]> 2008/06/10 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2008 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. USFederalGovernmentAgency federal government agency The collection of all United States federal government agencies. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8Cq9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentAgency</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBa15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentOrganization</a>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_agency US government agency United States government agencies United States government agency government agencies federal agency federal agencies federal government agencies US government agencies government agency RegionalInstallationOfUSMarshalsOffice U.S. Marshal's Office regional installation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7BQz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentAgency</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rM4iNfnT-QdeeSvBC_3sXDQ" class="cyc_term">RegionalInstallationOfUSMarshalsOffice</a> is a regional installation for the local operations of the U.S. Marshals Service. U.S. Bureau of Prisons regional installation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7BQz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentAgency</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rL1WqPnT-QdeILfiwuQ7jwQ" class="cyc_term">RegionalInstallationOfBureauOfPrisons</a> is a regional installation for the Bureau of Prisons to operate at a local level. RegionalInstallationOfBureauOfPrisons A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7BQz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentAgency</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rOsNpJHT-QdeZW5Q0z2jEIQ" class="cyc_term">RegionalInstallationOfUSAttorneysOffice</a> is a regional office for the Office of U.S. Attorneys. RegionalInstallationOfUSAttorneysOffice U.S. Attorney's Office regional installation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7BQz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentAgency</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rJ_khxnT-QdeKRvGUCFSgkQ" class="cyc_term">RegionalInstallationOfINS</a> is a regional organization from which the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV6wkJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USImmigrationAndNaturalizationService</a> operates locally. INS regional installation RegionalInstallationOfINS RegionalInstallationOfDEA DEA regional installation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7BQz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentAgency</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNzMR7HT-QdeLWp_q39-vLg" class="cyc_term">RegionalInstallationOfDEA</a> is a regional installation of offices for the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrbd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugEnforcementAdministration</a> to operate at the local level. RegionalInstallationOfUSCustomsService U.S. Customs Service regional installation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7BQz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentAgency</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rPoO-2HT-QdeavfVr_z3qyA" class="cyc_term">RegionalInstallationOfUSCustomsService</a> is a regional office for the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWMZPpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USCustomsService</a>. DARPAProgramOffice DARPA program office RegionalInstallationOfDepartmentOfJustice Department of Justice regional installation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7BQz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentAgency</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtEyWBHT9QdeMV5oyUAXvpg" class="cyc_term">RegionalInstallationOfDepartmentOfJustice</a> is a regional base from which the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWWE7ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USDepartmentOfJustice</a> operates in that region. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7BQz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentAgency</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQjvejnT-QdeWsr0ecZtf3g" class="cyc_term">RegionalInstallationOfUSSecretService</a> is a regional installation for the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rva8Is5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USSecretService_LegalGovernmentOrganization</a>. RegionalInstallationOfUSSecretService U.S. Secret Service regional installation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7BQz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentAgency</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rRi_s9nT-QdePw9k9SSyVnw" class="cyc_term">RegionalInstallationOfUSCoastGuard</a> is an installation for the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw1k5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesCoastGuard</a> to operate on a local level. RegionalInstallationOfUSCoastGuard U.S. Coast Guard regional installation RegionalInstallationOfATF The collection of all regional installations of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rq1LGMnQWQdeaxo2Ryt_itg" class="cyc_term">BureauOfAlcoholTobaccoAndFirearms</a>. ATF regional installation FBI regional installation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7BQz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentAgency</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rK4kannT-QdebNPk7nYOu7Q" class="cyc_term">RegionalInstallationOfFBI</a> is the regional installation for the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWJE0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FederalBureauOfInvestigation</a> operating at teh local level. RegionalInstallationOfFBI FarmersHomeAdministration Farmers Home Administration Federal Housing Administration The U.S. government agency that provides an insurance program for single and multifamily mortgages. FederalHousingAdministration A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBa15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentOrganization</a> charged with assisting military units and other deployed organs of the federal government with certain kinds of criminal and espionage-related investigations. DepartmentOfInvestigativeServices Department of Investigative Services OfficeOfThriftSupervision Office of Thrift Supervision National Science Foundation NationalScienceFoundation Occupational Safety and Health Administration A regulatory agency within the U.S. Department of Labor whose mission is to ensure safe and healthful workplaces in the United States. OccupationalSafetyAndHealthAdministration An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7BQz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentAgency</a>. This agency assists countries to recover from disasters, to relieve poverty, and to aid democratic reforms. United States Agency for International Development USAgencyForInternationalDevelopment NationalParkService National Park Service The National Park Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Interior, which manages U.S. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwoLJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalPark</a>s. FederalReserveBoard Federal Reserve Board CentralIntelligenceAgency-US the Central Intelligence Agency the United States Customs Service USCustomsService The U.S. Customs Service. More info is available at http://www.ustreas.gov/treasury/bureaus/customs/customs.html. SmallBusinessAdministration Small Business Administration National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health A research agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and a part of the Centers for Disease Control, whose mission is to make recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury. NationalInstituteForOccupationalSafetyAndHealth CorporationForNationalResearchInitiatives Corporation for National Research Initiatives CongressionalResearchService Congressional Research Service The public policy research branch of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1W2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USCongress</a>. FederalReserveSystem Federal Reserve System SecuritiesAndExchangeCommission Securities and Exchange Commission USPublicHealthService US Public Health Service The US Public Health Service. the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Federal organization charged with encouraging and facilitating R&D work on advanced technologies in the national interest. DefenseAdvancedResearchProjectsAgency TheDefenseIntelligenceAgency-US the Defense Intelligence Agency United States Forest Service UnitedStatesForestService This constant denotes the United States Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture which manages the U.S. National Forests and performs other forestry- and timber-related functions. Health Care Financing Administration <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWUac5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HealthCareFinancingAdministration</a>, the US Government organization that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and many other federal health and service programs. HealthCareFinancingAdministration This constant denotes the United States Bureau of Land Management (B.L.M.), a Federal agency that manages land belonging to the U.S. government. USBureauOfLandManagement the Bureau of Land Management Drug Enforcement Administration National agency which enforces drug laws and lobbies against legalization of recreational drugs in whole or in part. DrugEnforcementAdministration FederalAviationAdministration The US government entity charged with regulating civil aviation, developing and operating systems of air traffic control and navigation, etc. Federal Aviation Administration National Weather Service NationalWeatherService FederalTradeCommission Federal Trade Commission The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwI74b5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BureauOfLaborStatistics</a>, or the BLS, calculates, among other things, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvag6WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">consumerPriceIndex_USA</a> once a month. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBeUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesFederalGovernment</a> in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. BureauOfLaborStatistics Bureau Of Labor Statistics AdvancedResearchAndDevelopmentActivity The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rXCEtccQ0EdaLxgACs6MxsQ" class="cyc_term">AdvancedResearchAndDevelopmentActivity</a> (ARDA) is an Intelligence Community (IC) center for conducting advanced research and development related to information technology (IT) (information stored, transmitted, or manipulated by electronic means). ARDA sponsors high risk, high payoff research designed to produce new technology to address some of the most important and challenging IT problems faced by the intelligence community. The research is currently organized into four technology thrusts, Information Exploitation, Quantum Information Science, Global Infosystems Access and Novel Intelligence from Massive Data.Federal organization charged with encouraging and facilitating R&amp;D work on advanced technologies in the national interest. US Intelligence community Advanced Research And Development Activity USBorderPatrol United States Border Patrol BureauOfAlcoholTobaccoAndFirearms Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms U.S. Bureau Of Indian Affairs This constant denotes the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (B.I.A.), a part of the U.S. Department of the Interior which deals with Native Americans and with `Indian' reservations within the USA. USBureauOfIndianAffairs USMedicareAdministration Medicare The suborganization of the Health Care Financing Administration which administers Medicare. United States Board on Geographic Names USBoardOnGeographicNames The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is the interagency board established by public law to standardize geographic name spellings for use in U.S. Government publications. FederalEmergencyManagementAgency Federal Emergency Management Agency This constant denotes the United States Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.), a federal agency which regulates the food and drug industries in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>. FoodAndDrugAdministration the Food and Drug Administration NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Defense Threat Reduction Agency DefenseThreatReductionAgency U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service USImmigrationAndNaturalizationService Center for Disease Control and Prevention CenterForDiseaseControlAndPrevention OfficeOfStrategicServices-US Office of Strategic Services NationalSecurityAgency the National Security Agency This constant denotes the National Security Agency, an agency that is part of the Department of Defense and was created to handle certain kinds of intelligence. It also handles computer security. USGeologicalSurvey United States Geological Survey the FBI FederalBureauOfInvestigation Rural Housing Service RuralHousingService InternalRevenueService Internal Revenue Service This constant dentoes the United States Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.), the federal organization which collects taxes. NASA NASA DISA DefenseInformationSystemsAgency Federal organization charged with planning, engineering, developing, testing, managing programs, acquiring, implementing, operating, and maintaining information systems for C4I and mission support under all conditions of peace and war. NGA NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-US A US <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwGENo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligenceAgency</a> founded on October 1, 1996 as &quot;NIMA&quot; (for &quot;National Imagery and Mapping Agency&quot;. Changed its name in 2004 to &quot;NGA&quot; (for &quot;National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency&quot;. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FederalDepositInsuranceCorporation An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7BQz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentAgency</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rWQwLqv00EdmAAAACs6M1uw" class="cyc_term">NationalEndowmentForTheArts</a> is an independent agency of the federal government whose mission is to provide support to the arts (including arts education) in the United States. NationalEndowmentForTheArts National Endowment For The Arts The federal office: Indian Health Service. IndianHealthService Indian Health Service the Office of Air and Radiation This is an agency within the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwEtlX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EnvironmentalProtectionAgency_US</a> whose job is to monitor air pollution. OfficeOfAirAndRadiation The mission of this independent government agency is to encourage competition in all communications markets and to protect the public interest. In response to direction from the Congress, the FCC develops and implements policy concerning interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. (From the FCC home page, http://www.ftp.gov/) FederalCommunicationsCommission Federal Communications Commission BureauOfLandManagement The Bureau of Land Management is an agency of the U.S. Department of Interior, which manages public lands in the Western part of the United States. Bureau of Land Management USFishAndWildlifeService This is an agency within the Interior Department which, among many other things, decides which species are endangered. It generally keeps tabs on the state of animal life within the United States. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service FederalHighwayAdministration The Federal Highway Administration, the division of the US Department of Transportation responsible for the federal highway system. Federal Highway Administration The US Government organization, a suborganization of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwYzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USDepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices</a>, which administers unemployment compensation, retirement insurance, and federal assistance for state welfare programs. the Social Security Administration SocialSecurityAdministration A collection of government organizations. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBa15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentOrganization</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalGovernmentOrganization</a> which is part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBeUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesFederalGovernment</a>. This collection includes the US military, Federal courts, US Congress, US territorial governments, Federal departments and independent agencies, and the city of Washington DC. It does _not_ include US states, interstate compacts, and cities (other than Washington DC). USFederalGovernmentOrganization US federal government organization Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString USFederalGovernmentAgency federal government agency The collection of all United States federal government agencies. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8Cq9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentAgency</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBa15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentOrganization</a>. A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>) -- i.e. object-like with respect to some physical-spatial part-whole predicate (e.g. some specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). <p/> Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code><b>COPY</b></code> of (say) &quot;Moby Dick&quot; is still a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially <i>object-like</i>: if we take a scalpel and slice <code><b>COPY</b></code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object USFederalGovernmentAgency federal government agency The collection of all United States federal government agencies. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8Cq9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentAgency</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBa15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentOrganization</a>. USFederalGovernmentAgency federal government agency The collection of all United States federal government agencies. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8Cq9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentAgency</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBa15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentOrganization</a>. federal agency GovernmentAgency A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3HKmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8Cq9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentAgency</a> is a sub-organization (see the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_v5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subOrganizations</a>) of an organization within the executive branch of some government. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8Cq9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentAgency</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvX0BUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DefenseAdvancedResearchProjectsAgency</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rq1LGMnQWQdeaxo2Ryt_itg" class="cyc_term">BureauOfAlcoholTobaccoAndFirearms</a>. USFederalGovernmentAgency federal government agency The collection of all United States federal government agencies. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8Cq9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentAgency</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBa15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentOrganization</a>.