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| united states environmental protection agency | An agency in the executive branch which endeavors to abate and control pollution in the areas of air, water, solid waste, noise, radiation, and toxic substances. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| united states federal trade commission | An independent administrative agency concerned with maintaining competitive free enterprise by prohibiting unfair methods of competition and unfair deceptive acts or practices. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states health care financing administration | A component of the department of health and human services to oversee and direct the medicare and medicaid programs and related federal medical care quality control staffs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states indian health service | A division of the united states public health service that is responsible for the public health and the provision of medical services to native american indian populations in the united states, primarily those residing on reservation lands. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states office of economic opportunity | A division of the executive branch of the united states government concerned with overall planning, promoting, and administering programs relative to the provision of opportunities for economic advancement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states office of research integrity | An office of the united states public health service organised in june 1992 to promote research integrity and investigate misconduct in research supported by the public health service. It consolidates the office of scientific integrity of the national institutes of health and the office of scientific integrity review in the office of the assistant secretary for health. The ori is in the office of the assistant secretary for health and its director reports directly to the assistant secretary for health, department of health and human services. (ri newsletter, 1993 jan; 1(1):1) (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states office of technology assessment | An office established to help congress participate and plan for the consequences of uses of technology. It provides information on both the beneficial and adverse effects of technological applications. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states public health service | See: USPHS. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states social security administration | The social security administration administers a national program of contributory social insurance whereby employees, employers, and the self-employed pay contributions that are pooled in special trust funds. When earnings are reduced because of retirement, death, or disability, monthly benefits are paid to partially replace lost earnings. Part of the contributions go into a separate hospital insurance trust fund for workers when they become 65 to provide help with medical expenses. Other programs include the supplemental social security income program for the aged, blind, and disabled and the old age survivors and disability insurance program. Ssa became an independent agency march 31, 1995. It had previously been part of the department of health, education, and welfare, later the department of health and human services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| baltic states | The collective name for the republics of estonia, latvia, and lithuania on the eastern shore of the baltic sea. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pacific states | The geographic designation for states bordering on or located in the pacific ocean. The states so designated are alaska, california, hawaii, oregon, and washington. (u.s. Geologic survey telephone communication) (12 Dec 1998) |
| multiple ego states | Various psychological organizational state's reflecting different personas or life experiences. (05 Mar 2000) |
| united | Combined; joined; made one. United Brethren. <botany> See Moravian, United flowers, those members of the Greek Church who acknowledge the supremacy of the pope; called also uniats. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| united arab emirates | A federation of seven states on the southeast portion of the arabian peninsula: abu dhabi, ajman, dubai, fujairah, ras al-khaimah, sharjah and umm al-qaiwain. In 1820 a treaty of peace was concluded between great britain and native rulers. During the 19th century the rulers agreed to suppression of the slave trade and restriction of foreign relations to great britain. The trucial council was established in 1952 and defense treaties with great britain terminated. In 1971 an independent six-member federation was formed, with ras al-khaimah joining the federation in 1972. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united nations | An international organization whose members include most of the sovereign nations of the world with headquarters in new york city. The primary objectives of the organization are to maintain peace and security and to achieve international cooperation in solving international economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian problems. (12 Dec 1998) |