# Giant graphic that showed ALL the departments of the Federal Government

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-graphic-that-showed-all-the-departments-of-the-federal-government/782212>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 15, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-graphic-that-showed-all-the-departments-of-the-federal-government/782212 "2017-03-15T02:12:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-graphic-that-showed-all-the-departments-of-the-federal-government/782212/1 "2017-03-15T02:12:06Z")

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Maybe someone remembers it. Google not helping. ALL branches. Stupid autocorrect!

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-graphic-that-showed-all-the-departments-of-the-federal-government/782212/2 "2017-03-15T16:32:34Z")

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I reported your post for a title update.

The term “branch” isn’t well-defined in terms of the Feds. They grow new branches monthly if not daily. So any attempt to get “ALL” will need to be a continuous animation, not a static picture.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-graphic-that-showed-all-the-departments-of-the-federal-government/782212/3 "2017-03-15T16:38:24Z")

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**Moderator Note**

Typo fixed.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-graphic-that-showed-all-the-departments-of-the-federal-government/782212/4 "2017-03-15T16:40:54Z")

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Here’s a decent start: [Death and Taxes 2014: US Federal Budget | Visual.ly](http://visual.ly/death-and-taxes-2014-us-federal-budget)

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-graphic-that-showed-all-the-departments-of-the-federal-government/782212/5 "2017-03-15T17:56:34Z")

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> **[US Government Organization Chart](http://www.netage.com/economics/gov/Gov-chart-top.html)**
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> US Government org chart from the official handbook

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**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-graphic-that-showed-all-the-departments-of-the-federal-government/782212/6 "2017-04-16T14:02:52Z")

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That is the one I had in mind. Thanks!