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Departmental Flags (U.S.)

Last modified: 2023-09-30 by rick wyatt
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• Legislative
• Judicial
• Cabinet Departments
  • Order of Precedence
• Independent Executive Agencies
• 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
• Executive Office Affiliates
  • National Security Council
  • Office of Federal Procurement Policy
  • White House Communications Agency
  • White House Fellows Foundation and Association

Legislative

• Senate
• President pro tempore
• House of Representatives
• Library of Congress
• Government Accountability Office
• Government Publishing Office

Judicial

• Supreme Court
• Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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
  • Army-Navy "E" Award
• Defense
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air Force
  • Space Command
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • ANZUS Treaty Organization
  • Armed Forces Information Service
  • Defense Audiovisual Agency
  • Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis Center
  • Defense Commissary Agency
  • Defense Finance and Accounting Service
  • Defense Legal Services - no flag or seal
  • Defense Logisitcs Activity
  • Defense Media Activity
  • Defense Telecommunications Service
  • Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
  • Joint Tactical Command, Control and Communications Agency
  • Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Missile Defense Agency
  • Readiness Command
  • National Reconnaissance Office
  • National Security Agency
  • National Security Cooperation Agency
  • Defense Intelligence Agency
  • Defense Technology Security Administration
  • Office of General Counsel
  • Selective Service System
  • Space Development Agency
  • Special Operations Command
  • Special Operations Command Atlantic
  • Special Operations Command Central
  • Special Operations Command South
  • White House Military Office
• Education
• Energy
  • Energy Research and Development Administration
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  • National Nuclear Security Administration
  • URS|CH2M Oak Ridge LLC
  • Voluntary Protection Program (DOE-VPP)
• 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
  • Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Federal Protective Service
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Secret Service
  • Transportation Security Administration
    
• Housing and Urban Development
• Interior
  • Bureau of Indian Education
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • Bureau of Reclamation
  • Fish and Wildlife Service
  • National Park Service
  • U.S. Geological Survey 
• 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
  • Foreign Service Institute
• Transportation
  • Federal Aviation Administration
  • Maritime Administration
    • Ready Reserve Force
  • St Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
• Treasury
  • Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
  • Bureau of Engraving and Printing
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
  • United States Mint
• Veterans Affairs
  

Order of Precedence

Under the previous administration, there was a cabinet meeting on May 19, 2020 in which the flags of all (or most) cabinet members were displayed. I haven't seen a similar display before or since.

Flags were displayed in order of precedence, with US, POTUS and VPOTUS flags in the center, and starting with the Department of State flag on the left, flags alternated left and right outwardly, in order of seniority.

They were
United States
President
Vice President
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Department of Defense (Secretary of Defense flag)
Department of Justice
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce (Secretary of Commerce flag)
Department of Labor
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Transportation
Department of Energy
Department of Education
Department of Veterans Affairs (Secretary of Veterans Affairs flag)
Department of Homeland Security
US Environmental Protection Administration
Office of Management and Budget
Office of the US Trade Representative
US Small Business Administration
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
US Central Intelligence Agency (no longer at cabinet rank)

I don't know why three departments used their secretarial flags.

The Small Business Administration flag is not what the agency uses at its headquarters. This may have been an older flag that the White House protocol people pulled out of a closet.

There were no flags representing:
White House Chief of Staff
Ambassador to the United Nations

The current administration has added:
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Dave Fowler, 10 April 2021

Independent Executive Agencies

• AbilityOne Commission (Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled)
• Agency for Global Media
• American Battle Monuments Commission
• AmeriCorps
• Central Intelligence Agency - CIA
• Commodities Futures Trading Commission
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Corporation for National and Community Service
• Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
• Director of National Intelligence
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
• Export-Import Bank of the United States
• Farm Credit Administration
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Federal Housing Finance Agency
• Federal Labor Relations Authority
• Federal Maritime Commission
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
• Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
• Federal Trade Commission
• General Services Administration
• Institute of Museum and Library Services
• International Joint Commission
• International Trade Commission
• Merit Systems Protection Board
• Millennium Challenge Corporation
• NASA
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Credit Union Administration
• National Gallery of Art
• National Guard Bureau
• National Indian Gaming Commission
• National Labor Relations Board
• National Mediation Board
• National Science Foundation Antarctic Program
• National Science Foundation
• National Transportation Safety Board
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Office of Personnel Management
• Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• Peace Corps
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
• Postal Service
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Selective Service System
• Small Business Administration
• Smithsonian Institution
• Social Security Administration
  
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Trade and Development Agency
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• United States Patent and Trademark Office

Agencies no longer extant

• Bureau of Insular Affairs
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Environmental Science Services Administration
• Health, Education and Welfare
• Immigration and Naturalization Service
• Maritime Commission
• Maritime Service
• National Communications System
• National Recovery Administration
• Office of Civilian Defense
• Shipping Board

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

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