#government_department  a department of government
  supertype:  department__section  a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"
  part:  instrumentality.social_unit
  member of:  authorities
  subtype:  ministry.government_department  a government department under the direction of a minister
     subtype:  foreign_office__foreignoffice  the government department in charge of foreign relations
        subtype:  French_foreign_office__Quai_d'Orsay  the French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris
  subtype:  treasury  the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues
  subtype:  local_department__localdepartment__departmentoflocalgovernment  a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government
     subtype:  fire_department__firedepartment  the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires
        subtype:  fire_brigade  British name for a fire department
     subtype:  police_department  the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime
  subtype:  state_department__statedepartment  in the US: a department of government in one of the 50 states
  subtype:  federal_department__federaldepartment__federal_office__federaloffice__department_of_the_federal_government  a department of the federal government
     subtype:  executive_department__executivedepartment  a federal department in the executive branch of government
        subtype:  Department_of_Agriculture__Agriculture_Department__Agriculture  the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
        subtype:  Department_of_Commerce__Commerce_Department__Commerce  the federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); in USA, created in 1913
        subtype:  Department_of_Defense__Defense_Department__Defense__DoD  the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security; in USA, created in 1947
           instance:  DOD (USA)  Department_of_Defense (Oz)
        subtype:  Department_of_Education__Education_Department__Education  the federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); in USA, created 1979
        subtype:  Department_of_Energy__Energy_Department__Energy  the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy; in USA, created in 1977
        subtype:  Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services__Health_and_Human_Services  the federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; in USA, created in 1979
        subtype:  Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development__Housing_and_Urban_Development__HUD  the federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal; in USA, created in 1965
        subtype:  Department_of_Justice__Justice_Department__Justice  the federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); in USA, created in 1870
        subtype:  Department_of_Labor__Labor_Department__Labor  the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners; in USA, created in 1913
        subtype:  Department_of_State__State_Department__State  the federal department that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789 in USA"
        subtype:  Department_of_the_Interior__Interior_Department__Interior  the federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; in USA, created in 1849
        subtype:  Department_of_the_Treasury__Treasury_Department__Treasury  the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
        subtype:  Department_of_Transportation__Transportation  the federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
        subtype:  Department_of_Veterans_Affairs  the federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; in USA, created in 1989
        subtype:  Department_of_Commerce_and_Labor  in USA, a former executive department; created in 1903 and split into two departments in 1913
        subtype:  Department_of_Health_Education_and_Welfare  in USA, a former executive department; created in 1953 and divided in 1979
        subtype:  Navy_Department  in USA, a former executive department; created in 1798 and combined with the War Department in 1947
        subtype:  War_Department  in USA, a former executive department; created in 1789 and combined with the Navy Department in 1947
        instance:  White_House__whitehouse
     subtype:  Post_Office_Department__Post_Office  the federal government department responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications)
  subtype:  admiralty.government_department  the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)

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