Alphabetical List of Bureaus and Offices


Links in the following list provide the available web pages for the domestic organizational components of the State Department in alphabetical order. Also see the list of components grouped by organizational responsibility under the Secretary and Under Secretaries. (Information about Bureaus and Offices that do not have web pages can be found in "Department Organization" and the organization chart.)


Secretary of State (S)

Deputy Secretary (D)

Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources (DMR)

Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance (F)

Counselor of the Department (C)

Under Secretary for:
Arms Control and International Security (T)
Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs(E)
Democracy and Global Affairs (G)
Management (M)
Political Affairs (P)
Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (R)

Special Envoys and Special Representatives
Coordinator, Threat Reduction Programs 
Special Adviser for Nonproliferation and Arms Control 
Special Envoy for Climate Change 
Special Envoy for Conventional Armed Forces in Europe 
Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy 
Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues 
Special Envoy for Middle East Peace  
Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues 
Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks  
Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism 
Special Envoy to Sudan 
Special Representative for North Korea Policy 
Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation 
Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan  
Special Representative to Muslim Communities 

Bureaus and Offices
Administration (A)
African Affairs (AF)
Allowances (A/OPR/ALS)
Authentication Division (A/OPR/GSM/AUTH)

Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT)
Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS)
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Chief of Staff (S)
Civil Rights, Office of
Consular Affairs (CA)

Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL)
Diplomatic Security (DS)
Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources (DGHR)

East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP)
Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB)
Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)
European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR)
Executive Secretariat (S/ES)

Foreign Service Institute (FSI)
Foreign Missions, Office of

Global AIDS Coordinator, Office of (S/GAC)
Global Women's Issues (S/GWI)

Human Resources (M/HR)

Information Resource Management (IRM)
Inspector General (OIG)
Intelligence and Research (INR)
International Information Programs (IIP)
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)
International Organization Affairs (IO)
International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN)

Legal Adviser (L)
Legislative Affairs (H)

Management Policy (M/P)
Medical Services (M/MED)

Near Eastern Affairs (NEA)

Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES)
Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO)

Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Office of (R/PPR)
Policy Planning Staff (S/P)
Political-Military Affairs (PM)
Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)
Protocol (S/CPR)
Public Affairs (PA)

Resource Management (RM)
Rightsizing the U.S. Government's Overseas Presence (M/R)

Science & Technology Adviser (G/STAS)
South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA)

Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP)

Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI)

War Crimes Issues (S/WCI)
Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA)

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