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Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies (US-USAGOV)

Description

The U.S. Government website has an index of departments and agencies. This index can be searched, and the URL paths for agencies used to construct government agency identifiers.

Find and use identifiers

Use the final segment of the url (below /federal and excluding the extension) as the “registration number”, converting all “-” to “_”. Keep “registration number” portion all lowercase.

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How to use

The code for this list is US-USAGOV.

When you have located the organization you wish to identify in this list, you should either:

Enter it in an identifier database field prefixed with US-USAGOV.

US-USAGOV-[ IDENTIFIER ]
          

Alternatively, use it within a two-part identifier, with US-USAGOV as the 'scheme', and the identifier you have located as the 'identifier' field.

  • Coverage: US

  • Legal structure: government_agency

  • List Type: third-party

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