Washington, D.C. Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Federal government === {{Main|Federal government of the United States}} [[File:Aerial view showing top of Washington Monument, Washington, D.C LCCN2010630904 (cropped).tiff|thumb|The [[Federal Triangle]], a historic hub of [[United States federal executive departments|executive departments]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]]]] As of July 2022, 25% of people employed in Washington, D.C., were employed by the federal government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://does.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/does/page_content/attachments/CESdcJuly22%5B3%5D.pdf|title=District of Columbia Wage and Salary Employment by Industry and Place of Work|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022020302/https://does.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/does/page_content/attachments/CESdcJuly22%5B3%5D.pdf|archive-date=2022-10-22|publisher=District of Columbia Department of Employment Services, Office of Labor Market Research and Information|date=2022}}</ref> The vast majority of these government employees serve in various [[Executive Branch of the United States|executive branch]] departments, agencies, and institutions. A small percentage serve as temporary staff for presidents, [[United States Congress|Congress]] members, or in the [[Federal judiciary of the United States|federal judiciary]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} Many of the region's residents are employed by companies and organizations that do work for the federal government, seek to [[Lobbying in the United States|influence federal policy]], or are otherwise related to its work, including [[law firm]]s, [[defense contractor]]s, [[independent contractor|civilian contractors]], [[nonprofit organization]]s, [[lobbying in the United States|lobbying firms]], [[trade union]]s, [[industry trade group]]s, and [[professional association]]s, many of which have their headquarters in or near the city for proximity to the federal government. The largest U.S. government agencies located in or near the city are: the [[United States Department of Defense]] headquartered in [[the Pentagon]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]], the [[United States Postal Service]], the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]], the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]], and the [[United States Department of Justice]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-5-biggest-federal-agencies |title=Top 5 biggest federal agencies |last=Blitzer |first=Ronn |date=February 19, 2020 |work=Fox News |access-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228212220/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-5-biggest-federal-agencies |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page