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Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS 200 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20201 (877) 696-6775 www.hhs.gov healthfinder[R] www.healthfinder.gov Office of Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion www.odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States www.dhs.gov Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th St., SW Washington, DC 20410 (202) 708-1112 www.hud.gov/groups/seniors.cfm Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 (202) 514-2000 www.usdoj.gov Department of Labor 200 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20210 (866) 4-USA-DOL www.dol.gov Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) A research agency of the U.S. Department of Labor; it compiles statistics on hours of work, average hourly earnings, employment and unemployment, consumer prices and many other variables. www.stats.bls.gov Employment Standards Administration The Employment Standards Administration (ESA), the largest agency within the U.S. Department of Labor, enforces and administers laws governing legally-mandated wages and working conditions, including child labor, minimum wages, overtime and family and medical leave; equal , Wage and Hour Division www.dol.gov/esa/whd Occupational Safety and Health Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. agency established (1970) in the Dept. of Labor (see Labor, United States Department of) to develop and enforce regulations for the safety and health of workers in businesses that are engaged in interstate www.osha.gov Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Ave., NW Washington, DC 20420 (202) 273-5400 www.va.gov Equal Employment Opportunity Commission www.eeoc.gov Federal Register www.gpoaccess.gov/fr FedStats www.fedstats.gov FirstGov www.firstgov.gov Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov Government Accountability Office The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress, and thus an agency in the Legislative Branch of the United States Government. www.gao.gov Internal Revenue Service www.irs.gov National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, n.pr an institute of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that is responsible for assuring safe and healthful working conditions and for developing standards of safety and health. www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html National Institutes of Health www.nih.gov CancerNet www.nci.nih.gov NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases--National Resource Center www.osteo.org NIHSeniorHealth.gov www.nihseniorhealth.gov National Labor Relations Board National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), independent agency of the U.S. government created under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), and amended by the acts of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Labor Act) and 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Act), which affirmed labor's right www.nlrb.gov National Library of Medicine www.nlm.nih.gov PubMed www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed TOXNET TOXNET Toxicology Data Network (Toxicology Data Network) www.toxnet.nlm.nih.gov Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), formerly the Bureau of the Budget, is an agency of the federal government that evaluates, formulates, and coordinates management procedures and program objectives within and among departments and agencies of the Executive Branch. www.whitehouse.gov/omb Small Business Administration www.sba.gov Social Security Administration www.ssa.gov THOMAS Legislative Information thomas.loc.gov U.S. Congress, House Committee on Ways and Means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. waysandmeans.house.gov U.S. Congress, Senate Finance Committee www.finance.senate.gov U.S. Congress, Senate Special Committee on Aging www.aging.senate.gov The White House Offices of the President and Vice-President 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500 (202) 456-1414 Fax: (202) 456-2461 www.whitehouse.gov |
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