Click here for USA.gov links to websites of the various
Independent Agencies and Government Corporations created by Congress to "address concerns that go beyond the scope of ordinary legislation." They are "responsible for keeping the government and economy running smoothly."
The following is a similar list of many, if not all, of congress's independent agencies:
- Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
- African Development Foundation
- Broadcasting Board of Governors
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Civil Air Patrol Great Lakes Region
- Commission on Civil Rights
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- Coorporation for National Service
- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB)
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
- Farm Credit Administration
- Federal Communications Commissions (FCC)
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
- Federal Election Commission (FEC)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Federal Housing Finance Board
- Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Federal MaritimeCommission
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
- Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
- Federal Reserve System/Board of Governors
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- General Service Administration
- Homeland Security
- Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
- Inter-American Foundation
- International Broadcasting Bureau
- Merit Systems Protection Board
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
- National Capital Planning Commission
- National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
- National Labor Relations Board
- National Mediation Board
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
- National Science Foundation
- National Transaportation Safety Board
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
- Office of Government Ethics
- Office of Personnel Management
- Office of Special Council
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- Peace Corps
- Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation
- Postal Rate Commission
- Railroad Retirement Board
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Selective Service System
- Small Business Administration
- Social Security Administration
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Trade Development Agency
- United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investment Board
- United States International Development Cooperation Agency
- United State International Trade Commission
- United States Postal Service