Organizational List of Bureaus and Offices

Links in the following list will take you to the available web pages for the organizational components of the State Department.  (Please see "Department Organization" and organization chart for information about bureaus and offices that do not have web pages.) 

Organization (Acronym)

Secretary of State (S)
Office of the Secretary (S)
Chief of Staff

Entities attached to the Office of the Secretary:
Executive Secretariat (S/ES) 
        Secretariat Staff (S/S-S) 
        Operations Center (S/S-O)

Policy Planning Staff (S/P)
Office of Protocol (S/CPR)
Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT)
Office of the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues (S/WCI)
Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (S/GAC) 
Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS)

Entities not attached to the Office of the Secretary,
but reporting directly to the Secretary:
Bureau of Legislative Affairs (H)
Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Office of the Legal Adviser (L)
Office of Civil Rights (OCR) 

Deputy Secretary (D)
Bureau of Resource Management (RM)

Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator

Counselor of the Department (C)

Under Secretary for Political Affairs (P)
Bureau of African Affairs (AF)
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP)
Bureau of European Affairs (EUR)
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA)
Bureau of South Asian Affairs (SA)
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA)
Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO)

Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs (E)
Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB)

Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security (T)  
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM)
Bureau of International Security and Non-proliferation (ISN)
Bureau for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI)

Under Secretary for Management (M)
Office of Management and Policy (M/P)
Office of Rightsizing the U.S. Government (USG) Overseas Presence (R/M)
Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM)
Foreign Service Institute (FSI)
Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources (DGHR)
        Bureau of Human Resources (M/HR) 
        Office of Medical Services (M/DGHR/MED)
Bureau of Administration (A)
         Office of Allowances (A/OPR/ALS)
         Authentication Division (A/OPR/GSM/AUTH)
Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA)
Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS)
Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO)

Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs (G)
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL)
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES)
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)
Senior Coordinator for Women's Issues (WI)
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP)

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (R)
Office of Policy, Planning and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (R/PPR)  
Bureau of Public Affairs (PA)
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) 
Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP)