- Industry: Education
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The College Board is a not-for-profit membership organization that was formed in 1900 with the mission to promote excellence and equity in education through programs for K–12 and higher education institutions, and by providing students a path to college opportunities, including financial support ...
Part of the Department of Justice. The Bureau of Prisons operates the federal penal system, including the five federal penitentiaries and other federal correctional facilities.
Industry:Government
Fully established in 1923, part of the Department of the Interior. The bureau builds and operates water projects aimed at reclaiming arid and semiarid lands in western states. Most projects have several purposes, including: water conservation, storage, and irrigation; hydroelectric power generation; flood control; municipal and industrial water supply; navigation; and outdoor recreation.
Industry:Government
Established as a permanent office in 1902, part of the Department of Commerce. The bureau takes a census of the population every ten years, as the Constitution requires for the purpose of determining the distribution of seats in the House of Representatives. In addition, the bureau collects, analyzes and publishes a variety of statistical studies on the people and economy of the nation.
Industry:Government
The net difference between the value of American exports and imports. If the country has exported more than it has imported, then the United States has a positive or favorable balance of trade. If the country has imported more than it has exported, then it has a negative or unfavorable balance of trade.
Industry:Government
Part of the Executive Office of the President. The Cabinet departments help enforce the laws and policies of the federal government. The head of each department is a member of the President's Cabinet. The Cabinet departments are: the State Department ; the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Defense; the Justice Department; the Department of the Interior; the Department of Agriculture; the Commerce Department; the Labor Department; the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the Department of Transportation; the Department of Energy; the Department of Health and Human Services; Department of Education and Department of Veteran Affairs.
Industry:Government
Effort to get a person elected to an office, usually a political office. Candidates running for office use commercials and advertisements, as well as personal appearances and speeches to help get themselves elected. Often, candidates will choose a campaign manager to coordinate their campaign.
Industry:Government
Person who declares that he or she wants to be elected to a position, such as President, Senator, Governor, or Mayor. Candidates use campaigns to let voters know that they are running for office, and to convince people to vote for them.
Industry:Government
Manner of organizing society based on the wealth, privilege, profession or inherited rank of individuals.
Industry:Government
Meeting of members of a political party to determine the party's official position on issues, and to choose party leadership. In legislative caucuses, or conferences, members of a party in a chamber of legislature meet to choose the party leadership in that chamber and to agree on a party position on upcoming legislation. In local party caucuses, party members in a ward or town meet to choose party officials and candidates for public office, as well as determine the party platform on local issues.
Industry:Government
Part of the Public Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it conducts research and treatment programs for preventing and controlling communicable (contagious) and other diseases.
Industry:Government
