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U.S. Federal Agency Acronyms

Below, you will see a bunch of acronyms for U.S. Federal Agencies. Fill in the blanks.
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Acronym
Stands For ….
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
NSA
National Security Agency
NTSB
National Transportation Safety Board
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
NIH
National Institutes of Health
Acronym
Stands For ….
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
CDC
Centers for Disease Control
DHS
Department of Homeland Security
HUD
Housing and Urban Development
SSA
Social Security Administration
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FEC
Federal Election Commission
FTC
Federal Trade Commission
DEA
Drug Enforcement Agency
DOD
Department of Defense
VA
Veterans Affairs
BlendedCow
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Level 50
Jun 3, 2013
Missed election. Bummer.
cpgatbyu
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Level 79
Mar 10, 2017
I wish I had.
cranbeckh
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Level 66
Jun 10, 2013
I don't know if I should be pleased or not that I know all my government agencies...
GeographerCartographer
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Level 16
Jun 24, 2013
Why do we have so many? So the newspapers have enough scandals to fill up their front pages each day?
ctleng76
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Level 63
Aug 1, 2013
The government creates these so that more people can have jobs to keep unemployment down.
kapulani3
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Level 71
Mar 10, 2017
More specifically, the bureaucrats create these (many redundant) agencies so their friends can get their kick backs "legally".
MyMindWentBlank
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Level 52
Mar 10, 2017
They also serve vital purposes to make life better, safer, and more efficient.
kapulani3
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Level 71
Mar 10, 2017
That's sarcasm, right? No one who has ever had to deal with even one agency would ever attribute any of the words you used to government or "civil servants".
TinklePork
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Level 65
Jan 4, 2018
You must have never worked for the government. If you had, you'd see the monstrous inefficiency and corruption. Billions of tax dollars going to nothing whatsoever.
stankyC
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Level 60
Feb 7, 2018
Ah yes, corporations use resources much more efficiently with $40 million severance packages for CEOs that run the company into the ground. There's waste in government, no one argues that, but by and large, agencies are full of normal people who mostly try to do their jobs, just like any large organization. I personally have an easier time dealing with government agencies than with Comcast, AT&T, my bank, my health insurance, or whatever other big corporate bureaucracy controls much more of my life than the government does.
kalbahamut
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Level 79
Jan 6, 2019
pork... like we believe you are an expert. Right.
kalbahamut
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Level 79
Jan 6, 2019
You sound like the sort of person Donald Trump would appoint to head up one of these agencies, only to discover after taking the job that they do a lot of important things you had no idea about.
TheWombat
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Level 74
Oct 17, 2013
15/22 but surprised I knew so many as a non-American. Why do I know these things?
redsplat
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Level 75
May 6, 2019
Hollywood?
courthousedoc
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Level 73
Mar 1, 2014
Boy that was easy. All of them with 2:55 left. I guess I'm just a policy wonk.
burntfrost
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Level 55
May 28, 2014
It's a libertarian hit list.
HalJordan2814
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Level 46
Jul 27, 2014
Haha! I totally thought to myself as I was doing it "Here's one that needs to go, that one never should have been made, here's another we need to get rid of..."
stankyC
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Level 60
Feb 7, 2018
love imagining a world with no environmental or food regs where I can get giardia from my pork and watch the river catch on fire
redsplat
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Level 75
May 6, 2019
Or at least cook your pork in the river ;P
smartcookie17
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Level 50
Jun 20, 2014
All with 1:42. I always was a spy freak. And a conspiracy theorist of sorts. But mainly just a spy freak. And I love EVERYTHING that ends in 'agency'. Especially if it gets an acronym.
SDBolts619
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Level 53
Jul 8, 2014
2:55 left. Thanks NPR!
shortyf1
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Level 50
Dec 21, 2014
Is not the 'Drug Enforcement Agency' an organisation in Liberia based upon the Federal US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)?
GirlsGoneZakkWylde
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Level 43
Nov 2, 2015
Get some.
kasiabasia
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Level 57
Feb 18, 2016
13/22, pretty good given the fact that I'm only basing my knowledge on hollywood movies.
joez
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Level 69
Feb 18, 2017
Infernal Revenue Service?
ander217
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Level 78
Feb 18, 2017
I tried that first.
someone2018
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Level 81
Oct 28, 2019
Me too. I really think that should be accepted as a type in for those (all) of us who can't stand typing anything indicating it's a service.
QuizWol
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Level 62
Nov 4, 2019
I so got stuck on that one because here it is Inland and I just could not figure out why that did not work.
AdamC0912
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Level 77
Mar 10, 2017
Quiz will be meaningless when trump abolishes all these departments. sigh...
ShnevorSomeone
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Level 47
May 8, 2018
big oof
ksockwell
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Level 47
Mar 10, 2017
There is a federal exchange Commission as well
imalittledespot
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Level 68
Mar 10, 2017
All with 3:02 left. Thanks, bygone journalism career! Of course, many of these agencies will be gone soon enough too if the current administration gets its way.
Elan
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Level 62
Mar 10, 2017
I think the EPA is about to move into a history quiz...
ShnevorSomeone
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Level 47
May 8, 2018
big oof
Djilas
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Level 76
Aug 6, 2017
From a traveller's perspective NPS, NFS and BLM are missing.
kalbahamut
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Level 79
Jun 20, 2018
Black Lives Matter is not a federal agency
stealthnav52
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Level 67
Aug 12, 2019
Not sure if you were being facetious, but I think he meant Bureau of Land Management
texdave
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Level 52
Feb 7, 2018
CSB = Chemical Safety Board OSHA = Occupational Safety and Health Administration USDA = United States Department of Agriculture NIOSH = National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health
divantilya
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Level 38
Apr 2, 2018
With all these agencies and commissions protecting us why do we still have widespread diseases, natural disasters, rampant corruption and generally inefficient services?
kalbahamut
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Level 79
Jan 6, 2019
Widespread diseases? like what? chlamydia? The CDC, WHO, and many other organizations do tremendous work preventing disease. If not for government intervention we'd still be living in a world with rampant polio, smallpox, and meningitis. Ebola, SARS, bird flu, and Zika would probably all have made it to the USA in large numbers. AIDS cases would still be growing rapidly instead of shrinking.
and while the government can only do so much to prevent natural disasters (effective measures to combat global warming would be a great start! and something only governments can do in a meaningful way), I'm sure the emergency response services that FEMA, etc provide have made quite a big difference to those who benefitted from them.

As for corruption, well, that's a little hard to combat when, instead of having politicians influenced by vile oligarchs, we just cut out the middle man and vote in a vile oligarch as president. Maybe in 2020...
divantilya
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Level 38
Jul 22, 2019
Smallpox, though "eradicated" is still around. Measles are making a comeback, so are STD's and Zika remains a danger, particularly in the Southern states.
QuizWol
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Level 62
Nov 4, 2019
And would run rampant if not properly watched and prevented from spreading by that vigilance and prompt action when needed by the right agencies so don't dis the agencies, they are there for good reasons. With STDs that is no agency going to kick that without input into education of children and parents but they are only going to listen if there is reliable information to base it on. These agencies work to make sure what we know about diseases and how to prevent and treat them is accurate and up to date.
FatSpartanJediLlama
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Level 44
May 24, 2019
Had to learn about a lot of these for AP US Government this year.
LogiBera
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Level 65
Mar 31, 2020
CTU?
vomitingdiamonds
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Level 72
Jun 7, 2020
As a non-American, a lot of the departments listed are to do with defence and security rather than social services - is the US federal state a bit militaristic still?
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