Federal Government Resources

• U.S. Department of State Large site with information on the role of the Department of State, its secretary, staff, goals, policies and reports.
• U.S. Department of State Organization Chart

• Secretary of State Includes the Secretary of State's biography, statements, photos and more.
• Bureau of African Affairs Provides information about the bureau, its programs and services; includes links to country information, regional topics, and press statements.
• Bureau of Arms Control Responsible for international agreements on conventional, chemical/biological, and strategic forces, treaty verification and compliance, and supporting ongoing negotiations, policy-making, and interagency implementation efforts. Includes remarks, fact sheets and treaties relating to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, weapons of mass destruction, conventional weapons, security building, missile defense and more.
• Bureau of Consular Affairs Provides information about the Bureau of Consular affairs, its mission and services; includes international travel and immigration-related resources and links.
• Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Provides information about the bureau, its programs and services; includes links to religious freedom, human rights, and labor.
• Bureau of Diplomatic Security Advises ambassadors on all security matters and manages security programs designed to protect personnel, facilities, and information. Investigates passport and visa fraud, conducts personnel security investigations, issues security clearances, and protect the Secretary of State and a number of foreign dignitaries. Also trains foreign civilian police to fight terrorism in their own countries.
• Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs Provides information about the bureau, its programs and services; includes links to country information, regional topics, and issues in the news.
• Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Formulates and carries out U.S. foreign economic policy in cooperation with U.S. companies, other U.S. government agencies in Washington and with U.S. embassies abroad. Lobbies and negotiates agreements with foreign governments bilaterally and advances U.S. positions in multilateral venues such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
• Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Provides information about the bureau, its programs and services; includes links to press releases and media notices, international education policy initiative, the Fulbright Program.
• Bureau of European Affairs The bureau, its programs and services; includes links to country information, press statements, and policy objectives and implementation.
• Bureau of Finance and Management Policy Provides information about the bureau, its programs and services; includes links to organization, accountability report, and priorities.
• Bureau of Intelligence and Research The State Department's primary source for interpretive analysis of global developments.
• Bureau of International Information Programs Provides information about the U.S. government's international information programs including E-journals; news from the U.S. and the world; discussion selected issues; information and services; and selected topics and issues concerning the U.S.
• Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Provides information about the office, its programs and services; includes links to Annual Narcotics Reports, Narcotics and Crime Control, Country Programs, and Crime Programs.
• Bureau of International Organization Affairs Provides information about the department, its programs and services; includes links to hot topics, US participation in the United Nations, and Annual Reports to Congress.
• Bureau of Legislative Affairs Provides information about the Bureau and foreign policy, its programs and services; includes links to monthly congressional testimony, daily press briefings and press statements.
• Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Provides information about the bureau, its programs and services; includes links to country information, press statements, and the peace process.
• Bureau of Nonproliferation Leads the U.S. efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems, to secure nuclear materials in the former Soviet Union, and to promote nuclear safety and protection of nuclear materials worldwide. Site includes remarks, fact sheets and treaties relating to weapons of mass destruction and export controls.
• Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) Provides information about the department, its programs and services; includes links to international events, environmental diplomacy, and space and advanced technology.
• Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Provides information about the department, its programs and services; includes links to political-military affairs, nonproliferation, and verification and compliance.
• Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Provides information about the bureau, its programs and services; includes links to general policy, refugee assistance, and migration.
• Bureau of Public Affairs Provides information about the department, its programs and services; includes links to public liaisons, press releases, public information, and diplomatic history.
• Bureau of South Asian Affairs Provides information about the bureau, its programs and services; includes links to travel tips for South Asia, Pakistan travel warnings, and Afghanistan travel warnings.
• Bureau of Verification and Compliance Responsible for overall supervision of all matters relating to verification and compliance with international arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements and commitments. Includes organizational chart, treaties and reports.
• Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Conducts foreign relations with Canada and Mexico and with the countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
• Department of State Acquisition Regulations (DOSAR) Provides text of the DOSAR.
• Newly Independent States Provides information about the department, its programs and services; includes links to country information, remarks and briefings, and facts sheets and other material.
• Office of Defense Trade Controls Provides information about the office, its programs and services; includes links to defense capabilities initiative, country embargo reference chart, and defense trade news.
• Office of the Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Provides information about the department, its members and services; includes links to fighting terrorism, annual report, and travel security.
• Office of the Inspector General
• Office of the Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues Provides information about the office, its programs and services; includes links to President's Interagency Council on Women, Fact Sheets, and Vital Voices.
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) An independent federal government agency that conducts foreign assistance and humanitarian aid to advance the political and economic interests of the United States.
• U.S. Mission to the United Nations (USUN) Assists the President and the Department of State in conducting United States policy at the United Nations.

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