# Federal Agencies

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A **Federal Agency** is any federal department, commission, or other U.S. government entity. Agencies can have multiple sub-agencies. For example, the National Park Service is a sub-agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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GovTribe maintains up-to-date information on all Federal Agencies, allowing you to research agencies and their Opportunities and Past Awards of interest to you.

**Related Articles:**\
[Dashboard (Funding by Agency section)](/user-guide/what-is.../capture/the-dashboard.md#funding-by-agency)\
[Funding Report](/user-guide/what-is.../reports/reports/funding-report.md)

## Federal Agencies Search Page

***To access the Federal Agencies Search page:***

**Step 1.**  Go to:  **Main Menu** >> **Participants** >> **Federal Agencies**.  ([Take me there](https://govtribe.com/agency/federal-agency))

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The *Federal Agencies Search Page* will be displayed, which allows you to view and access Federal Agencies associated with contracts and grants on GovTribe.

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Please refer to [Search 101](/user-guide/getting-started-understanding-the-basics/search-101.md) for details on how to use this page to search for awards
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The following image describes this page and its features and functionality.

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Favorite the Agencies you wish to pursue contracts with. When searching for Opportunities, you’ll be able to quickly add those Agencies to your filters.
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## Federal Agency Detail Page

***To access a Federal Agency Detail Page:***

**Step 1.**  Go to:  **Main Menu** >> **Participants** >> **Federal Agencies**.  ([Take me there](https://govtribe.com/agency/federal-agency))

**Step 2.**  Search for the desired agency, then click on the **Title** of the Agency listed.

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You can also access an agency’s detail page by clicking on any agency’s link throughout GovTribe.
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The *Federal Agency Detail Page* will be displayed.

### Overview Tab

Within the Federal Agency Detail page's **Overview** tab, the following content is shown:

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### Popular Opportunities

This section provides a list of Opportunities currently active for this Agency, based on the number of times the Opportunity is viewed in GovTribe.

### More Agencies

This section provides a list of Agencies that are similar to the one displayed.

### Reports

At the top of the Federal Agency Detail page, the **Reports** section is active and displayed at the top of the page, with the *Overview* tab selected by default. Click each tab in the Reports section to view a different report for this Agency.

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For details on each report in this section, refer to the following documents found in the **Reports on Detail Pages** section of this User Guide:

* [Detail Pages - Funding Report](/user-guide/what-is.../reports/reports-on-detail-pages/detail-pages-funding-report.md)
* [Detail Pages - Awards Report](/user-guide/what-is.../reports/reports-on-detail-pages/detail-pages-awards-report.md)
* [Detail Pages - Top IDIQs, Schedules, GWACs & BPAs Reports](/user-guide/what-is.../reports/reports-on-detail-pages/detail-pages-top-vehicles-reports.md)
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### Funding Analysis

This section provides useful information about the Agency’s funding history, starting at the highest contracting level and allowing you to drill down to the lowest.&#x20;

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See [Detail Pages - Funding Analysis Section](/user-guide/what-is.../reports/reports-on-detail-pages/detail-pages-funding-analysis-section.md) (found in the **Reports on Detail Pages** section of this User Guide) for a more detailed description of this section’s functionality.
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### Buyer Personas

Buyer Personas will list employees that make purchases for this agency.

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### Contract Opportunities

This section displays a list of all Federal Contract opportutnies that have been posted by this Agency.

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### Contract Vehicles

This section displays a list of all Federal Contract Vehicles that have been awarded by this Agency.

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### IDV Awards

This section displays a list of all Federal Contract IDVs that have been awarded by this Agency.

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### Contract Awards

This section displays a list of all Federal Contracts that have been awarded by this Agency.

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### Federal Grant Awards

This section displays a list of all Federal Grants that have been awarded by this Agency.

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### Federal Contract Opportunities

This section provides access to information about the Federal Contract Opportunities currently open for this Agency.

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### Federal Grant Opportunities

This section provides access to information about the Federal Grant Opportunities currently open for this Agency.

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### Grant Programs

This section provides access to all Federal Grant Programs for this Agency.

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### Defense Programs

This section provides access to all Federal Defense Programs tied to this Agency.

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### Files Tab

This section displays a list of all files associated with Opportunities and Awards for this Agency.

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### Contract Subawards

This section displays a list of all Federal Subcontracts that have come from awards by this Agency.

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### Grant Subawards

This section displays a list of all Federal Subcontracts that have come from awards by this Agency.

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