Organizations: U
74 organizations of 810, A to Z.
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- U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentU.S. government agency that administers foreign aid.
- U.S. Army Corps of EngineersFederal agency that built Lake Oahe's dam and issued the Dakota Access Pipeline easement.
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court in HoustonFederal bankruptcy court in Houston, Texas (Southern District of Texas).
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New JerseyFederal bankruptcy court in Trenton, New Jersey.
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New YorkFederal bankruptcy court in New York City; it handled Revlon's Chapter 11.
- U.S. Chamber of CommerceU.S. business federation and lobbying organization; its lobbying reports are filed as Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.
- U.S. Chemical Safety BoardIndependent federal agency that investigates chemical accidents.
- U.S. Commission on Civil RightsIndependent federal commission; published "Broken Promises" on Native American funding in 2018.
- U.S. CongressThe national legislature of the United States.
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. CircuitFederal appeals court in Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitFederal appeals court in New Orleans; it denied the families’ mandamus petitions in the Boeing case.
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitFederal appeals court for New York, Connecticut and Vermont.
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitFederal appeals court in Chicago.
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitFederal appeals court for Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the Virgin Islands.
- U.S. Department of DefenseFederal department that ordered and then closed a review of the Wounded Knee Medals of Honor.
- U.S. Department of EnergyU.S. cabinet department that runs the medical program for the exposed Marshallese and reports to Congress on the Runit Dome.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesFederal department that includes the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.
- U.S. Department of JusticeFederal department that enforces US law and brings federal criminal cases.
- U.S. Department of StateThe foreign ministry of the United States.
- U.S. Department of the InteriorFederal department that holds Indian trust accounts and lands, and houses the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- U.S. Department of Veterans AffairsFederal department that pays Vietnam veterans’ disability compensation, including for presumed Agent Orange illnesses.
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaFederal trial court in Los Angeles.
- U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaFederal trial court in Washington, D.C.
- U.S. District Court for the District of New JerseyFederal trial court for New Jersey.
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaFederal trial court for the San Francisco Bay Area.
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisFederal trial court in Chicago.
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of TexasFederal trial court in Fort Worth that heard United States v. The Boeing Company.
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of CaliforniaFederal trial court in San Diego.
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New YorkFederal trial court in Manhattan.
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of OhioFederal trial court in Columbus, Ohio.
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of TexasFederal trial court in Houston and nearby cities.
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of OklahomaFederal trial court in Oklahoma City.
- U.S. District Court, District of MarylandFederal trial court in Baltimore.
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New YorkFederal trial court in Brooklyn that heard the Agent Orange cases.
- U.S. District Court, Western District of VirginiaFederal trial court for western Virginia.
- U.S. Energy Information AdministrationFederal statistics agency that publishes weekly, monthly and annual retail gasoline prices by state.
- U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyU.S. federal agency that set the limits on lead in gasoline from 1973.
- U.S. Federal Trade CommissionU.S. federal agency that polices unfair or deceptive advertising.
- U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationU.S. federal agency that regulates drugs and, in a lighter way, cosmetics.
- U.S. Government Accountability OfficeAgency that audits and reports on federal programs for Congress.
- U.S. House of RepresentativesLower house of the U.S. Congress.
- U.S. NavyNaval service of the United States.
- U.S. Physics TeamTeam of high-school physics students chosen each year by the American Association of Physics Teachers; trains for the International Physics Olympiad.
- U.S. Public Health ServiceU.S. federal health service headed by the Surgeon General; called the 1925 conference on tetraethyl lead.
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 1934 –Federal agency that regulates US securities markets.
- U.S. SenateUpper chamber of the U.S. Congress.
- U.S. Senate Committee on Indian AffairsSenate committee; published the 2006 "Gimme Five" report on tribal lobbying.
- U.S. Senate Special Committee on AgingSenate committee that held the April 2016 Valeant hearing.
- U.S. Supreme CourtHighest court of the United States.
- U.S. TreasuryThe finance department of the U.S. government.
- UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR)UN office that monitors and verifies human rights violations.
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)UN office that reports on humanitarian conditions, including in Gaza and the West Bank.
- UNICEFUnited Nations children's fund.
- UnileverConsumer goods company with a Beauty & Wellbeing group.
- Union Banking CorporationNew York bank owned by a Dutch bank in the Thyssen family’s business empire; its stock was seized by the U.S. in October 1942.
- Union Carbide CorporationU.S. chemical company; held 50.9 percent of Union Carbide India Ltd. in 1984 and has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow since February 2001.
- Union Carbide India LimitedIndian company that owned and operated the Bhopal pesticide plant; Union Carbide Corporation held 50.9 percent. Renamed Eveready Industries India in 1994.
- Uniroyal, Inc.U.S. company; one of the seven makers sued over Agent Orange.
- United American Indians of New EnglandNative-led group that holds the National Day of Mourning at Plymouth each Thanksgiving.
- United Fruit CompanyU.S. fruit company with large land holdings in Guatemala; later part of United Brands, whose Chiquita brand carries the name on.
- United Nations 1945 –International organization founded in 1945.
- United Nations Assistance Mission for RwandaUN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, 1993 to 1996.
- United Nations Security CouncilThe UN body with primary responsibility for international peace and security.
- United States government 1789 –The federal government of the United States.
- United States Steel CorporationSteel company organized in 1901 around J. P. Morgan's purchase of the Carnegie Steel Company.
- United Way of AmericaAmerican federation of local charity fundraising campaigns; now United Way Worldwide.
- University of CaliforniaPublic university system; lead plaintiff in the Enron securities class action that settled with former directors in 2004.
- University of California, Los AngelesPublic research university in Los Angeles, California.
- University of ChicagoUniversity in Chicago, Illinois.
- University of Colorado BoulderPublic university in Colorado; its committees investigated Professor Ward Churchill's work in 2005 to 2007.
- University of PennsylvaniaPrivate research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- University of PittsburghUniversity where Herbert Needleman worked when his 1979 study was challenged.
- University of Wittenberg 1502University in Saxony founded by Elector Frederick the Wise in 1502, where Luther taught theology.
- UnocalU.S. oil and gas company (Union Oil Company of California).