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unusual facts about U.S. federal government



Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs

In June 1994, a U.S. Department of Education Advisory Committee recommended withdrawal of recognition for the ACBSP due to a determination that ACBSP accreditation would not be a "required element" in making an institution eligible to participate in U.S. federal government programs under the Higher Education Act or other authorities.

Alphabet agencies

The alphabet agencies (also New Deal agencies) were the U.S. federal government agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Sizing Up the Senate

Sizing Up the Senate also empirically demonstrates that small states receive more money per capita from the U.S. federal government due to the spending formula for block grants.

Washington State Legislature

The Washington State Legislature traces its ancestry to the creation of the Washington Territory in 1853, following successful arguments from settlers north of the Columbia River to the U.S. federal government to legally separate from the Oregon Territory.


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A130

OMB Circular A-130, a circular produced by the U.S. Federal Government to establish policy for executive branch departments and agencies

Benton Harbor High School

In 2009, the school received a $52,000 grant from the U.S. federal government's stimulus program to upgrade its cafeteria equipment.

Bernard Knox

In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities.

Jerome Cavanagh

Cavanagh was successful in receiving money from the U.S. federal government through the Model Cities Program.

Lafayette Federal Credit Union

Lafayette Federal Credit Union (Lafayette Federal), is a credit union headquartered in Kensington, Maryland, chartered and regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) of the U.S. Federal government.

NTEU

National Treasury Employees Union, a trade union representing employees of the U.S. federal government

Public Sector Real Estate

The U.S. General Services Administration(GSA) is the primary government agency tasked with managing the U.S. Federal Government's real estate properties and the leases the GSA has with the private sector.

Robert John Bardo

As a consequence of Bardo's actions and his methods of obtaining Schaeffer's address, the U.S. federal government passed the Driver's Privacy Protection Act which prohibits state Departments of Motor Vehicles from disclosing the home addresses of state residents.

Walter Lafferty

Lafferty spent the majority of his career both as a legislator and as an attorney attempting to have millions of acres of land previously owned by the Oregon and California Railroad come under Oregon state control, rather than the control of the U.S. federal government.