Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Federal Government Legislative Data/Agency List

One of several types of data that Cato tags in legislation is the names of agencies, bureaus, and other entities. With this, it is possible to systematically tabulate how many times a given bill refers to a particular agency. If a bill has an article on Wikipedia, and if that bill refers to an agency many times, that agency should be mentioned somewhere in the article -- perhaps in a See also section or as a category.

The table below indicates the mapping between the name that Cato uses to refer to agencies and the corresponding Wikipedia article and category. This, combined with a mapping between bill names and article names, will make it possible to write a script which automagically adds references to relevant agencies to bill articles.

As of 18 March 2013, there are categories of legislation based on the topics they relate to, such as firearms and bankruptcy. A full list can be found here. There does not appear to be a set of categories relating bills to agencies, such as Category:United States Department of Labor legislation. It might make sense to create these as subcategories of the categories listed below.

Table

Cato name	Status	Wikipedia name	Wikipedia category
Department of Labor	disambiguation	United States Department of Labor	Category:United States Department of Labor
National Institutes of Health	good		Category:National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services	redirect	United States Department of Health and Human Services	Category:United States Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security	redirect	United States Department of Homeland Security	Category:United States Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice	disambiguation	United States Department of Justice	Category:United States Department of Justice
Executive Office of the President	redirect	Executive Office of the President of the United States	Category:Executive Office of the President of the United States
Drug Enforcement Administration	good		Category:Drug Enforcement Administration
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives	good		Category:Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Office of Personnel Management	redirect	United States Office of Personnel Management	none
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere	does not exist	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	Category:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce	redirect	United States Department of Commerce	Category:United States Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior	redirect	United States Department of the Interior	Category:United States Department of the Interior
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, except civil program financing	does not exist	United States Army Corps of Engineers	Category:United States Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Protection Agency	redirect	United States Environmental Protection Agency	Category:United States Environmental Protection Agency
Department of State	redirect	United States Department of State	Category:United States Department of State
U.S. Agency for International Development	redirect	United States Agency for International Development	Category:United States Agency for International Development
Department of Agriculture	disambiguation	United States Department of Agriculture	Category:United States Department of Agriculture
Small Business Administration	good		Category:Small Business Administration
United Nations (and special programs)	does not exist	United Nations	Category:United Nations
Transportation Security Administration	good		Category:Transportation Security Administration
Department of the Treasury	disambiguation	United States Department of the Treasury	Category:United States Department of the Treasury
Congress, generally, no additional specification available	does not exist	United States Congress	Category:Legislative branch of the United States government
Peace Corps	good		Category:Peace Corps
Election Assistance Commission	good		none
Department of Defense (except military departments)	does not exist	United States Department of Defense	Category:United States Department of Defense
U.S. Coast Guard	redirect	United States Coast Guard	Category:United States Coast Guard
National Park Service	good		Category:United States National Park Service
Government Accountability Office	good		Category:Government Accountability Office
House of Representatives, The	does not exist	United States House of Representatives	Category:United States House of Representatives
Senate, The	does not exist	United States Senate	Category:United States Senate
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center	good		none
Social Security Administration	good		Category:Social Security (United States)
Internal Revenue Service	good		Category:Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Tax Court	redirect	United States Tax Court	Category:United States Tax Court
Bureau of Prisoners/Federal Prison System	does not exist	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Category:Federal Bureau of Prisons
Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors	does not exist	Federal Reserve Board of Governors	Category:Federal Reserve
National Science Foundation	good		Category:National Science Foundation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	redirect	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Category:Medicare and Medicaid (United States)
Securities and Exchange Commission	redirect	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Category:United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Management and Budget	good		Category:United States Office of Management and Budget
General Services Administration	good		Category:General Services Administration
Food and Agriculture Organization	good		Category:Food and Agriculture Organization
Department of Housing and Urban Development	redirect	United States Department of Housing and Urban Development	Category:United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Emergency Management Agency	good		Category:Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only	does not exist	United States Army Corps of Engineers	Category:United States Army Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army (except Corps of Engineers Civil program financing)	does not exist	United States Department of the Army	none
Bureau of Land Management	good		Category:Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	redirect	United States Fish and Wildlife Service	Category:United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of the Census	redirect	United States Census Bureau	Category:United States Census Bureau
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	good		none
Surgeon General	generic	Surgeon General of the United States	none
United States Sentencing Commission	good		none
Defense Logistics Agency	good		none
Federal Aviation Administration	good		Category:Federal Aviation Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs	disambiguation	United States Department of Veterans Affairs	Category:United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Election Commission	good		Category:Federal Election Commission
Department of Education	disambiguation	United States Department of Education	Category:United States Department of Education
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	good		Category:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Trade Commission	good		Category:Federal Trade Commission
Department of Transportation	generic	United States Department of Transportation	Category:United States Department of Transportation
President of the United States	good		Category:Executive Office of the President of the United States
Department of the Navy	redirect	United States Department of the Navy	none
Geological Survey	generic	United States Geological Survey	Category:United States Geological Survey
International Organization for Migration	good		none
Pan-American Health Organization	redirect	Pan American Health Organization	none
Federal Bureau of Investigation	good		Category:Federal Bureau of Investigation
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts	redirect	Administrative Office of the United States Courts	none
Supreme Court of the United States	good		Category:Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom	redirect	United States Commission on International Religious Freedom	none
U.S. Postal Service	redirect	United States Postal Service	Category:United States Postal Service
Employment and Training Administration	good		none
Under Secretary for Health / Veterans Health Administration	does not exist	Veterans Health Administration	none
Federal Housing Finance Agency	good		none
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)	redirect	Freddie Mac	none
Forest Service	disambiguation	United States Forest Service	Category:USDA Forest Service
Department of Energy	disambiguation	United States Department of Energy	Category:United States Department of Energy
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)	does not exist	Fannie Mae	none
Architect of the Capitol	good		Category:Architects of the Capitol
Office of Justice Programs	good		none
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	good		none
Food and Drug Administration	good		Category:Food and Drug Administration
Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee	good		none
Office of the Vice President of the United States	good		none
Federal Communications Commission	good		Category:Federal Communications Commission
Office of the Inspector General	good		none
Smithsonian Institution	good		Category:Smithsonian Institution
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center	good		Category:Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
National Guard Bureau	good		Category:National Guard Bureau
Joint House and Senate Entities (Capitol Police Board, Capitol Guide Service, Office of the Attending Physician, Joint Economic Committee, Joint Committee on Printing, and Joint Committee on Taxation)	does not exist	???