Departmental Flags (U.S.)

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• Executive
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• Agencies no longer extant
• U.S. Government Agency Flags
• Colors used on U.S. government flags

See also:

• United States of America
  
  External sites:
• www.whitehouse.gov cabinet

Executive

• President
• Vice-President
• Senior Executive Service
• U.S. Trade Representative

Legislative

• Senate
• President pro tempore
• House of Representatives
• Library of Congress

Cabinet Departments

• Agriculture
  • U.S. Forest Service
• Commerce
  • Census Bureau
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    • National Geodetic Survey
  • Bureau of Fisheries (no longer exists)
  • Patent and Trademark Office
• Defense
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air Force
  • Defense Health Agency
  • Defense Information Systems Agency
  • Defense Intelligence Agency
  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  • National Imagery and Mapping Agency
  • National Reconnaissance Office
  • National Security Agency
• Education
• Energy
• Health and Human Services
  • Food and Drug Administration
  • Public Health Service
• Homeland Security
  • Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Coast Guard
    • Lighthouse Service (no longer exists)
    • Lifesaving Service (no longer exists)
    • Revenue Cutter Service (no longer exists)
    • Signal Service (no longer exists)
    • Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation (no longer exists)
  • Customs and Border Protection
    • Border Patrol
  • Customs Service
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Federal Protective Service
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Secret Service
  • Transportation Security Administration
    
• Housing and Urban Development
• Interior
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • Bureau of Reclamation
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • National Park Service
  • Fish and Wildlife Service
• Justice
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Federal Bureau of Prisons
  • Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Marshal Service
  • Border Patrol (no longer exists)
    
  • Office of Justice Programs
• Labor
  • Job Corps
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• State
  • Diplomatic and Consular Officials
• Transportation
  • Federal Aviation Administration
  • Maritime Administration
    • Ready Reserve Force
  • St Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
• Treasury
  • Bureau of Engraving and Printing
  • United States Mint
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
  • Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
  • Internal Revenue Service
    
• Veterans Affairs
  

Independent Executive Agencies

• American Battle Monuments Commission
• CIA
• Director of National Intelligence
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Federal Maritime Commission
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• Federal Trade Commission
• Government Accountability Office
• International Joint Commission
• NASA
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Labor Relations Board
• National Science Foundation Antarctic Program
• National Science Foundation
• National Security Agency
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Postal Service
• SEC
• Smithsonian Institution
• Social Security Administration
  
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  

Agencies no longer extant

• Bureau of Insular Affairs
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Health, Education and Welfare
• Immigration and Naturalization Service
• Maritime Commission
• Maritime Service
• National Recovery Administration
• Office of Civilian Defense
• Shipping Board
  
  
• Army-Navy "E" Award

U.S. Government Agency Flags

Prescribing the design, use, or non-use of agency flags falls within the broad managerial powers of the head of an executive department, as set forth in 5 U.S. Code § 301: "The head of an Executive department or military department may prescribe regulations for the government of his department, the conduct of its employees, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of its records, papers, and property." There are similar provisions of law for independent agencies that are not part of an executive department.
Joe McMillan, 5 January 2004

Colors used on U.S. government flags

Here are the Army Institute of Heraldry prescribed equivalencies for variously named colors used in U.S. government flags:

dark blue - PMS 539
ultramarine blue - PMS reflex blue
cobalt blue - PMS 281
light blue - PMS 5415
oriental blue - PMS 285

scarlet - PMS 200
maroon - PMS 504
crimson - PMS 220
brick red - PMS 202

yellow - PMS 123
golden yellow - PMS 116

orange - PMS 1655
golden orange - PMS 1375

green - PMS 357
jungle green - PMS 343

purple - PMS 267

buff - PMS 465

silver gray - PMS 422

Joe McMillan, 7 December 2001