Energy
Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
General Accounting Office (GAO)
General Services Administration (GSA)
Geological Survey (USGS)
Global Affairs (State Department)
Global Communications Office (White House)
Government Printing Office (GPO)
Government National Mortgage Association
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
Health and Human Services Department (HHS)
Health Resources and Services Administration
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Homeland Security Department (DHS)
House of Representatives
House Leadership Offices
House Office of Inspector General
House Office of the Clerk
House of Representatives Committees
House Organizations, Commissions and Task Forces
House Representatives on the Web
Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD)
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Bureau of
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Indian Affairs, Bureau of
Indian Arts and Crafts Board
Indian Health Service
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Industry and Security, Bureau of
Information Resource Management College
Institute of Education Sciences
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Institute of Peace
Interagency Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group
Interagency Council on Homelessness
Interagency Electronic Grants Committee
Inter-American Foundation
Interior Department
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB)
International Labor Affairs, Bureau of
International Trade Administration (ITA)
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
Japan-United States Friendship Commission
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Forces Staff College
Judicial Circuit Courts of Appeal
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Justice Department
Justice Programs Office
Jusrice Statistics, Bureau of
Labor Department (DOL)
Labor Statistics, Bureau of
Land Management, Bureau of
Lead Hazard Control
Legal Services Corporation
Library of Congress
Marine Corps
Marine Mammal Commission
Maritime Administration
Marketing and Regulatory Programs (Agriculture Department)
Marshals Service
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Merit Systems Protection Board
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Mineral Management Service
Minority Business Development Agency
Mint
Missile Defense Agency
Mississippi River Commission
Morris K. Udall Foundation: Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy
Multifamily Housing Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National AIDS Policy Office
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
National Capital Planning Commission
National Cemetery Administration (Veterans Affairs Department)
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9-11 Commission)
National Communications System (Homeland Security)
National Constitution Center
National Council on Disability
National Credit Union Administration
National Defense University
National Drug Intelligence Center
National Economic Council
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Gallery of Art
National Guard
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
National Indian Gaming Commission
National Institute of Justice
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Interagency Fire Center
National Labor Relations Board
National Laboratories (Energy Department)
National Marine Fisheries
National Mediation Board
National Nuclear Security Administration
National Ocean Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Park Foundation
National Park Service
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)
National Reconnaissance Office – The NRO designs, builds and operates the nation’s reconnaissance satellites. NRO products can warn of potential trouble spots around the world, help plan military operations, and monitor the environment.
National Science Foundation
National Security Agency (NSA) – Responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, which involves the process of cryptanalysis. The agency is also responsible for protecting United States government communications and information systems from similar agencies elsewhere, which involves the process of cryptography.
National Security Council – The National Security Council is the President’s principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials.
National Technical Information Service
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
National War College
National Weather Service
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Navajo and Hopi Relocation Commission
Navy
Northern Mariana Islands
Northwest Power Planning Council
Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Office of Compliance
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Office of Government Ethics
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
Office of Personnel Management
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Office of Special Counsel
Office of Thrift Supervision
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Pardon Attorney Office
Parole Commission (Justice Department)
Patent and Trademark Office
Peace Corps
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Policy Development and Research
Political Affairs (State Department)
Postal Rate Commission
Postal Service (USPS)
Postsecondary Education
Power Administrations
President’s Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond
President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service
President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency
President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Presidio Trust
Public Debt, Bureau of
Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (State Department)
Public Health Preparedness Office
Public and Indian Housing
Radio and TV Marti (Español)
Radio Free Asia (RFA)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
Railroad Retirement Board
Reclamation, Bureau of
Regulatory Information Service Center
Rehabilitation Services Administration (Education Department)
Research, Education and Economics (Agriculture Department)
Research and Special Programs Administration
Risk Management Agency (Agriculture Department)
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Development
Rural Housing Service
Rural Utilities Service
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Secret Service – The United States Secret Service protects the
President and Vice President, their families, heads of state, and other designated individuals; investigates threats against these protectees; protects the White House, Vice President’s Residence, Foreign Missions, and other buildings within Washington, D.C.; and plans and implements security designs for designated National Special Security Events.
Additionally, the Secret Service investigates violations of laws relating to counterfeiting of obligations and securities of the United States; financial crimes that include, but are not limited to, access device fraud, financial institution fraud, identity theft, computer fraud; and computer-based attacks on our nation’s financial, banking, and telecommunications infrastructure.
Science Office (Energy Department)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Selective Service System
Senate
Senate Committees
Senate Leadership
Senators on the Web
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Smithsonian Institution
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Social Security Advisory Board
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
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