an administrative unit of government

furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

(French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money

the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson

the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs

the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas

the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency

an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community

the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse

the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers

the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States

nonelective government officials

a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials

any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

an official of a bureaucracy

of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy

needlessly time-consuming procedure

in a bureaucratic manner

with respect to bureaucracy

nonelective government officials