National Index of Vekllei

Constituents

• Commonwealth Observatory of Economics: Headquarters of the bureau in Oslola; publication of the quarterly reports and the seasonal forecasts.
• Regional Economic Signals Network: Receipt of shop and depot stock counts in each republic.
• Commonwealth Automatic Electric Economic Warning Network: Automatic warnings to municipalities of shortages in essential goods.

Departments

• Department of Stock: Stock counts of every shop, warehouse and depot in the Commonwealth.
  • Office of Retail Counts
  • Office of Warehouse Counts
  • Office of Recorded Goods
  • Office of Count Inspection
• Department of Demand: Days of stock for each product and region; the quarterly demand figures.
  • Office of Regional Demand
  • Office of Seasonal Adjustment
  • Office of Unmet Demand
• Department of Economic Forecasting: Seasonal and long-range forecasts.
  • Office of Long-Range Forecasting
  • Office of Seasonal Forecasting
  • Office of Warnings
• Service Branches: Regional offices of the bureau.
  • Boreal Economic Area
  • Austral Economic Area
  • Occidental Economic Area
  • Oriental Economic Area

Constituents

• Statistics Press of Vekllei: Publication of the census, the national accounts and the statistical yearbook.

Departments

• Department of the Census: The Commonwealth Census and the intercensal surveys.
  • Office of Census Operations
  • Census Publications Office
  • Office of Population Estimates
• Department of Economic Statistics: National output, trade, industry, labour and the commons accounts.
  • Office of National Accounts
  • Office of the Commons Accounts
  • Office of Industrial & Trade Statistics
  • Office of Labour Statistics
• Department of Social Statistics: Health, education, housing and household statistics.
  • Office of Vital Statistics
  • Office of Education Statistics
  • Office of Housing Statistics
• Department of Geographical Statistics: Land use, natural resources and regional statistics.
  • Office of Land Use
  • Office of Regional Statistics
• Department of Statistical Methods: Survey methods and standards for statistical work across government.
  • Office of Survey Design
  • Office of Standards
  • Office of Tabulation

Constituents

• Register Gazette Office: Quarterly publication of the skill factor, the reference prices and the peer basket.
• Valuation Committee: Review of disputed reference prices, with members drawn from the bureau corporations and the Bureau of Production.
• Peer Basket Commission: Selection and annual review of the foreign economies that services are valued against.

Departments

• Department of Registration: Occupation records of every registered worker; registrations from workers, workplaces and municipalities.
  • Office of Occupations
  • Office of Workplace Returns
  • Office of Polling
  • Office of Exemptions
• Department of Valuation: The skill factor, the reference prices and the peer basket.
  • Office of the Skill Factor
  • Office of Reference Prices
  • Office of the Peer Basket
• Department of Inspection: Inspection of firm accounts; stock fraud, misdemeanour hoarding and structuring. Arrests are referred to the Treasury Constables of the Commonwealth Police.
  • Office of Account Inspection
  • Office of Stock Fraud
  • Office of Referrals
• Register Offices: One in every republic, holding a local copy of the occupation records.
  • Register Offices
  • Volcanic Registry Office
  • Arctic Registry Office
  • Atlantic Registry Office
  • Verde Registry Office
  • Kalina Registry Office
  • Antilles Registry Office
  • Lucaya Registry Office
  • Antarctic Registry Office

Constituents

• National Patent & Trade Mark Office: Registration of patents and trade marks.
• Intellectual Property Arbitration Board: Arbitration of copyright, patent and trade mark disputes before they reach the courts.
• Commonwealth Commercial Service: Sale of Vekllei goods abroad; liaison between industry and foreign buyers.
• Commonwealth Trade Commission: Liaison with foreign firms trading in Vekllei commodities.
• Commonwealth Ratings Corporation: Independent ratings agency for global private and public debt, which also maintains the CRC/CSX 50 index for the Commsec.

Departments

• General Council: Advises the Commonwealth on securities and market conduct.
• General Procuratorate: Penalties and prosecution of financial offences.
  • Office of Enforcement
• General Inspectorate: Investigation of fraud and corruption in Vekllei markets.
  • Office of Financial Intelligence
• Department of Markets: Supervision of the Commsec and other domestic securities.
  • Office of Securities Markets
  • Office of Commsec Operations
• Department of Foreign Markets: Foreign investment and government bonds.
  • Office of International Bonds
  • Office of Foreign Investment
• Department of Investments & Trusts: Investments, securities and contracts held by citizens and corporations.
  • Office of Offshore Finance
  • Office of Private Holdings & Trusts

Constituents

• National Patent & Trade Mark Registry: Registration of patents and trade marks.
• Intellectual Property Arbitration Board: Arbitration of copyright, patent and trade mark disputes before they reach the courts.
• Commonwealth Commercial Service: Sale of Vekllei goods abroad; liaison between industry and foreign buyers.
• Commonwealth Trade Commission: Liaison with foreign firms trading in Vekllei commodities.
• Commonwealth Trade Missions Service (CTMS): Commercial attachés at the Commonwealth’s embassies.

Departments

• Department of Permits & Licensing: Export permits, issued at the end of each quarter; the permit fee.
  • Office of Export Permits
  • Office of Domestic Saturation
  • Office of Port Stamps
• Department of the Levy: The federal levy on exports, including the hydrocarbons levy.
  • Office of General Levy
  • Office of Hydrocarbons Levy
  • Office of Exemptions
• Department of Import Credits: Import credits for exporting firms and municipalities; the register of credits held.
  • Office of Credit Issue
  • Office of Credit Accounts
• Department of Intellectual Property: The registry of patents and marks; licences for foreign designs.
  • Patents & Trade Marks Office
  • Office of Foreign Licences
• Department of International Trade: Foreign markets, export controls and unfair trade practices.
  • Office of Export Controls
  • Office of Foreign Markets
  • Office of Commercial Intelligence
• Regional Export Offices: Regional offices issuing the bureau’s permits.
  • Boreal Export Office
  • Austral Export Office
  • Occidental Export Office
  • Oriental Export Office

Departments

• Mint: Minting and melting of the Vekllei Crown and commemorative coins.
  • Mint Administration
  • Summers Coin Works
• Bullion: The Commonwealth Bullion Depository and bullion production.
  • Commonwealth Bullion Depository
  • Bullion Refinery
• Security Printing: Paper certificates and security documents.
  • Security Printing Works

Constituent Markets

• CSX Equity Market: 8th-largest equity market worldwide, with an average of ❦VK 700 billion secondary trading daily. The CSX equity market currently retains a market capitalisation of ❦VK 600 trillion.
• CSX Bond Market: 4th-largest debt market worldwide, trading mostly foreign debt held by Vekllei companies.
• CSX Derivatives Market: A leading Atlantic derivatives market.
• CSX Foreign Exchange Market: 6th-largest currency exchange in the world by global turnover, and the Vekllei Crown (❦VK) and U.S. Dollar are the 5th most traded currency pair.

Constituents

• Commonwealth Sovereign Wealth Corporation: State investment corporation that acts as a sovereign wealth fund.

Constituents

• Institute for Economics Research: Research on foreign trade, with the Bureau of Policy Research.
• Commonwealth Productivity Commission: Inquiries into productivity in the bureau industries.
• Commonwealth Taxation Service: Collection of the sweep and the register of firms liable to it.
• Assessment Appeals Board: Review of disputed assessments of accounted surplus.
• Equalisation Commission: Annual review of the apportionment of the equalisation transfer, with members appointed by the republic assemblies.
• Inter-Republic Clearing House: Clearing of trade between republics and municipal corporations in the industrial crown (✦).

Departments

• Department of the Treasury: Office of the Treasurer; Treasury policy.
  • Office of the Treasurer
  • General Secretariat
• Department of Commonwealth Economics: Fiscal policy, the national debt and public finance, including the equalisation transfer between republics.
  • Office of General Seizure
  • Office of Fiscal Service
  • Office of National Debt
  • National Finance & Investment Corporation
  • Office of Equalisation
  • Office of Republic Balances
• Department of Revenue & Customs: Collection of the sweep, the export levy and the permit fees; payment of the municipal and workplace shares; government liabilities.
  • General Taxation Inspectorate
  • Office of the Sweep
  • Office of Municipal & Workplace Shares
  • Office of Arrears
  • Office of Government Debt & Liabilities
  • Office of Financial Services
• Department of Foreign Accounts & Revenues: Financial assets, investments and accounts held abroad.
  • Office of the Americas
  • Office of Europe
  • Office of Africa
  • Office of the Orient
  • Special Markets Office
• Department of Government Accounts: The accounts of government expenditure and of the commons debt.
  • Office of Government Expenditure
  • Office of the Commons Debt
  • National Expenditure Research Organisation
• Department of Commonwealth Corporations: The finances of the government-owned corporations.
• Department of Automatic Systems: Computers used in economic management.
• Department of Economic Information: Economic statistics, with the Bureau of Statistics.

Constituents

• Commonwealth Conservatory of Music: Advanced musical education and performance.
• Mayaguana Federal Conservatory: Major school of music at CUWI in Mayaguana.
• Atlantic Theatre: Training of actors, directors and stage technicians.
• Atlantic School of Dance: School and company of classical and contemporary dance, attached to the University of Karu.
• National Ballet School: Ballet school and company of the University of Karu.
• Caribbean Opera Company: Opera performance and vocal training.
• Federation Concert Hall: The federation’s principal concert hall.
• Commonwealth Artist Exchange: Exchanges, placings and residences abroad for Vekllei artists.
• Commonwealth Art Commission: Government schemes in the visual arts; publishes the National Design Atlas.

Departments

• Council of Musical Arts: Musical education, composition and performance.
  • Congress of Classical Performance
  • Congress of Composition & Theory
  • Congress of Contemporary Music
• Council of Dramatic Arts: Training and practice of acting, direction and stagecraft.
  • Congress of Acting
  • Congress of Direction & Stagecraft
• Council of Visual Arts: Traditional and contemporary visual art.
  • Congress of Traditional Arts
  • Congress of Contemporary Practice
• Council of Atlantic Dance: Classical ballet and contemporary dance.
  • Congress of Classical Ballet
  • Congress of Contemporary Dance

Constituents

• Commonwealth National Museum: The principal national museum.
• Commonwealth Fraternal Society of Archeology: Society of historians engaged in fieldwork and excavation.
• Atlantic Maritime Museum: Naval and maritime collections.
• Commonwealth Institute of Cultural Studies: Research into customs and popular culture.
• Commonwealth Historical Society: Professional association of historians and museum workers.
• Oral History Collection Project: Recorded personal histories and testimony.
• Historic Sites Register: Register of protected buildings and sites.
• Commonwealth Young Historians' Association: Association of young historians.
• Caribbean History Centre: Institute of the Guanima Caribbean School for oral history and Lucayan archaeology.
• Slavery Oral History Programme: Recorded interviews and testimony, held with the Commonwealth Central Archives.
• Carib & Lucayan Oral History Programme: Carib and Arawak oral history, held with the Commonwealth Central Archives.
• Caribbean-American Republics Museum: Museum of American relations with the Caribbean, at Alexander Hamilton’s birthplace of Oualie.

Departments

• Commonwealth Federation of Historical Congress: The specialist congresses of historians and the regional historical councils.
  • Congress of Caribbean Historians
  • Congress of Indigenous & Islander Historians
  • Congress of Colonial Historians
  • Congress of Regional Historical Councils
  • Congress of Contemporary Historians
  • Congress of Naval Historians
  • Congress of Arctic History
  • Congress of Celtic, Scots & Pictish Study
  • Congress of Scandinavian & Viking Historians
• Council of Curation & Exhibition: Museums, collections, exhibitions and conservation.
  • Congress of Museum Curators
  • Office of Exhibitions
  • Office of Conservation
• Council of Heritage Sites: Identification and preservation of historic and archaeological sites.
  • Congress of Archaeologists
  • Congress of Historic Structures Register
  • Office of Historic Landscapes

Constituents

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Graves and cemeteries of the Civil and Atomic Wars.
• Federal Calendar: The national commemorations, and the national days of the republics.
• National Archive of Commonwealth Society: Recorded testimony and private papers from the years after 1950.
• Commonwealth Monuments Service: Statues, cenotaphs and other national monuments.
• Federal Historical Subsidy Board: Subsidies for historical research, awarded each year by a panel of university historians.

Departments

• Department of Commemorations: National days, public ceremonies and the commemorative calendar.
  • Office of National Days
  • Ceremonies Office
  • Calendar Office
  • Republic Days Office
• Department of Burials: National gravesites and military cemeteries.
  • Office of War Graves
  • Missing Graves Office
• Department of Memorials & Monuments: Building and upkeep of memorials and national monuments.
  • Office of National Monuments
  • Design Office
  • Works & Maintenance Office
• Department of Oral Records: Recorded testimony; private papers deposited with the bureau.
  • Oral History Office
  • Local History Office
  • Deposited Papers Office
  • Research Office
• Department of State Papers: The constitution, founding documents and official histories.
  • Office of the Founding Documents
  • Official Histories Office
  • Schools Office
  • Exhibitions Office

Constituents

• Commonwealth Dictionary Office: Standard dictionaries and spellings of the recognised languages.
• Commonwealth Interpreters Service: Interpreters and translators for federal offices and the courts.

Departments

• Department of Recognised Languages: The list of recognised languages; their standard dictionaries and orthographies.
  • Office of Dictionaries
  • Office of Orthography
  • Office of Place Names
• Department of English: English classes for new arrivals and for adults who did not learn it at school.
  • Office of Settlement Classes
  • Office of Adult Classes
• Department of Translation: Translation of federal law and notices into the recognised languages; the interpreters.
  • Office of Legal Translation
  • Office of Notices
  • Office of Interpreters

Constituents

• Federal Gazette: Government notices, and the general calls for volunteers that form Work Action Groups.
• Government Wire Service: News wire of the federal government.
• Atlantic College of Journalism: Training of journalists at Atlantic College.
• Press Democracy Commission: Freedom of the press under the Press Act.
• Commonwealth Publishing Corporation: Newsprint, ink and presses for the municipal papers.
• Parliamentary Information Service: Press statements of the parliaments.
• Foreign Press Service: Correspondents of foreign newspapers in the Commonwealth.
• Federal Electric Public Broadcast System (FEPBS): Network of municipal news broadcasters.

Departments

• Department of Newspapers: Accreditation and standards for newspapers, periodicals and electronic publications.
  • Panatlantic Journalism Commission
  • Press Cuttings Office
  • Press Cards Office
  • Local Papers Office
  • Office of Electronic Publications
• Department of Publications: Licensing and distribution of published matter; obscene and criminal material.
  • Commonwealth Publications Tribunal
  • Office of Criminal Material
  • Licensing Office
  • Distribution Office
• Department of Official Information: Government announcements and public access to official records.
  • Information Office
  • Announcements Office
  • Records Access Office
• Department of Printing: Paper, printing works and the publishing trade.
• Department of Copyright: Copyright in published works.
• Department of Press Freedom: Complaints of interference with the press.

Constituents

• Commonwealth Central Archives: The central documents store of the Commonwealth.
• Commonwealth Registry Office: Registry of the papers of the ministries.
• Commonwealth Relay Service: Cable and teleprinter traffic between government offices.
• Government Filing Corporation: Manufacture of filing cabinets and microfilm readers for the registries.
• Commonwealth Cipher Service: Ciphers for government cables.
• Document Preservation Registry: Research on paper and film, with the preservation laboratories of the Archives.

Departments

• Department of Records: Making, classification and public access of official documents.
  • Legal Office
  • Classification Office
  • Office of Public Records
  • Central Registry
  • Deeds Office
  • Returns Office
• Department of Correspondence: Secure communications for government and diplomatic messages.
  • Teleprinter Office
  • Diplomatic Bag Office
  • Office of International Telegraph
• Department of Conservation: Storage, conservation and repair of old records.
  • Office of the Archivist Functionary
  • Repair Office
  • Office of the Federal Vault

Constituents

• Commonwealth Olympic Committee: National teams for the Olympic Games and the Oceans’ Games.
• Commonwealth Athletics Federation: Meeting of the national associations of each sport.
• Panveletian Athletics Gymnasion: Track and field, and the national athletics championships.
• National Sports Grounds Corporation: Construction of stadiums and club grounds.
• Commonwealth Coaching Institute: Coaches and instructors for the clubs and schools.
• Athletics Medicine Centre: Sports medicine, with the MSRE.
• National Recreation: Playing fields open to the public.
• Athletics Supply Development Corporation: Bats, balls, nets and other equipment for the clubs.
• Commonwealth Schools Sports Federation (CSSF): Sport in schools, and the junior competitions.

Departments

• Department of Athletics: Sport at every level, from schools and amateur clubs to professional competition.
  • Professional Sport Office
  • Office of Federal Athletics
  • Coaching Office
  • Office of Amateur Athletics
  • Fixtures Office
  • Schools & Juniors Office
• Department of Sports Grounds: National stadiums, public recreation grounds and training centres.
  • Office of National Stadiums
  • Recreation Grounds Office
  • Office of Training Centres
• Department of International Games: Vekllei’s part in the international games.
  • Office of the Olympiad
  • Office of the British Commonwealth Games
  • Office of International Games

Constituents

• Commonwealth Fine Arts Programme
• Commonwealth Practical Arts Programme
• Commonwealth Arts Education Programme
• Commonwealth Design Atlas Programme: Compiles and publishes the National Design Atlas.
• Federal Residency Project: Retreats and removals for artists enrolled in the federal programmes.
• Federal Arts Council: Enrolment of artists in the federal programmes.
• Federal Galleries Commission: Public galleries and exhibition halls.
• Federal Public Art Programme: Public sculpture and monuments.
• Commonwealth Arts Export Corporation: Sale and exhibition of Vekllei art abroad.
• Municipal Arts Federation: Liaison with municipal art schemes.

Departments

• General Administration: Law, finance and oversight of the commission’s work, including copyright and commissioned art.
  • Office of Law & Copyright
  • Office of Art Programmes
  • Office of Commissioned Art
  • Government Liaison Office
  • Office of Surveys
  • Office of Federal Exhibitions
• Department of Programmes: Grants, materials and art teaching.
  • Grants Office
  • Office of Materials
  • Office of Art Teaching
  • Arbitration Office

Constituents

• Federal Depository: The central archive at Oslola, run jointly with the National Library.
• Archive Indies: Regional archive at Barbados.
• Archive Afrique: Regional archive at Praia.
• Federal Vault: Store of computer copies of the archives at Helvasia.
• Reading Rooms: Reading rooms and research help for scholars and the public.
• Federal Document Laboratory: Repair of damaged and fragile documents, in the Lola borough of Oslola.
• Electric Archives Laboratory: Electronic copying of archive material.
• Slavery Oral History Programme: Recorded interviews and testimony, held with the Atlantic History Federation.
• Carib & Lucayan Oral History Programme: Carib and Arawak oral history, held with the Atlantic History Federation.
• Brimstone Hill Fortress: Eighteenth-century British fortress at Kitts, now a regional archive and search room.

Departments

• Historical Collections: Historical records, artefacts and folk material.
  • Colonial Records Collection
  • Contemporary Records Collection
  • Antiquities Collection
  • Folk Collection
• Government Records Section: Records of the executive, legislature and judiciary.
  • Office of Executive Records
  • Office of Legislative Documents
  • Office of Judicial Archives
• Search Rooms: Reading rooms and enquiries.
  • Enquiries Office

Constituents

• Broadcast Standards Council: Programme standards and licences for radio and television.
• Technical Standards Council: Approval of broadcasting equipment.
• Communications Offences Tribunal: Hears complaints against broadcasters.

Departments

• Department of Broadcast Standards: Programme rules and licences for broadcasters.
  • Programme Standards Office
  • Licences Office
• Department of Frequencies: Allocation and licensing of broadcast frequencies; international agreements.
  • Office of Frequencies & Wavelengths
  • International Agreements Office
  • Spectrum Intelligence Commission
• Department of Electrics & Transmission: Broadcasting equipment and the national cinema network.
  • Equipment Office
  • Office of the National Cinema Network
  • Office of Signals

Constituents

• National Squads Programme: Training of national team athletes.
• Olympia: National Olympic park at Maria, holding every facility of the summer games.
• Atlantic Olympic Society: Club of athletes who have represented Vekllei at the Olympics.
• International Oceans Athletics Federation: Organising committee of the Oceans’ Games, founded by COMOC.

Departments

• International Sports Council: Relations with international sporting bodies; government liaison for athletes.
  • Government Liaison Office
  • Athlete Democracy Committee
• Olympic Council: Vekllei’s part in the Olympic Games.
  • Olympic Petition Committee
  • Olympic Office
  • Olympic Treasury
• Panveletian Athletics Council: Selection of national athletes and teams for all competitions.
  • Office of Athletes & Teams
  • Office of Commonwealth Selections

Constituents

• Federal Collections: Books, periodicals and documents of the national collection.
• Federal Depository: Copies of every publication produced in Vekllei, held jointly with the Commonwealth Central Archives.
• Research Service: Research help for scholars.
• National Catalogue: The national bibliography and the cataloguing rules.
• Federal Library Network: Electric catalogue and postal lending system for the National Library’s holdings.
• Regional Libraries Office: Liaison with local and regional libraries.
• National College of Libraries: Training of librarians.
• Atlantic Library Federation: Lending between libraries.
• Commonwealth Literature Exchange: Exchange of publications with foreign countries.

Departments

• Department of Collections: Acquisition, cataloguing and keeping of national, federal and municipal library stock.
  • Office of Acquisitions
  • Office of Cataloguing & Classification
  • Office of Special Collections
  • Office of Federal Libraries
  • Office of Municipal Libraries
• Department of Readers: Reference, reading rooms, lectures and exhibitions.
  • Reference Office
  • Reading Rooms Office
  • Lectures & Exhibitions Office
• Department of Library Liaison: Municipal and university library systems; technical help.
  • Office of Municipalities
  • Office of Universities
  • Technical Office

Departments

• Emergency Management: Firefighting, technical rescue and emergency medical services.
  • Volcanic Regional Command
  • Arctic Regional Command
  • Atlantic Regional Command
  • Verde Regional Command
  • Kalina Regional Command
  • Antilles Regional Command
  • Lucaya Regional Command
  • Antarctic Regional Command
• Disaster Response: Natural disaster preparation and response.
  • National Disaster Response Centre
  • Volcanic Response Unit
  • Hurricane Response Unit
• Civil Defence: War preparation, air raid planning and civilian mobilisation.
  • Civil Defence Command

Constituents

• Ex-Service Persons’ Board: Casework and housing for ex-servicemen and their dependants.
• Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre: Long-term treatment of the war-injured, with the Parliament of Health.
• Resettlement Service: Return of discharged servicemen to civil occupations, through the Bureau of Regular Service.
• Service Recognition Office: Medals, commendations and mentions in despatches.

Departments

• Department of Ex-Service Affairs: Ex-service persons and their dependants; housing and disablement.
  • Casework Office
  • Disablement Office
  • Dependants Office
  • Housing Office
• Department of Medical Treatment: Treatment of injury and illness arising from service.
  • Rehabilitation Office
  • Psychiatric Office
  • Service Homes Office
• Department of Resettlement: Return of discharged persons to civil occupations.
  • Discharge Office
  • Civil Occupations Office
  • Placings Office
• Department of Records & Awards: Service records, medals and commemorations.
  • Office of Service Records
  • Medals Office
  • Commemorations Office

Departments

• Department of Satellite Reconnaissance: Military reconnaissance satellites.
  • Office of Satellite Operations
• Department of Aerial Reconnaissance: Reconnaissance aircraft and their cameras.
  • Office of Reconnaissance Aviation
• Department of Photographic Interpretation: Interpretation and mapping of photographs from satellites and aircraft.
  • Office of Topographic Intelligence

Constituent Bodies

• National Defence Procurement Congress: Republic body for arranging and contracting local armaments.
• National Defence Factories: Industrial association of private factories and workshops in the Commonwealth, including Savage Arsenal.
• Federal Ordnance Establishment: Arms, ammunition and guided munitions.
• Federal Materiel Establishment: Rations, uniforms, medical supplies and other non-armament equipment.

Departments

• Directorate: Specifications, inspections and contract administration.
  • Office of the Director
  • Office of Specifications
  • Office of Inspections
  • Office of Contracts
  • Establishments Council Secretariat

Boards & Commissions

• DSRE Industry Board: Partner representatives from industry for public-private research.
• Defence Research Intelligence Establishment: Counter-espionage organisation joined with the Security Parliament

Constituents

• DSRE Industry Board: Partner representatives from the defence industry for public-private research coordination.
• Defence Research Intelligence Establishment: Counter-espionage organisation jointly operated with the Security Parliament.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Administration, security, personnel and strategic direction of the establishment.
  • Office of Control Authority
  • Office of Research Culture & Personnel
  • Office of Research Ethics
  • Office of Security
  • Office of Strategic Policy
  • Office of the Chief Defence Scientist
• Department of Chemical, Viral & Nuclear Defence: Research into chemical, biological and nuclear defence systems and countermeasures.
  • Defence Chemical Laboratories
  • Defence Viral Laboratories
  • Nuclear Weapons Secure Research Complex
  • Radiological & Nuclear Defence Laboratories
• Department of Combat Operations Analysis: Scientific research into combat psychology, fatigue and human performance in warfare.
  • Combat Fatigue Research Centre
  • Combat Psychology Laboratory
• Department of Defence Propulsion & Energy: Development of combustion and nuclear propulsion systems for defence applications.
  • Defence Combustion Fuel Laboratories
  • Defence Nuclear Propulsion Laboratories
• Department of Defence Signals: Research into defence communications, surveillance and electronic warfare systems.
  • Defence Communications Laboratories
  • Defence Surveillance Laboratories
  • Electric Defence Laboratories
  • Electric Sensors Development Facility
• Department of Defence Sustainment: Research into food, nutrition, materials and personnel systems for sustained military operations.
  • Defence Food & Nutrition Laboratories
  • Defence Personnel Materials Laboratories
• Department of Ordnance: Ballistics, missile, rocketry and weapons simulation research and testing.
  • Ballistics Laboratories
  • Defence Weapons Simulation & Training Complex
  • Missile & Rocketry Laboratories
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Telemetry & Fire Control Laboratories
  • Commonwealth Small Arms Testing Range
• Department of Robots & Automatics: Development of combat robots and automated procurement and manufacturing systems.
  • Defence Combat Robot Laboratories
  • Defence Procurement & Manufacturing Research Complex
• Department of Vehicle & Machine Research: Research into defence aerospace, logistics, marine, satellite and territorial vehicle systems.
  • Defence Aerospace Laboratories
  • Defence Logistics Laboratories
  • Defence Marine Laboratories
  • Defence Satellite Complex
  • Defence Territorial Laboratories

Departments

• Department of Materiel Production: Certification and procurement oversight of uniforms, rations, medical supplies and field equipment.
  • Oslola Defence Textiles Factory
  • Nassau Materiel Factory
  • East Atlantic Defence Supply Factory

Departments

• Department of Arsenals: Certification and procurement oversight of small arms, field guns and naval gunnery production.
  • Oslola Arsenal
  • Kala Arsenal
  • Perennial Marine Arsenal
• Department of Shell Production: Certification and procurement oversight of shell and munitions manufacture.
  • Nike Shell Factory
  • Fortress Secure Munitions Factory
  • Conquerabia Shell Factory
• Department of Missile Production: Certification and procurement oversight of guided munitions and ballistics testing.
  • Curacao Ballistics Factory
  • Falklands Missile Factory

Constituents

• Automatic Standards Council: Standards for robots and command computers.
• Automatic Asset Command Registry: Registration of command computers.
• Robot Testing Board: Testing and type approval of new robots.
• Automatics Frequency Commission: Robot radio frequencies, which are registered by the Bureau of Post and Telecommunications.
• Industrial Automatics Research Centre: Trials of new machines; attached to the CSRE.
• Automatic Systems Training Institute: Robot fitters and command operators.
• Commonwealth Automatics Manufacturers Congress: Robot manufacturers, of which National Machines is by far the largest.

Departments

• Department of Automatic Standards: Specifications for automatic systems and robot designs, and the protocols by which computers instruct robots.
  • Specifications Office
  • Safety Office
  • Protocols Office
  • Computer Standards Office
• Department of Asset Commands: Registration and supervision of Automatic Asset Command systems in every industry.
  • Register of Commands
  • Installation Office
  • Performance Returns Office
  • Command Liaison Office
• Department of Automation Planning: Placing of automatic systems across the commons economy, from shortages reported by municipalities and bureaus.
  • Priorities Office
  • Schedules Office
  • Office of Municipal Requests
  • Surveys Office
• Department of Industrial Automatics: Automatic systems in factories, warehouses and production plant.
  • Factories Office
  • Warehouses Office
  • Output Returns Office
• Department of Radio & Transmission: Radio frequencies for robot control; signal stations; interference between automatic systems.
  • Frequencies Office
  • Signal Stations Office
  • Interference Office
  • Office of Emergency Channels

Constituents

• Commonwealth Oil: The national oil and gas company.
• Commonwealth Petroleum Commission: Licensing of oil fields and the royalty on crude oil.
• Commonwealth Natural Gas Commission: Natural gas and its liquefaction.
• Fuel Distribution Service: Fuel depots and filling stations in the republics.
• Synthetic Fuel Research Office: Research on synthetic fuels.

Departments

• Department of Production & Refining: Crude oil and natural gas, and their refining.
  • Offshore Fields Office
  • Onshore Fields Office
  • Refineries Office
  • Testing Office
• Department of Distribution & Reserves: Pipelines, depots, strategic stocks and emergency supply.
  • Pipelines Office
  • Depots Office
  • Strategic Stocks Office
  • Emergency Fuel Office
• Department of Minor Hydrocarbons: Synthetic and substitute fuels.
  • Synthetic Fuels Office
  • Biomass Office
  • Office of Coal Liquefaction
  • Fuel Research Office

Constituents

• Geological Survey Commission: Geological survey and mapping of the land territories.
• Commonwealth Minerals Registry: Mining and quarrying licences, and the mineral leases on Commonwealth land.
• Mines Inspectorate: Safety of mines and quarries; a permanent office in Kala.

Departments

• Department of Mining: Extraction licences, inspection and standards for mining on Commonwealth land.
  • Office of Licences & Leases
  • Office of Restoration
  • Office of Mine Inspection
• Department of Quarries: Licensing and inspection of quarries for stone, gravel, sand and clay.
  • Office of Quarry Licences
  • Office of Quarry Inspection
• Department of Geological Survey: The geological survey; records of known mineral deposits.
  • Office of Geological Surveys
  • Office of Mineral Deposits
  • Office of Boreholes & Samples
• Department of Mine Safety: Accidents in mines and quarries; the mine rescue stations.
  • Office of Accident Investigation
  • Office of Mine Rescue

Constituents

• Commonwealth Industrial Coordination Council (CICC or Chick): Exchange of plant between the industrial bureaus.
• Commonwealth Strategic Investment Fund: Plant of national importance, including the fusion stations and the shipyards.
• Commonwealth Plant Register: State-owned plant on lease to firms.

Departments

• Department of Plant: Register of state plant; leases to firms and municipal corporations; inspection of plant on lease.
  • Office of the Plant Register
  • Office of Leases
  • Office of Plant Inspection
• Department of Mines & Wells: The state’s title to mines and wells, leased to operators licensed by the Bureaux of Mines and Hydrocarbons.
  • Office of Mine Titles
  • Office of Well Titles
• Department of Returned Plant: Plant given up by firms or recovered from failed firms; depots; reissue and disposal.
  • Office of Returned Plant
  • Plant Depots Office
  • Office of Disposals
• Department of Exchange: Secretariat of the Commonwealth Industrial Coordination Council; exchange of plant between the industrial bureaus.
  • Exchange Office
  • Office of Plant Removals
• Department of Large Works: Docks, furnaces, power stations and other plant of national importance.
  • Office of Large Works
  • Docks & Yards Office

Boards & Commissions

• CSRE Industrial Automatics Board: Partner representatives from commercial computer manufacturers and major users of automatic systems for public-private research coordination in conjunction with the Bureau of Automatics.
• Commonwealth Computing Systems Commission: Development of technical standards for optical computers, data formats and system interoperability.
• National Photonic Research Council: Coordination of fundamental photonics research across universities, particularly at Commonwealth University’s National Photonic Laboratories.
• Automatic Systems Advisory Board: Technical consultation on robot control systems for the Bureau of Automation and Robotics.

Constituents

• CSRE Industrial Automatics Board: Partner representatives from commercial computer manufacturers and major users for public-private research coordination with the Bureau of Automatics.
• Commonwealth Computing Systems Commission: Development of technical standards for optical computers, data formats and system interoperability.
• National Photonic Research Council: Coordination of fundamental photonics research across universities, particularly at Vekllei National University’s National Photonic Laboratories.
• Automatic Systems Advisory Board: Technical consultation on robot control systems for the Bureau of Automation and Robotics.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Administration, industrial liaison and strategic direction of the establishment.
  • Office of Administration
  • Office of Industrial Affairs
  • Office of Research Ethics
  • Office of Universities & Foreign Industry
  • Office of the DSRE
  • Office of Legislative, Foreign & Public Relations
  • Office of the Chief Scientist
• Department of Optical Computing: Research and development of photonic circuits, holographic memory and ternary computing systems.
  • Division of Photonic Circuits
  • Division of Holographic Memory
  • Division of Ternary Systems
  • Division of Nonlinear Optics
  • National Optical Components Laboratories
• Department of Automatic Systems: Research into robot control, command computers and sensory and coordination systems.
  • Division of Robot Control
  • Division of Command Computers
  • Division of Sensory Systems
  • Division of Machine Coordination
  • Automatic Systems Test Facility
  • Automatic Systems Test Facility, Ascension
• Department of Networks & Communications: Development of data networks, signal processing and radio systems including the National Bulletin System.
  • Division of Data Networks
  • Division of Signal Processing
  • Division of Radio Systems
  • Atlantic Data Exchange Research Station
  • National Bulletin System Development Office
  • Atlantic Data Exchange Research Station, Oslola
• Department of Applied Computing: Industrial, administrative, archival and transport computing applications.
  • Division of Industrial Computing
  • Division of Administrative Computing
  • Division of Archives & Records
  • Division of Transport Computing
  • Government Computing Applications Centre
• Department of Manufacturing Research: Research into production techniques for photocrystals, optical components and computing hardware.
  • Division of Photocrystal Production
  • Division of Optical Components
  • Division of Circuit Fabrication
  • Division of Quality Control
  • National Computing Materials Laboratory
  • National Computing Materials Laboratory, Kairi

Constituents

• Plant and Animal Quarantine Service: Pests and diseases of crops and animals between the islands.
• Commonwealth Veterinary Service: Animal health, disease surveillance and farm inspection.
• National Forest Commission: State forests and timber yields.
• Commonwealth Seed Bank: Collection and issue of seed suited to the Commonwealth’s climates.

Departments

• Department of Crops: Field crops, market gardens and orchards.
  • Advisory Office
  • Office of Soils & Irrigation
  • Office of Agronomy
• Department of Glasshouse Farming: Hydroponic, aeroponic and glasshouse food production, mainly on the poorer islands.
  • Hydroponics Office
  • Glasshouses Office
  • Fuel & Water Office
• Department of Livestock: Livestock, dairying and the inspection of animals.
  • Livestock Office
  • Office of Dairying & Poultry
  • Veterinary Inspectorate
• Department of Agricultural Quarantine: Inspection of agricultural imports and of plant and animal material moved between islands.
  • Import Inspection Office
  • Quarantine Stations
  • Pests & Diseases Office
• Department of Forestry: Forestry and timber on Commonwealth land; timber licences elsewhere.
  • Office of State Forests
  • Office of Minor Forest Produce
  • Office of Timber Licences

Constituents

• Commonwealth Fisheries Authority: Fishing rights and the licensing of fishing boats.
• Fish Farming Commission: Licensing of marine and freshwater fish farms.
• Fisheries Laboratory: Stock assessment, with the Bureau of Oceans.
• Fisheries Inspection Service: Inspection of fishing boats and landing stations.

Departments

• Department of Fisheries: Catch limits; fishing rights; stock assessment.
  • Quotas Office
  • Fishing Rights Office
  • Office of Stock Assessment
  • High Seas Office
• Department of Fishery Protection: Inspection of vessels and landings; licences; prosecutions.
  • Vessel Reports Office
  • Landings Inspectorate
  • Prosecutions Office
  • Licensing Office
• Department of Fish Farming: Marine and freshwater fish farms.
  • Sea Farms Office
  • Freshwater Farms Office
  • Hatcheries Office
  • Fish Farm Standards Office
• Department of Fisheries Research: Research on fish stocks, with the Bureau of Oceans.
  • Stocks Research Office
  • Fishing Grounds Survey
  • Catch Statistics Office
• Department of Foreign Fleets: Agreements on foreign fishing in Commonwealth waters.
  • Agreements Office
  • Foreign Vessels Inspectorate
  • Fisheries Commissions Office

Constituents

• Commonwealth Map Office: The national maps and survey data for government use.
• Titles Register: Register of every title granted in the Commonwealth, with a copy at each republic office.

Departments

• Department of the Cadastre: Survey of every parcel of land and its boundaries.
  • Office of Cadastral Survey
  • Office of Boundaries
  • Office of Crown Land Survey
• Department of Titles: The Titles Register, including titles reported by municipal realtors and titles recognised by the courts.
  • Office of Registration
  • Office of Immediate Titles
  • Office of Inheritance
  • Office of Federal Claims
• Department of Mapping: The national topographic maps and the town plans.
  • Office of Topographic Mapping
  • Office of Town Plans
  • Office of Geodesy
  • Office of Place Names
• Republic Survey Offices: One in every republic, holding a local copy of the cadastre and the Titles Register.
  • Republic Survey Offices

Constituents

• Commonwealth Weather Service: Observing stations, public forecasts and storm warnings.
• Commonwealth Climate Commission: Climate records and their long-term study.
• National Seismological Centre: Seismographs in the volcanic republics, shared with the Seismic Intelligence System.

Departments

• Department of Forecasting & Observation: Observing stations; forecasts for land, sea and air.
  • Office of General Forecasting
  • Office of Marine Meteorology
  • Office of Aviation Meteorology
  • Office of Observation Stations
• Department of Warnings: Warnings of hurricanes, floods, storm surges and volcanic and seismic activity.
  • Hurricane Office
  • Volcanic & Seismic Office
  • Flood & Storm Surge Office
• Department of Climatology: Climate records and atmospheric research.
  • Office of Climate Records
  • Office of Atmospheric Research
  • Office of International Meteorology
• Department of Hydrology: River levels, freshwater reserves and coastal flooding.
  • Office of Rivers & Gauges
  • Office of Coastal Hydrology

Constituents

• Hydrographic Office: Charts and hydrographic surveys of Commonwealth waters.
• Commonwealth Fisheries Quota Board: Catch quotas by species and region, set with the Bureau of Fisheries.
• Seabed Minerals Board: Licences for seabed minerals, including monopoles.

Departments

• Hydrographic Department: Charts, tide tables and oceanographic records of Vekllei waters.
  • Chart Office
  • Tidal Office
  • Office of Deep Sea Survey
• Department of the Economic Zones: The exclusive economic zones, foreign access and boundary disputes.
  • Zones Office
  • Foreign Licences Office
  • Boundaries Office
• Department of Marine Resources: Fishing, fish farming and undersea extraction.
  • Fisheries Office
  • Fish Farming Office
  • Seabed Office
• Department of Marine Pollution: Pollution of Vekllei waters and its prevention.
  • Sea Water Testing Office
  • Oil Spills Office
  • Marine Science Office

Constituents

• National Parks Commission: The national parks and gated wilderness reserves.
• Commonwealth Wildlife Board: Register of protected species; wildlife counts in the parks.
• Volcanic Region Hazards Establishment: Plans for volcanic eruption in the Atlantic island republics.

Departments

• Department of National Parks & Reserves: The national parks and reserves; their huts, paths and visitor stations.
  • Office of Park Operations
  • Office of Visitors
  • Office of Rangers
• Department of Commonwealth Land: Wild land held by the Commonwealth outside the parks, including the uninhabited islands.
  • Office of Wild Land
  • Office of Uninhabited Islands
• Department of Wildlife: The register of protected species; invasive species in the parks.
  • Office of Protected Species
  • Office of Invasive Species

Constituents

• Vekllei Ecology Board: Advocate for ecological balance and conservation throughout the Commonwealth.
• Commonwealth Volcanic Hazards Establishment: Preparation and response for dangerous volcanic activity across the republics.
• National Marine Establishment: Scientific marine studies centre in Habacoa.
• Conception Island Research Station: Ecological research station on Conception Island in Rum.
• Anguilla Electric Laboratories: Seawater electricity generation complex in Anguilla.
• Coral Cay Research Station: Marine research facility in Conch.
• Pinefield Agricultural Station: Experimental greenhouse farms developing salt-tolerant crop varieties for limestone islands in Yabaque.
• Turtle Science Station: Research station on Crooked Island tracking sea turtle nesting patterns in Yabaque.
• Caribbean Botanical Research Station: Research station in Oualie studying tropical plants adapted to volcanic soils and geothermal conditions.
• Deep Particle Observatory: Neutrino detector installation in Kala and base of the Atlantic Neutrino Surveillance System, operated jointly with the NSRE.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Administration, conservation policy and strategic direction of the establishment.
  • Office of Conservation & Observation
  • Office of Research Culture & Personnel
  • Office of Research Ethics
  • Office of Science Policy
  • Office of the Chief Scientist
• Department of Chemicals & Materials: Research into industrial chemistry, geochemistry and materials science.
  • Cement & Ceramics Laboratories
  • Division of Geochemistry
  • Division of Mineral Chemistry
  • Division of Organic Chemistry
  • Division of Physical Chemistry
  • Division of Protein Chemistry
  • Division of Textile Industry
• Department of Ecology: Scientific study of ecosystems, wildlife and environmental conditions across the Commonwealth’s diverse climatic zones.
  • Antarctic Division
  • Arctic Division
  • Division of Entomology
  • Division of Marine Wildlife
  • Division of Subarctic & Subantarctic Agronomy
  • Division of Tropical Agronomy
  • Division of Wildlife
• Department of Energy & Fuels: Survey and research into natural resources, fuel sources and energy chemistry.
  • National Resource Laboratory
  • Coal Survey Section
  • Division of Energy Chemistry
  • Oil Survey Section
  • Precious Minerals Survey Section
  • Uranium Survey Section
• Department of Geologic Sciences: Agricultural science, soil research, hydrology and volcanology across the Commonwealth.
  • Division of Agricultural Physics
  • Division of Hydroponics
  • Division of Irrigation Research
  • Division of Livestock & Dairy Industry
  • Division of Plant Industry
  • Division of Soils
  • Division of Volcanology
  • Irrigation Research Laboratories
• Department of Oceanographic Sciences: Marine science, aquaculture research and undersea physics.
  • National Marine Establishment
  • Division of Aquaculture Industry
  • Division of Oceanography
  • Division of Undersea Physics
• Department of Physics: Applied and fundamental physical sciences including atmospheric, geophysical and fluid dynamics research.
  • Division of Applied Physics
  • Division of Atmospheric Physics
  • Division of Chemical Physics
  • Division of Extraterrestrial & Atmospheric Industry
  • Division of Fluid Dynamics
  • Division of Geophysics
  • Division of Metrology

Departments

• Operations: Security and repair of the utilities in emergencies.
  • Emergency Authority Operations Centre
  • Northern Recovery Depot
  • Caribbean Recovery Depot
  • Verde Recovery Depot
  • Lucaya Recovery Depot

Constituents

• Commonwealth Nuclear Energy Board: Government commission on civilian nuclear energy policy and reactor siting.
• United Nuclear Transport Working Group: Industrial and academic consortium that developed the Apollo NTR and coordinates astronuclear research.
• National Atomic Timing Establishment: Operates the caesium atomic clock network underpinning the Federal Quantum Timing System.
• Deep Particle Observatory: Neutrino detector installation in Kala and base of the Atlantic Neutrino Surveillance System, operated jointly with the LSRE.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Administration, industrial liaison and strategic direction of the establishment.
  • Office of Administration
  • Office of Industrial Affairs
  • Office of Research Ethics
  • Office of Nuclear Security & Safeguards
  • Office of the DSRE
  • Office of Legislative, Foreign & Public Relations
  • Office of the Chief Scientist
• Department of Fission Science: Research into fission reactor design, fuel fabrication and spent fuel management for civilian power generation.
  • National Fission Laboratories
  • Division of Reactor Engineering
  • Division of Fuel Cycle Science
  • Division of Thermal Hydraulics
  • Uranium-233 Breeding Programme
• Department of Fusion Science: Research and development of fusion power generation, including commercial fusion plants and compact monopole-catalysed reactors.
  • Advanced Atomics Establishment
  • Commonwealth National Fusion Laboratories
  • Advanced Aneutronic Laboratories
  • Division of Plasma Physics
  • Division of Magnetic Confinement
  • Division of Direct Energy Conversion
• Department of Nuclear Propulsion: Development of nuclear propulsion systems for aerospace, marine and surface transport applications.
  • Astronuclear Propulsion Laboratories
  • Marine Propulsion Research Establishment
  • Division of Nuclear Thermal Rocketry
  • Division of Compact Power Systems
• Department of Monopole Science: All monopole handling, catalyst fabrication and reactor refurbishment operations.
  • Monopole Refurbishment Facility
  • Division of Monopole Physics
  • Division of Catalyst Engineering
  • Division of Magnetic Trap Systems
• Department of Radiation & Health Physics: Research into radiation effects, shielding design and occupational health across the nuclear industry.
  • National Radiation Laboratories
  • Division of Dosimetry & Health Physics
  • Division of Shielding & Materials
  • Division of Environmental Monitoring

Constituents

• Housing Commission: Public housing authority.
• Vekllei Tenant Union: Union of non-owner residents.
• Fair Housing Authority: Inspector of housing standards.

Departments

• Department of Architecture & Planning: Design standards for new housing; the planning of new estates.
  • Office of the Chief Architect
  • Estate Layout Office
  • New Towns Office
• Department of Housing Construction: Building of public housing, mostly through the National Construction House.
• Department of Neighbourhoods: Housing of migrants, neighbourhood planning and dwellings for the disabled.
  • Migrants' Housing Office
  • Estate Development Office
  • Neighbourhood Units Office
  • Outer Islands Office
  • Estate Transport Office
  • Disabled Persons' Dwellings Office
• Department of Existing Housing: Repair, improvement and inspection of the existing housing stock.
  • Housing Inspectorate
  • Tenants' Office
  • Improvements Office

Constituents

• Vekllei Parks Commission: Zoos and gated parks.
• Allotments Society: Allotments, garden instruction and light agriculture.
• National Beauty Campaign: Litter campaigns and the upkeep of public places.

Departments

• Department of Gardens & Smallholdings: Allotments, municipal gardens and other small green spaces.
  • Office of the Architect
  • Office of Garden Design
  • Office of Running Water
  • Office of Natural Light & Open Air
• Department of Landscape Works: Landscaping for municipalities, institutions and private householders.
  • Office of Municipal Works
  • Office of Private Work
  • Office of Street Furniture
  • Office of Interiors & House Gardens
• Department of Parks: Public parks, zoos and historic sites.
  • Office of Historic Sites
  • Office of Zoos
  • Office of Parks & Squares
  • Office of Upkeep

Constituents

• National Construction House: National construction company responsible for most public projects and residential construction.

Departments

• Department of National Projects: Large works spanning several republics or of national importance.
  • Inter-Republic Works Office
  • Office of Special Trades
• Department of Municipal Works: Help to municipalities with building and utility works.
  • Town Works Office
  • Emergency Works Office
  • Office of Utilities
• Department of Trades & Labour: Labour, automatic plant and safety on government building sites.
  • Automatic Plant Office
  • Service Labour Office
  • Site Safety Office

Departments

• Design & Construction: Design and construction of tenanted housing.
  • Office of Housing Design
  • Office of Housing Construction
• Tenancy: Municipal tenancies.
  • Commonwealth Housing Commission
  • Volcanic Tenancy Office
  • Arctic Tenancy Office
  • Atlantic Tenancy Office
  • Verde Tenancy Office
  • Kalina Tenancy Office
  • Antilles Tenancy Office
  • Lucaya Tenancy Office
  • Antarctic Tenancy Office

Constituents

• Commonwealth Professional Register: Register of every public servant and their qualifications.
• Civil Service Examinations Board: The open examination for the civil service.
• Commonwealth School of Public Service: Training of new entrants at Fennel, and courses for serving officers.
• Public Service Tribunal: Discipline of public servants.

Departments

• Devolved Ministry Sections: Accreditation and professional standards in the devolved regional ministries.
  • Antarctic Section
  • Antilles Section
  • Arctic Section
  • Atlantic Section
  • Kalinan Section
  • Lucayan Section
  • Verdean Section
  • Volcanic Section
• Department of Public Service: The public service; internal commissions, efficiency reports and the public service awards.
  • Internal Commission
  • Efficiency Office
  • Public Service Commission
  • Public Service Award Committee
• Department of Examinations: Professional examinations and certificates for public servants.
  • Office of Examinations
  • Office of Certificates
• Department of the Commonwealth: Professional standards across the Commonwealth; devolution, foreign qualifications and secondments between ministries.
  • Exchange Office
  • Office of the Commonwealth
  • Office of Devolution
  • Office of the Superior Ministries
  • Office of Foreign Qualifications

Constituents

• Commonwealth Corporations Council: Governance council of the major government-owned corporations.
• Vekllei National Congress of Public Corporations: Autonomous congress and coordinating body for all state-owned industries.
• Municipal Corporations Council: Advice and training for municipal corporations on their charters.
• Government Purchasing Office: Purchasing for all ministries.
• Federalisation Archive: Records of every federalisation and of the detachments that conducted it.

Departments

• Department of Treaties: The treaties of accession of the republics; the schedules of federal law that apply to each.
  • Office of Treaties
  • Office of Federal Schedules
  • Office of Secondments
• Department of Municipal Charters: Incorporation of municipalities and metropolises; their borders and charters.
  • Office of Incorporation
  • Office of Borders
  • Office of the Standard Charter
• Department of Corporate Charters: Registration of bureau corporations, municipal corporations and private companies.
  • Office of Bureau Corporations
  • Office of Municipal Corporations
  • Office of Private Companies
• Department of State Enterprises: Registration of the government enterprises; their governance standards and board appointments.
  • Office of Board Appointments
  • Office of Governance Standards
• Department of Receivership: Winding up of failed firms; return of their plant; closure of their charters.
  • Office of the Official Receiver
  • Office of Returned Plant
  • Office of Closed Charters

Departments

• Department of Elections: Conduct of elections and by-elections.
  • Polling Office
  • Count Office
  • Office of By-elections
• Department of Referendums: Referendums; verification of petitions and wording of questions.
  • Referendums Office
  • Petitions Office
• Department of the Electoral Roll: The national electoral roll and enrolment.
  • Office of Enrolment
  • Roll Inspection Office
  • Tabulating Office
• Department of Boundaries: Redistribution of electoral divisions after each census.
  • Office of Redistribution
  • Apportionment Office
• Department of Candidates: The Electoral Gazette; registration of candidates, parties and political associations.
  • Nominations Office
  • Electoral Gazette Office
• Department of Foreign Elections: Electoral advice and observers for member states and foreign governments.
  • Member States Office
  • Observers Office

Departments

• Standards Press of Vekllei: Publishing arm of the Bureau of Standards.
  • Press Administration
  • Standards Editorial Office
  • Mira Printing Works
• Statistics Press of Vekllei: Publishing arm of the Bureau of Statistics.
  • Statistics Editorial Office

Departments

• Campuses: Teaching campuses of the school.
  • Fennel Campus
  • Oslola Campus
  • Kairi Campus

Constituents

• Commonwealth Standards Directorate: Administrative standards for government offices.
• Technical Inspection Directorate: Inspectors of buildings, plant and equipment.
• Federal Inspectors' College: Training and certification of government inspectors.
• Republic Liaison: Liaison between federal inspectors and the republic inspectorates.
• Inspectorate Intelligence Directorate: Analysis of inspection returns for recurring faults.

Departments

• Department of Ministry Inspections: Regular and unannounced inspections of the federal ministries in all eight regional commonwealths.
  • Commerce Inspection Division
  • Culture Inspection Division
  • Defence Inspection Division
  • Industry Inspection Division
  • Labour Inspection Division
  • Landscape Inspection Division
  • Light and Water Inspection Division
  • Commons Inspection Division
• Department of Republic Inspections: Inspection of republic governments and municipal administrations.
  • Republic Governments Office
  • Municipal Office
  • Local Inspections Office
  • Republic Returns Office
• Department of Inspection Standards: Inspection procedure; ministries’ replies to recommendations.
  • Procedure Office
  • Replies Office
  • Inspection Programme Office
• Department of Special Investigations: Inspections requiring long investigation or several ministries.
  • Office of System Failure
  • Office of Consort Review
  • Office of Emergency Inspections
  • Office of Standards Surveillance

Boards & Commissions

• Cooperative Research Commission: Public-private research partnership advocate.
• Public Science Board: Independent ombudsman of public science.
• Government Scientists Group: National science committee of chief scientists who coordinate science policy across establishments.

Constituents

• ASRE: Astro Science Research Establishment – astronomy, aeronautical and space research.
• CSRE: Computer Science Research Establishment – computing and robotics research.
• DSRE: Defence Science Research Establishment – military research, and the largest establishment.
• LSRE: Land Science Research Establishment – environmental and agricultural research.
• MSRE: Medical Science Research Establishment – medical and health research.
• NSRE: Nuclear Science Research Establishment – civilian nuclear research.
• Commonwealth Laboratories: The primary government research complex, with main campuses in Oslola and Kairi.

Council Organisation

• SIRO

Constituent Establishments

• ASRE
• CSRE
• DSRE
• LSRE
• MSRE
• NSRE

Constituent Laboratories

• Commonwealth Laboratories
• Transport Laboratories

Departments

• Department of Research: Science policy, research ethics, research culture and personnel.
  • Office of Science Policy
  • Office of Research Democracy
  • Office of Research Ethics
  • Office of Research Culture & Personnel
• Department of Public Services: Press & media, public affairs and public education.
  • Office of Press & Media
  • Office of Public Affairs
  • Office of Public Education
• Department of Automation: Industrial automation and enterprise.
  • Office of Industrial Automation
  • Office of Enterprise
• Department of Manufacturing: Industrial research.
  • Office of Industrial Research
• Department of Energy: Energy research coordination across constituent establishments.
• Department of Resources: Undersea research, resource discovery and minerals and mines.
  • Office of Undersea Research
  • Office of Resource Discovery
  • Office of Minerals & Mines
• Department of Infrastructure: Laboratories infrastructure and standards.
  • Office of Laboratories
  • Standards Board

Constituents

• Commonwealth Space Federation: Industrial and academic council of partners that include the ASRE, developing and manufacturing spacecraft.
• Commonwealth Space Council: Government commission on space policy and development.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Administration, policy, industrial relations and strategic direction of the establishment.
  • Office of Administration
  • Office of Industrial Affairs
  • Office of Research Ethics
  • Office of Universities & Foreign Industry
  • Office of the DSRE
  • Office of Legislative, Foreign & Public Relations
  • Office of the Chief Scientist
• Department of Aerospace: Research and development in aeronautics, atmospheric flight and propulsion systems.
  • Flight Research Establishment
  • Ordada Missile Test Range
  • National Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Division of Astrophysics
  • Division of Aerodynamics & Flight
  • Advanced Projects Establishment
• Department of Manned Spaceflight: Human space exploration including spacecraft development and deep space missions.
  • National Telescope
  • Division of Spacecraft
  • Division of Deep Space
• Department of Extraterrestrial Science: Research stations on other planets and research into extraterrestrial bodies.
  • Station Mars
  • Station Venus
  • Office of the International Space Station
  • Office of the Lunar International Settlement
  • Division of Comets & Asteroids
  • Division of Colonisation & Exploitation
• Department of Tracking & Data Acquisition: Tracking data relay and processing systems for space missions and astronomical observation.
  • National Radar Station
  • Plana Cays Tracking Station
  • Division of Telemetry
  • Division of Data Processing & Storage
• Department of Advanced Research & Technology: Fundamental research in physics, materials, propulsion and life support systems.
  • Division of Propulsion & Aerodynamics
  • Division of Materials
  • Division of Physics
  • National Gravity Research Establishment
  • Life Support Laboratories

Constituents

• Commonwealth Airways: Flag carrier and national airline of Vekllei.
• Commonwealth Starlines: Subsidiary of Commonwealth Airways providing space transport services.
• Government Aircraft Factories: Major civilian aircraft manufacturer.
• Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation: Major military aircraft manufacturer.
• Commonwealth Private Flying Federation: Private and club flying.
• Commonwealth Air Traffic Services: Air traffic control.
• Commonwealth Civil Flight Squadron: Civilian flying unit for equipment calibration, testing, aerial photography and inspection.
• Commonwealth Air Safety Board: Air safety rules and the investigation of accidents.
• Atlantic Air Traffic Information Service: Flight plans and air traffic information.
• Civil Signals Training Establishment: Training of air engineers and air traffic controllers.
• Civil Aviation Register: Licensing of civil and commercial pilots.

Departments

• Department of Flight Safety: Airworthiness and safety rules for civil and commercial flying.
• Department of Air Traffic Control: National airspace; air traffic control by radio and signals.
  • Office of Civil Signals
  • Office of Communications
• Department of Aerodromes & Cosmodromes: Licensing and inspection of airports, water airports, jetports, aerodromes and spaceports.
  • Office of Inspection
  • Office of Water Airports
  • Office of Jetports
  • Office of Aerodromes
  • Office of Cosmodromes
• Department of Aviation Security: Security of air travel; aircraft materials and parts.
• Department of Airspace: The control districts of Vekllei airspace and its space claims.
  • Boreal Radar & Control District
  • Oriental Radar & Control District
  • Antillean Occidental Radar & Control District
  • Austral Radar & Control District
  • Leeward Caribbean Radar & Control District
  • Atmospheric & Horizon Radar Control District

Constituents

• Commonwealth Post: National postal service and mail carrier of Vekllei.
• Cosma: Primary telecommunications provider and network operator.
• Veletia Broadcasting Service: National radio and television.
• Radio Atlantic: National radio broadcaster.
• School Broadcasting Service: Radio and television for schools.
• Commonwealth Telegraph & Cable Company: Overseas telegraphs and submarine cables.
• Lucayan Telephone Exchange Corporation: Telephone network and exchange services headquartered in Caicos.
• Summers Transatlantic Exchange Corporation: Telephone network and exchange services headquartered in Summers.
• Volcanic Telephone Exchange Corporation: Telephone network and exchange services headquartered in Oslola.
• Commonwealth Radio Frequency Register: Register and licensing of radio frequencies.
• Commonwealth Broadcast Register: Licences for radio operators and telephone companies.
• Commonwealth Postal Banking Commission: Foreign exchange for postal remittances abroad.
• Saint Gabriel Telegraph Training College: Training facility associated with Atlantic College in Oslola. Historically trained telegraph operators but now specialises in optical-electric communications.

Departments

• Department of Posts: Inland and overseas posts, mail transport and postal banking.
  • Office of Revenues & Customs
  • Office of International Post
  • Office of Priority Post
  • Office of Railway & Air Mails
  • Office of Postal Banking
• Department of Telecommunications: Telephone, telegraph and cable networks.
  • Office of Telephone Networks
  • Office of Telegraphs
  • Office of Cables & Lines
  • Office of Rural Lines
  • National Emergency Telecommunications Committee
• Department of Broadcasting & Wireless: Broadcast licences, frequencies and emergency broadcasting.
  • Office of Radio Licensing
  • Office of Frequency Management
  • Office of Emergency Broadcasting
• Department of Industrial Security: Inspection and security of postal and telephone plant.
  • Postal Inspection Branch
  • Electrics Inspection Branch
• Service Branches: Regional administration of posts and telephones.
  • Arctic & Volcanic Section
  • Verde & African Section
  • Atlantic Section
  • Antarctic Section
  • Kalina & Lucayan Section
  • International Telegraph Section

Constituents

• CommRail: National rail company and service operator.
• Passenger Amenities Committee: Advises on the comfort of passengers.

Departments

• General Council: Advises the Ministry of the Commons on railway policy.
• Department of Permanent Way: Track, signals and automatic working.
  • Office of Track
  • Office of Signals and Telecommunications
  • Automatic Working Office
• Department of Traction & Rolling Stock: Locomotives and all other rail vehicles.
  • Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office
• Department of Operating: Running of the railway; its historic lines and stock.
  • Historic Railways Office
  • Office of Atlantic & Southern Railways

Constituents

• National Automobile Club of Vekllei (NACV): Independent motor enthusiast and automobile club.
• National Motor Vehicle Testing Establishment: Crash testing and vehicle safety establishment located in Barbados.

Departments

• Department of Town Roads & Paths: Roads and footpaths within towns.
  • Regional District Offices
  • Municipal Liaison
  • Industrial Liaison
• Department of Country Roads & Paths: Roads and tracks in the country and on the remoter islands.
  • Office of Country Works
• Department of Road Research: Traffic and road materials.
  • National Motoring Laboratories
• Department of Motor Vehicles: Licensing and testing of motor vehicles; road accidents.
  • Office of Licensing
  • Office of Vehicle Testing
  • Investigation Branch

Constituents

• Lunar Municipal Council: Local government of the Vekllei Lunar Settlement.
• Venus Public Council: Administrative board for Station Venus.
• Mars Public Council: Administrative board for Station Mars.
• Vekllei Celestial Development Corporation: Planning and design firm specialising in off-world construction.
• Commonwealth Lunar Trade Board: Trade promotion board for off-world corporations and investment.

Departments

• Department of Space Settlements: Government of the off-world colonies.
  • Lunar Commission
  • Mars Commission
  • Venus Commission
  • Stations Commission
• Department of Policy & Security: Space exploration, space law and trade, and scientific missions.
  • Missions & Charts Office
  • Science Office
  • Multilateral Policy Office
  • Trade Office
  • Law & Protocols Office
• Department of Operations: Transport, supply and habitation for civil activity in space.
  • Office of Habitation
  • Office of Transport & Supply
  • Office of Launches
  • Office of Colonial Administration

Constituents

• Commonwealth Customs Service: The uniformed inspectors of cargo and baggage at the ports and airports.
• Frontier Quarantine Service: Inspection of plants, animals and food at the frontier, and the quarantine stations.
• Frontier Training School: Training of frontier officers, at Kairi.

Departments

• Department of Entry: Passports and visas at every point of entry, including the papers of foreign workers.
  • Office of Passports
  • Office of Visas
  • Office of Refusals
• Department of Customs: Inspection of cargoes; stamps on exported goods.
  • Office of Cargo Inspection
  • Office of Export Stamps
  • Office of Seizures
• Department of Quarantine: Inspection of plants, animals and food at the frontier; the quarantine stations.
  • Office of Quarantine Inspection
  • Office of Quarantine Stations
• Department of Visitors: Package rates paid by foreign tourists; search of baggage on departure.
  • Office of Package Rates
  • Office of Departures
• Frontier Offices: About 300 offices, at almost every port and airport of the Commonwealth.
  • Frontier Offices

Constituents

• Commonwealth Ship Registry: Registration of ships under the Commonwealth flag.
• Maritime Traffic Service: Reporting and routing of ships in Commonwealth waters.
• Commonwealth Harbours Board: Port standards across the republics.
• Seafarer Certification Board: Certificates of competency for seafarers.
• Maritime Safety Inspectorate: Survey of ships for seaworthiness.
• Argo Meridian: Builder of merchant ships, and of the patrol, frigate and destroyer hulls.
• Leviathan Vast: Builder of capital ships.

Departments

• Department of Ship Registration: Registry of ships; flag duties.
  • Registrar of Ships
  • Flag Office
  • Ship Records Office
  • Transfers Office
• Department of Maritime Traffic: Movement of ships through Commonwealth waters.
  • Traffic Office
  • Sea Lanes Office
  • Ship Reporting Office
  • Marine Casualties Office
• Department of Ports: Port standards and the small island harbours.
  • Office of Port Standards
  • Harbours Office
  • Small Harbours Office
• Department of Seafarers: Certificates, training and the conditions of seafarers.
  • Certificates Office
  • Training Office
  • Seafarers' Hostels Office
• Department of Maritime Safety: Survey of ships; investigation of marine accidents.
  • Ship Surveyors' Office
  • Marine Accidents Office
  • Safety Rules Office

Boards & Commissions

• Atlantic Hotel: International hospitality company that serves Vekllei citizens and foreigners.
• Commonwealth Overseas Information Service: Tourist offices abroad.
• Commonwealth Traveller Consulate: Consulate for Vekllei tourists abroad.
• Commonwealth Tourism Council: Council of inns and hotels, at home and overseas.

Departments

• Department of Overseas Travel: Travel abroad by Vekllei citizens, alone or on package tours.
  • Package Tours Office
  • Foreign Relations Office
  • Office of the Traveller Consulate
  • Travel Advice Office
  • Stranded Travellers Office
  • Commonwealth Passport Office
• Department of Inland Travel: Travel within Vekllei; hotels and inns.
  • Office of Foreign Travellers
  • Routes Office
  • Resorts Office
• Department of Tourism: Tourism and the tourist trade, mainly for foreign visitors.
  • Office of the Tourism Council
  • Office of the Overseas Information Service
  • Atlantic Resorts Office
  • Lucayan Resorts Office

Departments

• Commission: Connections between the transport networks; traffic returns; advice to the ministry.
  • Praya Headquarters
  • Traffic Returns Office
  • Northern Network Office
  • Caribbean Network Office
  • Verde Network Office

Departments

• Laboratories: Transport research, specifications and passenger surveys.
  • Aismious Laboratory
  • Office of Passenger Surveys
  • Office of Route Development

Constituents

• Commonwealth Civil Register: Register of births, deaths, marriages, changes of name and family relationships.
• Citizenship Commission: Naturalisation and residence.
• Settlement Commission: Placing of new arrivals in the receiving republics.
• Passport and Identity Card Office: Commonwealth passports and republic identity cards.
• Status Commission: Stateless persons and disputed nationality.
• Immigration Appeals Tribunal: Appeals against placings and refusals of entry.

Departments

• Department of Civil Registration: The Civil Register; births, deaths, marriages and changes of name.
  • Office of Births & Deaths
  • Marriages Office
  • Change of Name Office
  • Family Records Office
• Department of Citizenship: Naturalisation; residence; citizens resident overseas; appeals.
  • Naturalisation Office
  • Residence Office
  • Overseas Citizens Office
  • Appeals Office
• Department of Visas & Entry: Visas, entry, asylum and removal.
  • Visas & Permits Office
  • Asylum Office
  • Office of Removals
• Department of Settlement: Placing of new arrivals in receiving republics and municipalities.
  • Republic Placings Office
  • Reception Office
  • Office of Emergency Settlement
• Department of Identity Documents: Passports and identity cards.
  • Passport Office
  • Identity Cards Office
  • Office of Lost Documents
• Department of Legal Status: Contested and exceptional status cases.
  • Office of Stateless Persons
  • Office of Guardianship

Constituents

• Day Nurseries Board: Day nurseries and nursery schools for children under six; registration of child-minders.
• Children’s Board: Children in public custody; boarding-out with foster households; adoption.
• Residential Accommodation Board: Homes for old people and for adults unable to keep a household of their own.
• Handicapped Persons Board: Registration of the handicapped; appliances and adaptations to dwellings; sheltered employment.
• Household Exemptions Office: Exemptions from Regular Service for persons in full-time attendance on a child under twelve or a severely disabled adult.

Departments

• Children's Department
  • Office of Day Nurseries
  • Boarding-Out Office
  • Adoption Office
  • Children's Inspectorate
• Department of Households: Matrimonial disputes, separation and custody; household exemptions.
  • Matrimonial Office
  • Home Visiting Office
  • Exemptions Office
• Department of Old People: Residential accommodation; home helps; allocation of ground-floor dwellings in new residences.
  • Residential Accommodation Office
  • Home Helps Office
  • Allocations Office
• Disablement Department
  • Registration Office
  • Appliances Office
  • Adaptations Office
  • Sheltered Employment Office
  • Medical Boards
• General Department
  • Establishments Office
  • Statistics Office
  • Republics Office

Constituents

• Commonwealth Religions: Interfaith congress of thirteen tradition groups, partly funded by the bureau. Sits quarterly at Kairi.
• Chaplaincy Board: Appointment of chaplains to hospitals, prisons and the armed forces.
• Sacred Sites Board: Scheduling of religious buildings and sites; maintenance grants.
• Religious Rights Tribunal: Appeals on registration, religious property and the rights of congregations.

Departments

• Registration Department
  • Places of Worship Office
  • Religious Trusts Office
  • Burial Grounds Office
• Department of Religious Rights: Complaints of discrimination or interference by public bodies.
  • Complaints Office
  • Refugees Office
• Department of Observances: Public holidays; religious instruction in schools; overseas churches and missions.
  • Public Holidays Office
  • Religious Instruction Office
  • Overseas Office
• Chaplaincy Department
  • Hospitals Office
  • Prisons Office
  • Forces Office
• General Department
  • Establishments Office
  • Congress Liaison Office

Constituents

• Commonwealth Volunteer Service: Registration, placing and training of Work Action Groups.
• Register of Societies: Register of societies, cooperatives and voluntary associations.
• Voluntary Societies Grant: Materials, premises and grants for voluntary societies.
• Voluntary Associations Survey: Surveys of voluntary associations in the republics.

Departments

• Department of Societies: Register of societies, cooperatives and friendly societies; grants.
  • Registrar of Societies
  • Grants Office
  • Office of Cooperatives
  • Friendly Societies Office
• Department of Social Surveys: Surveys of voluntary associations in the republics.
  • Survey Office
  • Republics Office
  • Foreign Societies Office
• Department of Civic Education: Teaching of civic obligations and the conduct of municipal assemblies.
  • Civics Office
  • Office of Assembly Practice

Departments

• Secretariat: Administration of the congress and its quarterly sessions; affiliate membership.
  • Sessions Office
  • Conferences Office
  • Press Office
• Joint Sites Committee: Sites held sacred by more than one tradition.
• Calendar Committee: The calendar of religious holidays and observances.
• Religious Instruction Committee: Advice on religious instruction in Commonwealth schools.

Member Assemblies

• Upen Custodians’ Assembly: Custodians of the Upen shrines of Oslola and the Volcanic Region; the Upen calendar.
• Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Antilles: Catholic dioceses of Kalina, Lucaya and the Antilles.
• Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Atlantic: Catholic dioceses of the Atlantic and Oslolan republics.
• Anglican Synod: Anglican dioceses and parishes.
• Lutheran Church Council: Lutheran congregations of the northern republics.
• Free Church Council: Baptist, Methodist and other nonconformist churches.
• Spiritual Baptist Council: Spiritual Baptist churches of Kairi and Kalina.
• Orthodox Churches Council: Greek, Armenian and Ethiopian Orthodox parishes.
• Atlantic Jewish Assembly: Synagogues and Jewish congregations; the Jewish calendar.
• Muslim Council: Mosques and Islamic societies; the Muslim calendar.
• Sanatan Dharma Board: Hindu temples and schools of Kairi.
• Orisha Council: Orisha shrines of Kairi and the Antilles; Vodou and Obeah worship.
• Buddhist Society: Buddhist temples and monasteries; the Buddhist calendar.

Constituents

• Work Action Groups Office: Registration, placing and training of Work Action Groups.
• Volunteer Training Institute: Courses for group leaders and specialist volunteers.
• Commonwealth Tool Pool: Tools, vehicles and equipment lent to registered groups.
• Emergency Volunteer Reserve: Groups on call for floods, storms and other emergencies.
• Voluntary Service Research Unit: Research on voluntary work.

Departments

• Department of Work Action Groups: Registration, placing and inspection of Work Action Groups.
  • Registration Office
  • Placings Office
  • Group Secretaries Office
  • Inspection Office
• Department of Training: Training of group leaders and specialist volunteers.
  • Group Leaders' Courses
  • Specialist Courses
  • Juniors Office
  • Exchanges Office
• Department of Stores: Shared tools, transport and premises.
  • Tool Pools Office
  • Premises Office
  • Wireless Office
• Department of Emergencies: Mobilisation of groups for floods, storms and other disasters.
  • Disasters Office
  • Mobilisation Office
  • Clearance Office
• Service Branches: Regional offices of the Work Action Groups.
  • Boreal Volunteer Area
  • Austral Volunteer Area
  • Occidental Volunteer Area
  • Oriental Volunteer Area

Constituents

• Associates’ Register: Enrolment of associate students at schools and universities.
• Evening Classes Office: Evening and weekend classes in the towns.
• Correspondence School: Lessons by post and wireless for the smaller islands.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the bureau; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Associate Classes: Associate enrolment; evening and weekend classes; reading rooms.
  • Evening Classes Office
  • Reading Rooms Office
  • Evening Teachers Office
• Department of Correspondence: Lessons by post and wireless for the smaller islands.
  • Correspondence School
  • Wireless Lessons Office
  • Postal Papers Office
  • Wireless Schedules Office
• Department of Associate Units: Booking and sitting of units by associate students.
  • Associate Assessments Office
• Department of Associate Admissions: Admission of associate students to schools and universities.
  • Associates' Register
  • University Associates Office
  • School Associates Office

Constituents

• Office of Foreign Students: Foreign students in Commonwealth schools and universities.
• Sponsorships Office: Sponsorships and scholarships for study abroad.
• Foreign Qualifications Office: Transcripts and the recognition of qualifications abroad.
• Overseas Teachers Office: Teachers lent to schools abroad.
• Caribbean Institute of Education: Teaching of the Atlantic Model to foreign teachers, at Antigua.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the bureau; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Study Abroad: Sponsorships, exchanges, transcripts and class trips abroad.
  • Exchanges Office
  • Foreign Qualifications Office
  • Sponsorships Office
  • Class Trips Office
  • Overseas Liaison Officers
  • Students Abroad Register
  • Language Preparation Office
• Department of Foreign Students: Foreign students in Commonwealth schools and universities.
  • Office of Foreign Students
  • Foreign Students Hostels Office
  • Foreign Students Admissions Office
• Department of Overseas Teaching: Teachers lent abroad; schools abroad on the Atlantic Model; educational aid.
  • Overseas Teachers Office
  • Educational Aid Office
  • Caribbean Institute of Education
  • Office of Foreign Schools
• Department of Atlantic Model Abroad: Advice to foreign governments adopting the Atlantic Model; foreign visitors to Commonwealth schools.
  • Atlantic Model Advisory Office
  • School Visitors Office

Affiliated Universities

• United Nations University: UN research university and think tank.
• New York University: US-based university with campuses in Summers and Oslola.

Boards & Commissions

• Common Student’s Press: Publishing house for textbooks and notebooks for students.
• Common Tertiary Press: Central federalised university press for Commonwealth universities.

Constituent Universities

• International United University: Autonomous international and federal university featuring colleges from 70 countries, with its main campus in Oslola.
• National Levantine Theological University: Prestigious, multi-faith theological research university specialising in early Abrahamic faiths, located in Sal.
• Commonwealth University: Largest and oldest university in Vekllei, dating back to the 13th Century.
• Commonwealth University of the West Indies: Oldest Caribbean university headquartered in Antigua, with famous constituent universities including the University of Antigua and University of Karu.
• Darwin College: New university of the Verde Region, with its main campus in Java.
• Commonwealth Catholic College: Largest and oldest university in the Atlantic Region.
• Atlantic College: Technical college founded in Oslola but now found across the country.
• Shackleton University: Primary university of the Antarctic Region, with its main campus in the Falklands.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the bureau; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Compulsory Education: Nursery, primary and secondary schooling; civics.
  • Commonwealth Compulsory Education Council
  • Nursery Schools Office
  • Primary Schools Office
  • Secondary Schools Office
  • Civics & Exchanges Office
  • Commonwealth Coeducation Commission
• Department of Higher Education: Universities, the allied academies and technical colleges.
  • Commonwealth Universities Council
  • Allied Academies Council
  • Technical Colleges Office
  • Studio & Technical Schools Office
  • Admissions Boards Office
• Department of Standards: English, the schools inspectorate and the curriculum.
  • English Office
  • Schools Inspectorate
  • Office of the Curriculum
• Department of Policy: School health, juvenile offenders, education districts and examinations.
  • School Medical Office
  • Juvenile Offenders Commission
  • Policy Board
  • Office of Education Districts
  • Examinations Office
• Department of Educational Research: Educational statistics and the national education archives.
  • Schools Returns Office
  • Statistics Office
  • Electronic Records Archive
  • National Education Archive
• Department of Literacy: Reading and writing in the education districts.
  • Reading Clinics Office
  • School Books Office
• Department of Special Schools: Schooling of disabled children.
  • Special Schools Office
  • Office of Hearing & Sight
  • Hospital Schools Office
• Department of Libraries: Public and school libraries.
  • School Libraries Office
  • Travelling Libraries Office
• Department of Teachers: Relations with the teaching profession through the Allied Principals Council.
  • Allied Principals Council
  • Teachers' Registry
  • Office of Training Years
  • Housemasters' Office

Federal Academies

• Commonwealth Academy of Natural Sciences
  • School of Chemistry
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Mathematics & Physics
  • School of Technology & Materials
  • School of Astronomy
  • School of Geology
  • School of Biology
• Commonwealth Academy of Engineering Sciences
  • School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering
  • School of Electrical Engineering
  • School of Chemical Engineering
  • School of Civil Engineering
  • School of Agricultural Engineering
• Commonwealth Academy of Philosophy
  • School of Philosophy
  • School Sociology
  • School of Theology
• Commonwealth Academy of Political Sciences
  • School of Law
  • School of Political Economics
  • School of History & Geography

Constituents

• New Schools Office: Sites and standard plans; new schools and boarding houses.
• School Furniture Board: Desks, terminals and classroom fittings.
• School Farms Office: School gardens, farms and their stock.
• Educational Apparatus Centre: Laboratory and workshop apparatus, at Antigua.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the bureau; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director
  • Office of the Chief Architect
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Building: Sites, standard plans and new schools; boarding houses.
  • School Buildings Office
  • New Schools Office
  • Boarding Houses Office
  • Office of Standard Plans
  • Village Schools Office
• Department of Furniture & Apparatus: Desks, terminals, stores and laboratory apparatus.
  • Office of Stores & Uniforms
  • Educational Apparatus Centre
  • Desks & Terminals Office
• Department of Grounds: School grounds, farms and transport.
  • Office of School Transport & Grounds
  • School Farms Office
  • School Ships Office
• Department of Kitchens & Workshops: School kitchens, dining halls and workshops; licences to use them unsupervised.
  • School Kitchens Office
  • School Workshops Office
  • Licences Office
• Department of Campuses: City campuses of several schools; shared dining halls and grounds.
  • City Campuses Office
  • Dining Halls Office
• Department of Maintenance: Repair and cleaning of school buildings; works done by students.
  • School Repairs Office
  • School Cleaning Office

Constituents

• Student Rights Council: Complaints by students, and by parents on their behalf.
• Student Democracy Commission: Class and school votes; team leaders.
• Student Safety Commission: Bullying and serious harm in schools.
• Office of Student Support: Students falling behind; learning agreements.
• Truancy & Antisocial Behaviour Office: School attendance; approved schools.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the bureau; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of School Safety: Civil defence in schools; the safety and security of pupils.
  • Civil Defence Office
  • Student Safety Commission
  • Security Office
  • Bullying Investigations Office
• Department of Attendance & Approved Schools: School attendance; schooling of detained juveniles.
  • Approved Schools Office
  • Truancy & Antisocial Behaviour Office
  • Detained Students Education Democracy Commission
  • Juvenile Courts Liaison Office
• Department of Students: Pupils’ rights and pupil councils.
  • Student Rights Council
  • Boarders' Office
  • Scouts & Camps Office
• Department of Student Support: Students falling behind; learning agreements; special arrangements.
  • Office of Student Support
  • Learning Agreements Office
  • Student Officers Office
  • Second Routes Office
• Department of School Democracy: Class and school votes; team leaders; the weekly teachers’ meetings.
  • Student Democracy Commission
  • Team Leaders Office
  • School Votes Returns Office

Departments

• Main Campuses: The two principal research campuses.
  • Commonwealth Educational Research Laboratories
  • Oslola National Laboratory
• Auxiliary Campuses: Smaller regional research campuses.
  • Bahamas Campus
  • Verde Campus
  • Sude Campus
  • Inagua Marine Station
• Research Services: Curriculum trials; the scientific library; field stations.
  • Curriculum Trials Office
  • Scientific Library

Departments

• Curriculum: Development of the national curriculum.
  • Qualifications Council House
  • Antigua Curriculum Office
• Standard Exam: Setting and marking the Standard Exam.
  • Office of the Standard Exam
  • Volcanic Education Region Office
  • Arctic Education Region Office
  • Atlantic Education Region Office
  • Verde Education Region Office
  • Antilles Education Region Office
  • Lucaya Education Region Office
  • Antarctic Education Region Office
• Moderation: Sampling and moderation of passes; national sample tests; the Education Award.
  • Moderation Office
  • National Sample Office
  • Education Award Office

Departments

• Forum: Secretariat, annual conference and standards monitoring.
  • Forum Secretariat
  • Office of the Annual Conference
  • Office of Working Conditions
  • Office of the October Papers
• Membership: Members, district delegates and officers.
  • Membership Office
  • Delegates Office

Boards & Commissions

• Health Accounting Commission: Audit of health accounts for waste.
• Health Finance Board: Estimates of the cost of running and enlarging the health system.

Constituents

• Spring Point Oceanic Medicine Centre: Specialised hospital in Yabaque treating decompression illness and training medical staff in hyperbaric medicine for the maritime services.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the bureau; parliamentary business, legal advice, security, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Security Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Health Policy: Regional health, tobacco, narcotics and alcohol, food, immunisation and the purchase of medicines.
  • Office of Regional Health
  • Office of Tobacco, Narcotics & Alcohol Policy
  • Office of Food & Nutrition
  • Office of Immunisation
  • Medicines Purchasing Office
• Department of Drugs & Prescriptions: Licensing of medicines; prescribing rules.
  • Licensing Office
  • Prescriptions Office
• Department of Medical Staffing: Numbers and distribution of surgeons, specialists, general practitioners and nurses.
  • Office of Surgeons & Specialists
  • Office of General Practitioners
  • Office of Nursing & Midwifery
  • Office of Medical Distribution
• Department of Medical Technology: Hospital design, medical records, new equipment, genetics, pharmacy and artificial limbs.
  • Hospital Design Office
  • Medical Records Office
  • Equipment Assessment Office
  • Office of Genetics
  • Pharmacy Office
  • Artificial Limbs Office
  • Hearing & Sight Aids Office
• Department of Claims: Inspection of claims made by practitioners and hospitals.
  • Practitioners' Claims Office
  • Hospital Claims Office
  • Investigations Office
• Department of Ambulances & Casualty: Casualty departments and ambulance stations.
  • Casualty Office
  • Ambulance Office
• Department of Municipal Health: Liaison with the municipal health districts.
  • Districts Office
  • Outer Islands Office
• Department of Geriatrics: Nursing homes and the medical treatment of old people.
  • Nursing Homes Office
  • Domiciliary Nursing Office
• Department of Health Accounts: Receipts and purchasing accounts of the health system.
  • Office of Revenues
  • Purchasing Office
• Department of Statistics: Medical statistics and the national health archives.
  • Medical Statistics Office
  • National Health Archives
• Department of Overseas Health: Foreign currency, purchasing abroad, medical aid and international grants.
  • Foreign Currency Office
  • Overseas Purchasing Office
  • Medical Aid Abroad Office
  • Office of Grants & Scholarships

Constituents

• Nursing Stations Office: Nursing stations and district nurses.
• Island Ambulance Service: Seaplane and hydrofoil ambulances.
• Hospital Ships Office: Patients and medical staff of the hospital ships, with the Common Navy.
• Radio Medical Advice Office: Medical advice by radio to islands and ships, at Oslola.
• Antarctic Medical Office: Medicine in the Antarctic republics, at Stanley.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the bureau; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director
  • Office of the Chief Medical Officer for the Islands
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Nursing Stations: Nursing stations, district nurses and midwives on the peripheral islands.
  • Nursing Stations Office
  • District Nurses Office
  • Midwifery Office
  • Station Stores Office
• Department of Island Doctors: Doctors for rural clinics; immediate titles; relief and visiting doctors.
  • Island Doctors Office
  • Relief Doctors Office
  • Visiting Specialists Office
  • Dental Circuit Office
• Department of Medical Transport: Seaplane and hydrofoil ambulances; the hospital ships; transfer of patients.
  • Island Ambulance Service
  • Hospital Ships Office
  • Patient Transfers Office
  • Patient Escorts Office
• Department of Radio Medicine: Medical advice by radio to islands and ships; medicine chests.
  • Radio Medical Advice Office
  • Medicine Chests Office
  • Ships Medical Office
• Department of Polar Medicine: Medicine in the Antarctic and Arctic republics; cold injuries.
  • Antarctic Medical Office
  • Arctic Medical Office
  • Cold Injuries Unit
• Department of Peripheral Public Health: Water, sanitation and vaccination on the peripheral islands.
  • Island Sanitation Office
  • Island Vaccination Office

Constituents

• Oslola Pharmaceutical Works: Generic medicines and antibiotics.
• Kairi Pharmaceutical Works: Generic medicines and vaccines.
• Praia Pharmaceutical Works: Generic and specialist medicines.
• Pharmacy Agreements Office: Purchase of foreign medicines under the Municipal Pharmacy Agreements.
• Medical Stores Depot: Stores and distribution of medicines and dressings to the pharmacies.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the bureau; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director
  • Office of the Chief Pharmacist
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Manufacture: The pharmaceutical works; tablets, injections, dressings and glass.
  • Oslola Pharmaceutical Works
  • Kairi Pharmaceutical Works
  • Praia Pharmaceutical Works
  • Antibiotics Plant
  • Sterile Products Plant
  • Dressings & Sutures Factory
  • Ampoules & Glass Works
• Department of Biologicals: Vaccines, sera, insulin and blood products.
  • Vaccine Works
  • Sera & Antitoxins Laboratory
  • Insulin Works
  • Blood Products Laboratory
• Department of Foreign Medicines: Foreign medicines under the Municipal Pharmacy Agreements; licences for foreign formulas.
  • Pharmacy Agreements Office
  • Foreign Purchasing Office
  • Foreign Formulas Licensing Office
  • Import Testing Office
• Department of Supply: Medical stores; supply of the municipal pharmacies; cold stores and shipping.
  • Medical Stores Depot
  • Pharmacy Supply Office
  • Cold Stores Office
  • Medicines Shipping Office
  • Peripheral Pharmacies Office
• Department of Pricing: Costing and pricing of medicines for the health accounts.
  • Costings Office
  • Pricing Office
  • Formulary Liaison Office
• Department of Pharmaceutical Research: Formulation of generic medicines; the Commonwealth Pharmacopoeia.
  • Formulation Laboratory
  • Generic Medicines Laboratory
  • Pharmacopoeia Office

Boards & Commissions

• Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital: Mental asylum and sanitorium on Scallop Island in the republic of Paria.
• National Genomics Laboratories: Hospital for genetic research and treatment.
• National Regional Health Commission: Inspection of hospitals and clinics in the regions.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the bureau; medical science, parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director
  • Office of the Chief Medical Scientist
  • Office of the Surgeon General
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Municipal Health: Municipal health districts and emergencies, through four regional health administrations.
  • Hospital Plan Office
  • Emergencies Office
  • Patients' Complaints Office
  • North Commonwealth Health Administration
  • South Commonwealth Health Administration
  • East Commonwealth Health Administration
  • West Commonwealth Health Administration
• Department of General Medical Services: Hospitals, clinics, general practice and casualty.
  • Office of Hospitals & Clinics
  • General Practice Office
  • Health Centres Office
  • Hospital Returns Office
  • Patients' Register
  • Casualty Clinics Office
• Department of Social Medicine: Health of the population; liaison with the Health Democracy Commission.
  • Health Democracy Commission Liaison Office
  • Social Medicine Office
• Department of Chronic Illness: Screening, hospices, hearing and disablement, through the regional health administrations.
  • Office of Cancer Screening
  • Office of Newborn Screening
  • Hospices Office
  • Hearing Aids Office
  • Disablement Office
• Department of Immunisation: Vaccine supply and vaccination.
  • Vaccine Supply Office
  • Vaccination Office
  • Immunisation Returns Office
• Department of Psychiatry: Psychiatry, child guidance and suicide.
  • Child Guidance Office
  • Office of Psychiatry
  • Office of Suicide Prevention
  • National Trauma Health Centre

Boards & Commissions

• Epidemic Intelligence Service: Field investigation of outbreaks.
• National Disease Registry: Notifiable diseases and their returns.
• World Health Research Organisation: Disease research abroad, with foreign health services.
• Port Health Office: Quarantine and the inspection of arrivals at ports and airports.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the commission; statistics, laboratories, health education, parliamentary business, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
  • Office of Statistics
  • Office of Civil Defence
  • Office of Health Democracy
  • Office of Laboratories
  • Office of Health Education
• Department of Toxic Substances: Poisons and toxic substances.
  • Poisons Information Centre
  • Industrial Toxicology Office
  • Pesticides Office
• Department of Immunisation: Vaccination.
  • Immunisation Schedule Office
  • Vaccine Trials Office
• Department of Novel Diseases: New and unidentified diseases.
  • Novel Diseases Laboratory
  • Zoonoses Office
• Department of Artificial Diseases: Engineered diseases and biological weapons.
  • Biological Defence Liaison Office
• Department of Quarantine: Quarantine powers and port health.
  • Port Health Office
  • Quarantine Stations Office
• Department of Transmissible Diseases: Notifiable diseases and outbreaks.
  • Epidemic Intelligence Service
  • National Disease Registry
  • Tuberculosis Office
  • Venereal Diseases Office
  • Tropical Diseases Office
• Department of International Health: Disease research abroad; the World Health Research Organisation.
  • World Health Research Organisation
  • Overseas Field Teams Office

Departments

• Association: Secretariat, the roll of practitioners and the annual meeting.
  • Association Secretariat
  • Roll Office
  • Ethics Committee
  • Annual Meeting Office
• Gazette: The Atlantic Medical Gazette.
  • Office of the Gazette
  • Medical Library
• Sections: Sections for doctors, nurses, allied workers and rural practitioners.
  • Doctors' Section
  • Nurses' Section
  • Allied Workers' Section
  • Rural Practitioners' Section

Constituents

• Patients’ Advocate’s Office: Representation of patients before tribunals.
• Office of Health Prosecutions: Prosecution of complaints before the health tribunals.
• Northern Complaints Office: Complaints from the northern republics, at Oslola.
• Southern Complaints Office: Complaints from the southern republics, at Praia.

Departments

• Commission: Receipt, resolution and prosecution of complaints.
  • Commission Headquarters
  • Patients' Advocate's Office
  • Office of Health Prosecutions
  • Northern Complaints Office
  • Southern Complaints Office
  • Health Tribunals Office

Constituents

• Medical Register: Registration and discipline of doctors.
• Nursing Board: Registration of nurses and midwives.
• Dental Board: Registration of dentists and dental nurses.
• Pharmacy Board: Registration of pharmacists.
• Opticians Board: Registration of opticians.
• Allied Health Professions Board: Registration of physiotherapists, radiographers and other allied workers.
• Medicines Board: Approval of medicines; the national formulary.
• Food Standards Board: Food standards and the investigation of toxic food.
• Radiological Board: Licensing of radioactive treatments and medicines, at Hetland.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the authority; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director-General
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Registration: Registration and discipline of the medical professions; recertification.
  • Medical Register
  • Nursing Board
  • Dental Board
  • Pharmacy Board
  • Opticians Board
  • Allied Health Professions Board
  • Recertification Office
  • Professional Conduct Tribunal
  • Foreign Practitioners Office
• Department of Radiological Health: Radiological safety of foods and medicines; licensing of radioactive treatments; radiological defence.
  • Office of Radiological Testing
  • Office of Licensing & Inspection
  • Nuclear Medicine Laboratory
  • Office of Radiological Defence
  • Radiation Monitoring Network
  • Reactor Health Office
  • Radiotherapy Licensing Office
• Department of Medicines: Approval and supervision of medicines.
  • Office of Medicines Approval
  • Medicines Testing Laboratory
  • Formulary Office
  • Adverse Reactions Office
  • Clinical Trials Licensing Office
• Department of Food Safety: Food standards, inspection and toxic food investigation.
  • Office of Food Inspection
  • Food Safety Laboratory
  • Synthetic Foods Office
  • Port Food Inspection Office
  • Food Additives Laboratory
• Department of Alcohol & Vice: Regulation of alcohol and vice products.
  • Office of Alcohol & Vice Licensing
  • Tobacco Office
  • Alco Liaison Office
• Department of Narcotics and Prohibited Substances: Control of narcotics and prohibited substances.
  • Office of Import & Export Controls
  • Office of Narcotics Investigation
  • Controlled Drugs Register

Constituents

• Medical Science Research Centre: Clinical trials and treatment research, at Kairi.
• Cama Clinical Research Unit: Clinical research with the Commonwealth Medical University.
• Commonwealth Tropical Medicine Research Unit: Tropical diseases, at the University of Karu.
• Health Systems Research Office: Sociological and economic research into the public health system.
• Medical Technology Laboratory: Hospital equipment, including the MediBed, at Karu.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Administration and strategic direction of the establishment.
  • Office of Administration
• Department of Clinical Research: Clinical trials and treatment research.
  • Medical Science Research Centre
  • Cama Clinical Research Unit
  • Commonwealth Tropical Medicine Research Unit
• Department of Health Systems: Sociological and economic research into the public health system.
  • Office of Health Systems Research
  • Office of Health Economics
• Department of Medical Technology: Medical equipment, including the Standard Commonwealth MediBed.
  • Medical Technology Laboratory

Constituents

• Federal Courts Office: The federal courts and the Federal Courts Building.
• Republic Courts Office: Courthouses and staff of the republic courts.
• Circuit Office: The travelling courts of the small and remote republics, at Sal.
• Tribunals Registry: Registry of the labour, housing and property tribunals.
• Juries Office: Jury lists and the summoning of jurors.
• Court Interpreters’ Office: Interpreters and shorthand writers for the courts.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the body; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Registrar of Courts
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Court Administration: Court buildings, staff, lists and sittings.
  • Federal Courts Office
  • Republic Courts Office
  • Lists Office
  • Court Buildings Office
• Department of Circuit Courts: The travelling circuit for the remoter republics.
  • Circuit Calendar Office
  • Circuit Establishments Office
  • Outer Islands Office
• Department of Tribunals: The specialist tribunals.
  • Office of Administrative Tribunals
  • Office of Labour Tribunals
  • Office of Housing & Property Tribunals
  • Tribunals Secretariat
• Department of Court Officers: Interpreters, shorthand writers, court records and juries.
  • Interpreters Office
  • Shorthand Writers' Office
  • Office of Court Records
  • Jury Office
• Service Branches: Regional court offices.
  • Boreal Court Area
  • Austral Court Area
  • Occidental Court Area
  • Oriental Court Area
• Department of Courthouses: The standard plan; courthouse reading rooms; court security and ushers.
  • Standard Plans Office
  • Reading Rooms Office
  • Ushers' Office
  • Court Security Office

Constituents

• Coroners’ Office: Coroners and inquests in the republics.
• Marine Inquiries Office: Inquiries into wrecks and marine casualties.
• Accident Inquiries Office: Inquiries into air crashes and railway accidents.
• Treasure Trove Office: Finds of antiquities and their disposal.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the body; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Chief Coroner
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Coroners: Coroners and inquests in the republics.
  • Coroners' Office
  • Coroners' Juries Office
  • Peripheral Coroners Office
  • Deaths Register Office
• Department of Pathology: Post-mortem examination and the coroners’ laboratories.
  • Coroners Pathology Laboratory
  • Mortuaries Office
• Department of Marine Inquiries: Inquiries into wrecks and marine casualties.
  • Marine Inquiries Office
  • Wrecks Survey Office
• Department of Accident Inquiries: Inquiries into air crashes, railway and industrial accidents.
  • Air Accidents Office
  • Railway Accidents Office
  • Industrial Accidents Office
• Department of Treasure Trove: Finds of antiquities and their disposal.
  • Treasure Trove Office
  • Finds Valuation Office

Constituents

• Federal Prison Service: Federal prisons for Commonwealth-sentenced offenders.
• Probation Service: Probation, supervised release and work orders.
• Prisoner Education Service: Education and trade training in prisons.
• Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society: Lodging and work for prisoners on release.
• Prison Research Unit: Research on reformation, reconviction and the psychology of prisoners.

Correctional Facilities

• Federal Penitentiary Helena ( Helena) — primary maximum-security federal penitentiary
• Federal Penitentiary Santes ( Santes) — second federal penitentiary on the world’s most remote inhabited island
• Commonwealth Correctional Centre Meteor (Meteor) — federal rehabilitation and vocational facility
• Commonwealth Women’s Penitentiary Antigua ( Antigua) — federal custodial facility for women

Republic Penitentiaries

• Union Penitentiary ( Oslola) — largest penitentiary by headcount
• Kairi Penitentiary ( Kairi) — largest republic penitentiary in the Caribbean
• Summers Penitentiary ( Summers) — remand and transit facility for the Atlantic court circuit
• Mira Penitentiary ( Mira) — mid-Atlantic republic facility
• Karu Penitentiary ( Karu) — eastern Caribbean facility
• Hetland Penitentiary ( Hetland) — northernmost facility in the Commonwealth

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the body; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director of Corrections
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Prisons: Prisons and other places of custody.
  • Federal Prisons Office
  • Republic Prisons Office
  • Prison Standards Office
  • Security Office
• Department of Training & Treatment: Education, trade training, prison work and psychological treatment of prisoners.
  • Prison Education Office
  • Trade Training Office
  • Prison Psychology Office
  • Prison Industries Office
• Department of Probation: Probation, supervised release and work orders.
  • Licence & Parole Office
  • Office of Work Orders
• Department of Discharged Prisoners: Lodging, work and family matters of discharged prisoners.
  • Discharge Office
  • Lodgings Office
  • Work Placing Office
  • Prisoners' Families Office
• Federal Prisons: Federal prisons holding Commonwealth-sentenced offenders.
  • Federal Penitentiary Helena
  • Federal Penitentiary Santes
  • Commonwealth Correctional Centre Meteor
  • Commonwealth Women's Penitentiary Antigua
• Republic Penitentiaries: Republic prisons serving their local court circuits.
  • Union Penitentiary
  • Kairi Penitentiary
  • Summers Penitentiary
  • Mira Penitentiary
  • Karu Penitentiary
  • Hetland Penitentiary

Departments

• Society: Secretariat, the roll of advocates and the annual meeting.
  • Society Secretariat
  • Roll Office
  • Annual Meeting Office
  • Ethics Committee
• Library: The Law Library and the reports of judgments.
  • Law Library
  • Law Reports Office
• Sections: Sections for advocates, representers and government lawyers.
  • Advocates' Section
  • Representers' Section
  • Government Lawyers' Section

Constituents

• Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions: Prosecution policy and the Prosecution Policy booklet.
• Republic Prosecution Offices: Prosecutors in the republic courts.
• Federal Prosecution Division: Offences against federal law.
• Serious Crimes Division: Organised crime and other serious offences.
• Frauds Office: Stock fraud, hoarding and structuring, at Karu.

Departments

• General Headquarters: Direction of the body; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
  • Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
  • Parliamentary Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Press Office
  • Establishments Office
  • Recruitment Office
• Department of Criminal Prosecutions: Prosecution of federal offences.
  • Charges Office
  • Republics Office
  • Office of Appeals
  • Witnesses Office
  • Circuit Prosecutors Office
• Department of Serious Crime: Organised crime, fraud and serious violence.
  • Office of Organised Crime
  • Frauds Office
  • Office of Serious Violence
  • Commons Prosecutions Office
• Department of Prosecution Practice: Prosecution standards, guidance and training.
  • Standards Office
  • Guidance Office
  • Training Office
• Service Branches: Regional prosecution offices.
  • Boreal Prosecution Area
  • Austral Prosecution Area
  • Occidental Prosecution Area
  • Oriental Prosecution Area

Departments

• General Headquarters: The editors of the Register; staff and press.
  • Editors' Office
  • Establishments Office
• Department of Codes: Consolidation of federal law into the Registered Codes.
  • Office of Registered Codes
  • Consolidation Office
• Department of Active Legislation: The laws as passed; restoration of original wording.
  • Office of Active Legislation
  • Restorations Office
• Department of Gazettes: The Legal Gazettes and their distribution to the libraries.
  • Office of Legal Gazettes
  • Gazette Distribution Office

Departments

• Tribunal: Registry, legal research and hearings.
  • Tribunal Registry
  • Office of Constitutional Research
  • Office of Firming Law Review
  • Hearings Office
• Lottery: The drawing of citizens and practising lawyers to sit on the tribunal.
  • Lottery Office
  • Sitters' Office
• Supreme Court Seat: The Supreme Court’s permanent seat on the tribunal council.
  • Council Secretariat

Constituents

• Attorney General’s Office: Legal opinions to the federal government.
• Civil Actions Office: Defence of the Commonwealth in civil actions.
• Constitutional Cases Office: The government’s case before the Constitutional Tribunal.
• Law Reform Commission: Review of federal statutes and proposals for their reform.
• Treaties & Extradition Office: Treaties, extradition and the human rights instruments.

Constituents

• Office of Representers: Advocates for the accused in the republic courts.
• Advice Bureaux Office: Legal advice bureaux in the republic towns.
• Appeals Office: Representation before the Regional Appeal Courts.
• Circuit Representers Office: Advocates travelling with the circuit courts.

Departments

• ANLF Secretariat: General administration; correspondence with member unions.
  • Membership Office
  • Campaigns Office
  • Research Office
• Transitions Committee: Unions in republics entering the commons economy.
• Organising Division: Organisation of unions in unorganised workplaces.
• Workers' Rights Commission: Inquiries into breaches of labour rights.

Member Organisations

• Cane Cutters’ Union: Cutters and refinery hands of the Caribbea Cane estates; the founding union of the federation.
• Lucayan Seamen’s Union: Seamen, ferrymen and fishermen of the Lucayan islands.
• Verde Dockers’ Association: Port labour of the Verde Region, at Praia.
• Java Cacao and Plantation Union: Cacao workers in Java; today the largest of its members.
• Annobon Fishermen and Timbermen: Almost every worker on Annobon.
• Forros’ Land Union: Smallholders of Principe, formed in the land reforms of its federalisation.

Constituents

• Corsosva Registration Service: Enrolment, preferences, deferments and discharge papers.
• Postings Commission: Posting of enrolled persons to civil and military service.
• Corsosva Appeals Tribunal: Appeals against postings and refusals of exemption.
• Corsosva Records Office: Service records, with returns to the Commonwealth Employment Register.

Departments

• Department of Enrolment: Enrolment of all persons liable for service; preferences; deferments and exemptions.
  • Enrolment Office
  • Preferences & Grading Office
  • Deferments Office
  • Office of Exemptions
• Department of Placement: Posting of enrolled persons to civil and military service.
  • Civil Postings Office
  • Military Postings Office
  • Republic Quotas Office
  • Postings Review Board
• Department of Serving Persons: Persons in service; transfers, hardship cases and discharge.
  • Nominal Roll Office
  • Transfers Office
  • Hardship Office
  • Discharge Office
• Department of Records: Service records; returns to the National Economic Register.
  • Office of Service Records
  • Register Returns Office
  • Old Records Office

Constituents

• Commonwealth Supply Commission: Coordination of inter-republic transport, warehousing and distribution.
• Commonwealth Logistics Service: Operation of the warehouses, depots and freight services of the bureau.
• Commonwealth Central Inventory: Tracking of goods across the Commonwealth, including regional sorting and storage.
• Commonwealth Stores: Operator of the department stores, shops and markets in the provinces, and agent of the municipal stores.
• Commonwealth Repair Service: Repair workshops for furniture, appliances, clothing and machinery returned to the salvage yards.

Departments

• Department of Freight: Freight between republics and regions, and from factories to warehouses.
  • Office of Inter-Republic Freight
  • Office of Regional Freight
  • Office of Factory Collection
• Department of Warehousing: The warehouses and depots of the Commonwealth.
  • Office of Warehouses
  • Office of Depots
  • Office of Central Inventory
• Department of Shops: Department stores, shops and markets, and their staff.
  • Office of Village Shops
  • Office of Department Stores
  • Office of Markets
  • Office of Shop Counts
• Department of Shop Inspection: Inspection of shops; misdemeanour hoarding; recovery of hoarded goods.
  • Office of Investigation
  • Office of Recovered Goods
• Department of Repair: Repair of goods returned to the salvage yards and their return to the shops.
  • Office of Furniture & Appliances
  • Office of Clothing & Textiles
  • Office of Machinery
• Service Branches: Regional offices of the bureau.
  • Boreal Distribution Area
  • Austral Distribution Area
  • Occidental Distribution Area
  • Oriental Distribution Area

Constituents

• Commonwealth Workplace Inspectorate: Inspectors of factories, shops, offices and hospitals.
• Hours & Conditions Office: Hours of work, including part-time and several employments.
• Union Registry: Registration of trade unions.
• Industrial Accident Investigation Commission: Inquiries into serious accidents at work.

Departments

• Department of Collective Bargaining: Registered agreements on hours and conditions.
  • Agreements Office
  • Hours & Conditions Office
  • Works Councils Office
• Department of Conciliation & Arbitration: Conciliation officers; references to the labour tribunals.
  • Conciliation Office
  • Office of Arbitration
  • Office of Appeals
• Department of Union Affairs: The register of trade unions; consultation on the safety code.
  • Registrar of Unions
  • Consultation Office
• Department of Workplace Standards: The safety code; machinery, premises, fatigue and dangerous substances.
  • Machinery & Premises Office
  • Industrial Fatigue Office
  • Dangerous Substances Office
• Department of Inspection: Inspectors of factories, shops and offices; complaints.
  • General Inspectorate
  • Office of Complaints
  • Outer Islands Inspectorate
• Department of Industrial Health: Industrial diseases; works medical officers; rehabilitation.
  • Industrial Diseases Office
  • Rehabilitation Office

Constituents

• National Enterprise Commission: Training in the democratic management of workplaces.
• Quality Standards Authority: Inspection of goods against the common specifications, with the Bureau of Standards.
• Commonwealth Industrial Congress: Assembly of the bureau organisations, which nominates candidates for the parliament’s professional seats.

Departments

• Department of Targets: Quarterly production targets for every product and region, set from the days of stock.
  • Office of Quarterly Targets
  • Office of Regional Targets
  • Office of Seasonal Targets
  • Office of Appeals
• Department of Specifications: The common specifications for products and production.
  • Office of Product Specifications
  • Office of Production Specifications
• Department of Quality: Inspection of goods against the specifications; withdrawal of those that fail.
  • Office of Quality Control
  • Office of Product Testing
  • Office of Withdrawals
• Department of Democratic Enterprise: Training of workers in technical and managerial decisions for the worker assemblies.
  • Office of Technical Management
  • Office of Worker Assemblies
• Service Branches: Regional offices of the bureau in the industrial areas.
  • Boreal Industrial Area
  • Austral Industrial Area
  • Occidental Industrial Area
  • Oriental Industrial Area

Constituents

• Universal Economic Service: Finds work for persons without an occupation.
• Disability Economic Service: Finds work for disabled persons and keeps them in it.
• Workplace Adaptations Board: Adaptation of workplaces for disabled workers.
• National Contributions Assessment Panel: Recognition of unusual occupations for Regular Service.

Departments

• Department of Registration & Exemptions: Registration of occupations; exemptions.
  • Office of Exemptions
  • Office of Unusual Occupations
  • Office of Prosecutions
• Department of Placement: Work for persons without an occupation.
  • Office of Placement
  • Office of Returning Workers
  • Office of Rural Placement
• Department of Disabled Workers: Placing of disabled workers; adaptation of workplaces.
  • Disabled Persons' Placing Office
  • Workplace Adaptations Office
• Service Branches: Regional offices of the bureau.
  • Boreal Economic Area
  • Austral Economic Area
  • Occidental Economic Area
  • Oriental Economic Area

Constituents

• Commonwealth Materials Board: Raw materials: their purchase, processing and circulation.
• Industrial Supply Network: Delivery of materials to firms against their production targets.
• Materials Depots Board: The bureau’s depots; material released by the Strategic Materials Reserve.
• Commonwealth Salvage Board: The salvage yards, tips and incinerators, at Salvage House in Kairi.
• Commonwealth Recovery Works: Recovery of metals, glass, paper, plastics and textiles from goods past repair.
• National Resource Laboratory: Research on materials and their recovery, under the LSRE.

Departments

• Department of Materials: Records of materials extracted, imported and recovered.
  • Office of Raw Materials
  • Office of Imported Materials
  • Office of Recovered Materials
  • Office of Materials Testing
• Department of Industrial Supply: Allocation of materials to firms against their production targets; delivery.
  • Office of Allocation
  • Office of Industrial Logistics
  • Office of Critical Materials
• Department of Depots: The materials depots; material released from the Strategic Materials Reserve.
  • Office of Regional Depots
  • Office of Depots
  • Office of Releases
• Department of Salvage: The salvage yards, tips and incinerators; standards for municipal refuse collection; records of every disposal of shop stock.
  • Office of Salvage Yards
  • Office of Municipal Refuse
  • Office of Industrial Waste
  • Office of Tips
  • Office of Incineration
  • Office of Stock Disposals
• Department of Recovery: Recovery of materials from goods past repair.
  • Office of Metals
  • Office of Glass & Paper
  • Office of Plastics
• Service Branches: Regional offices of the bureau in the supply areas, and of its salvage yards.
  • Boreal Supply Area
  • Austral Supply Area
  • Occidental Supply Area
  • Oriental Supply Area

Divisions

• Central Industrial Council: Large industrial works spanning several republics.
  • Congress Secretariat
  • Office of Major Facilities
• Strategic Reserve Council: Reserve factories; industrial expansion in emergencies.
  • Office of Reserve Production
  • Office of Mobilisation Planning
• Regional Industrial Council: Industrial development and the transfer of techniques between regions.
  • Office of Technology Transfer
• Industrial Supply Council: Supply lines spanning several republics and stages of production.
  • Office of Supply Lines
• Regional Sections: Polar Atlantic, Caribbean, Verde and Special Projects sections.
  • Polar Atlantic Section
  • Caribbean Section
  • Verde Section
  • Special Projects Section

Regional Sections

• Polar Atlantic Section: Industrial coordination across Oslola, Kala, Arctic territories and Antarctic island groups.
• Caribbean Section: Industrial development in Kalina, Antilles and Lucaya commonwealths.
• Verde Section: Industrial capacity building across Verde and African Atlantic territories.
• Special Projects Section: Major industrial developments requiring exceptional coordination or unique technical challenges.

Departments

• Congress Secretariat: Administration of the congress.
  • Delegates Office
  • Economic Office
  • Statistics Office
• Standards Council: Model working conditions recommended to member unions.
• Parliamentary Committee: Congress representations to government.
• Dispute Fund: Provision for workers in formal disputes.

Member Federations

• Federation of Shipyard and Engineering Unions: Steelworks, shipyards and engineering shops; strongest in Oslola and Kairi.
• Civil Service Clerical Association: Clerical and executive grades of the ministries, parliaments and bureaus.
• National Union of Railwaymen and Seamen: Railwaymen, seamen and port staff, most of them employed by the Ministry of the Interior; the oldest union in the Congress.
• Post Office Engineering Union: Postal workers and telephone engineers of the Bureau of Post and Telecommunications.
• Hospital Workers Federation: Nurses, porters and orderlies. Doctors belong instead to the Commonwealth Medical Association.
• Agricultural and Fishermen’s Union: Farm and fishing hands in the incorporated areas.
• Shop and Distributive Workers Union: Shop and warehouse staff of the Bureau of Distribution, and hotel staff of the Atlantic Hotel chain.

Constituents

• Commonwealth International Aid Commission: Carries out the bureau’s aid works, technical missions and emergency relief.
• Works Abroad Board: Assessment of proposals for long-term aid works.
• International Scholarships Service: Scholarships for students from poorer countries studying in Vekllei.

Departments

• Department of Works Abroad: Long-term aid works in recipient countries.
  • Agricultural Works Office
  • Hospitals Abroad Office
  • Schools Abroad Office
  • Public Works Abroad Office
• Department of Emergency Relief: Civil relief after disasters abroad, apart from the Common Navy’s operations at sea.
  • Relief Operations Office
  • Emergency Grants Office
  • Reconstruction Office
• Department of Experts Abroad: Posting of Vekllei technical officers to recipient countries.
  • Missions Office
  • Postings Office
  • Recipient Governments Office
• Department of Scholarships: Scholarships and exchanges for foreign nationals.
  • Awards Office
  • Foreign Students Office
  • Former Scholars Office

Constituents

• Regional Delegation Offices: One for each of the eight regions.
• Interior Consular Courier Service: Pouches and delegates between the legations.

Departments

• Department of Delegates: Accreditation of delegations; the roster of delegates.
  • Office of Credentials
  • Office of the Roster
  • Office of Precedence
• Department of Delegation Houses: The houses of the republics at Oslola and the delegation offices in other republics.
  • Office of Houses
  • Office of Lodging
• Department of Regional Assemblies: Secretariat to the eight Regional Assemblies and the meetings of First Secretaries.
  • Office of Agendas
  • Office of Minutes
  • Office of Regional Offices
• Department of the Pouch: Carriage of papers and delegates between the republics.
  • Office of Papers
  • Office of Passage

Constituents

• State Secrets Office: Security controls and classifications.
• Joint Assessments Staff: Summaries of Noshem and bureau material for the Parliament and the Cabinet.

Departments

• Department of Federal Security: Threats to federal institutions and the constitutional order.
  • Assessments Section
  • Subversion Section
  • Secession Section
• Department of Counterintelligence: Foreign intelligence work against Commonwealth institutions.
  • Foreign Influence Section
  • Counter-Espionage Section
  • Hostile Services Section
• Department of Protection: Guarding of ministers, government premises and state occasions.
  • Ministers' Protection Section
  • Premises Section
  • State Occasions Section
• Department of Assessments: Intelligence summaries for the parliament and cabinet.
  • Joint Assessments Staff
  • Summaries Section

Constituents

• Commonwealth Foreign Service: Diplomatic branch of the State Service.
• Protocol Office: State visits, ceremonies and the foreign diplomatic corps in Comet.
• Commonwealth Intelligence Liaison: Foreign intelligence from Noshem.

Departments

• Department of Foreign Affairs: Relations with foreign governments, by region.
  • Office of European Affairs
  • Office of American Affairs
  • Office of African Affairs
  • Office of Asian & Pacific Affairs
  • United Nations Office
  • Office of International Organisations
• Department of Foreign Service: The diplomatic service; postings, training and records.
  • Postings Office
  • Office of Diplomatic Training
  • Personnel Records Office
  • Office of Credentials
• Department of Missions: Premises and administration of embassies abroad.
  • Missions Administration Office
  • Diplomatic Stores Office
  • Office of Security of Premises
• Department of Protocol: State visits, ceremonies and the foreign diplomatic corps in Vekllei.
  • Office of State Visits
  • Office of Ceremonies
  • Office of the Diplomatic Corps

Departments

• Fleet Command: Command, procurement and commissions.
  • Fleet Command
  • Naval Station Antigua Shore Establishment
• Relief Fleet: Hospital, power plant and aircraft carrier groups.
  • CCNV Angel of Mercy
  • Mary-Class Hospital Ships
  • Atom-Class Power Plant Ship
• Training Squadron: The technical school ship and education missions.
  • Technical School Ship

Departments

• Department of Consular Training: Courses for consular officers.
  • Office of Consular Practice
  • Office of Visas & Documents
  • Office of Distressed Citizens
  • Office of Consular Law
• Department of Language Training: Languages for postings outside the English-speaking world.
  • Office of European Languages
  • Office of Asian Languages
  • Office of Other Languages
• Department of Advanced Courses: Advanced courses for particular consular duties.
  • Office of Protection of Citizens
  • Office of Commercial Work
  • Office of Foreign Customs

Schools

• School of Visa & Documentation: Examination of travel documents and the adjudication of visas.
  • Office of Passport & Travel Document Examination
  • Office of Visa Adjudication
  • Office of Consular Records
• School of Emergency Assistance: Training for arrests, hospital cases, evacuations and deaths abroad.
  • Office of Detention & Hospital Cases
  • Office of Repatriation & Evacuation
  • Office of Bereavement Services
• School of Consular Law: Treaty obligations, local law and the certification of documents.
  • Office of Treaty Obligations
  • Office of Local Law
  • Office of Notarial Work
• School of Travellers’ Affairs: Assistance to citizens travelling outside the integrated travel system.
  • Office of Money & Exchange
  • Office of Stranded Travellers
  • Office of Travel Bureau Liaison
• School of Post Administration: Running a legation or consulate on a small staff.
  • Office of Stipends & Household Accounts
  • Office of Local Staff & Premises
• School of Languages: Language instruction to support postings in non-English-speaking countries.
  • Office of European Languages
  • Office of Asian Languages
  • Office of Other Languages

Departments

• Department of Diplomatic Studies: International law, protocol, negotiation and diplomatic history.
  • Office of International Law
  • Office of Diplomatic Protocol
  • Office of Negotiation
  • Office of Diplomatic History
• Department of Regional Studies: Politics, languages and customs of the regions of posting.
  • Office of European Studies
  • Office of American Studies
  • Office of African Studies
  • Office of Asian & Pacific Studies
• Department of Commonwealth Studies: Instruction in explaining the Commonwealth’s political and economic system to foreigners.
  • Office of Commons Economics
  • Office of Constitutional Studies
  • Office of Vekllei Studies
• Department of Language Studies: Advanced languages for diplomatic postings.
  • Office of Major Languages
  • Office of Minor Languages
  • Office of Interpreter Training

Schools

• School of International Law: Treaties, and the law of the sea.
• School of Protocol: State visits and the foreign diplomatic corps at Comet.
• School of Negotiation: Drafting of agreements; taught mostly by serving ambassadors.
• School of Regional Studies: The politics and history of particular regions.
  • Office of European Studies
  • Office of American Studies
  • Office of African Studies
  • Office of Asian & Pacific Studies
• School of the Commons: Explaining the commons economy to foreign counterparts.

Constituents

• Aid Projects Board: Design and management of aid projects lasting several years.
• Technical Mission Service: Engineers, doctors and teachers sent abroad for a season or two.
• Commonwealth Acts of Mercy (CAM): Shipments of food and medicines under the CAM stencil.
• Relief Inspectorate: Inspection of aid projects; its reports are published.

Departments

• Department of Projects: Design and inspection of aid projects.
  • Projects Office
  • Works Office
  • Inspection Office
• Department of Technical Missions: Specialist teams sent to recipient countries.
  • Postings Office
  • Transport & Stores Office
  • Recipient Governments Office
• Department of Stores: Purchase, storage and shipment of aid materials.
  • Purchasing Office
  • Depots Office
  • Shipping Office
• Department of Liaison: Relations with recipient governments, the United Nations agencies and foreign relief societies.
  • Governments Office
  • United Nations Office
  • Relief Societies Office