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Federal Agency Profiles for Students

The Gale Group Staff

Editorial: Kelle S. Sisung, Project Manager/Series Editor, Gerda Ann Raffaelle, Associate Project Editor, Stephanie Samulski, Associate Editor, Bernard Grunow, Assistant Editor, John F. McCoy, Assistant Editor

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Permissions: Maria Franklin, Permissions Manager, Margaret Chamberlain, Permissions Manager

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Production: Mary Beth Trimper, Production Director; Evi Seoud, Assistant Production Manager; Cindy Range, Production Assistant

Graphics Creator: Eric E. Wisniewski

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Federal agency profiles for student / Kelle S. Sisung, editor.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN 0-7876-2795-X

1. Administrative agencies—United States. 2. Executive departments—United States. 3. Administrative agencies—United States—Directories. 4. Executive departments—United States—Directories. I. Sisung, Kelle.

JK421.F42 1999

351.73′025 dc 21 98-42255

CIP

ISBN 0-7876-2795-X

Printed in the United States of America

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