United States Department of the Treasury

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federal executive department government agency

The United States Department of the Treasury is the federal executive department responsible for managing national finances, including collecting taxes, producing currency, and formulating economic and fiscal policy.

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All labels observed (32)

Label	Occurrences
United States Department of the Treasury canonical	302
U.S. Department of the Treasury	121
Department of the Treasury	19
U.S. Treasury Department	15
U.S. Treasury	14
United States Treasury	14
United States Treasury Department	9
Treasury Department	4
Department of the Treasury of the United States	2
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	2
Chapter 3 – Department of the Treasury	1
Department of the Treasury (United States)	1
Department of the Treasury (historically)	1
Department of the Treasury through the United States Secret Service	1
Office of Foreign Assets Control	1
Office of Inspector General	1
Office of the Secretary of the Treasury	1
Treasury	1
Treasury Department of the United States	1
Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture	1
U.S. Department of the Treasury (historical FLETC oversight)	1
U.S. Department of the Treasury (historical)	1
U.S. Department of the Treasury as lead agency for federal debt collection	1
U.S. Treasury Department officials	1
USDT	1
United States Department of the Treasury (for some commercial functions)	1
United States Department of the Treasury agencies	1
United States Department of the Treasury facilities	1
United States Department of the Treasury headquarters	1
United States Department of the Treasury headquarters (administrative oversight)	1
United States Mint	1
bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1153 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Department of the Treasury
Context triple: [Washington, D.C., hostsInstitution, United States Department of the Treasury]

A. National Science Foundation
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B. Central Intelligence Agency
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C. Carnegie endowment trust
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D. Carnegie Institution of Washington
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E. US dollar
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F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Department of the Treasury
Target entity description: The United States Department of the Treasury is the federal executive department responsible for managing national finances, including collecting taxes, producing currency, and formulating economic and fiscal policy.

A. Secretary of Commerce of the United States
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B. Tennessee Valley Authority
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C. National Science Foundation
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D. Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is the United States’ primary civilian foreign intelligence service, responsible for gathering, analyzing, and conducting covert operations abroad to support national security and policy decisions.
E. Carnegie endowment trust
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F. None of above. chosen

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal executive department ⓘ government agency ⓘ
abbreviation	United States Department of the Treasury self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Treasury United States Department of the Treasury self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USDT UST ⓘ
budgetFunction	financial management of the federal government ⓘ
cabinetLevel	yes ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Federal Reserve System ⓘ Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ surface form: Office of Management and Budget
country	United States of America ⓘ
formedOn	1789-09-02 ⓘ
hasOffice	Office of Domestic Finance ⓘ Office of Economic Policy ⓘ United States Department of the Treasury self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Inspector General Office of International Affairs ⓘ Office of Tax Policy ⓘ Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence ⓘ Office of the General Counsel ⓘ Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration ⓘ
headquartersBuilding	Treasury Building ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: Federal government of the United States
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Treasury Act of 1789 ⓘ
locatedNear	White House ⓘ
locatedOn	Pennsylvania Avenue ⓘ
motto	“The Department of the Treasury shall execute and perform all such services relative to the finances of the United States” ⓘ
nativeName	United States Department of the Treasury self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Department of the Treasury
oversees	Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau ⓘ Bureau of Engraving and Printing ⓘ Bureau of the Fiscal Service ⓘ Community Development Financial Institutions Fund ⓘ Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ⓘ Internal Revenue Service ⓘ Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence ⓘ surface form: Office of Foreign Assets Control Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ⓘ United States Mint ⓘ
parentOrganization	executive branch of the United States ⓘ surface form: Executive branch of the United States government
position	Deputy Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ Under Secretary for Domestic Finance ⓘ Under Secretary for International Affairs ⓘ Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence ⓘ surface form: Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ surface form: United States Secretary of the Treasury
predecessor	Board of Treasury ⓘ Confederation Congress financial offices ⓘ
reportsTo	President of the United States ⓘ
responsibility	advising the President on economic issues ⓘ collecting federal taxes and duties ⓘ combating financial crimes ⓘ enforcing federal finance and tax laws ⓘ formulating economic policy ⓘ formulating fiscal policy ⓘ imposing economic sanctions ⓘ issuing Treasury securities ⓘ managing federal finances ⓘ managing government accounts ⓘ managing the public debt ⓘ overseeing financial stability programs ⓘ producing currency and coinage ⓘ supervising national banks and thrift institutions ⓘ
seal	Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
sector	public finance ⓘ
shortName	United States Department of the Treasury self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Treasury Department United States Department of the Treasury self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of the Treasury United States Department of the Treasury self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Treasury
website	https://home.treasury.gov ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baker Plan → coordinatedBy → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Treasury Department

Baker Initiative → designedBy → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Treasury Department

Brady Plan → supportedBy → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Treasury

Latin American debt crisis → involvesActor → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Treasury

Torricelli Act → enforcedBy → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of the Treasury

Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction → affiliation → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

Charles S. Hamlin → employer → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

Office of the Administrator → coordinatesWith → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of the Treasury

M. Peter McPherson → employer → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of the Treasury

Samuel Dexter (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury) → jurisdiction → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

subject surface form: Samuel Dexter

Robert B. Anderson → employer → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

Eliot Ness → employer → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

Chief of Staff to the Secretary’s office → employer → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

Office of Legislative Affairs of the Treasury Department → partOf → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

Office of Legislative Affairs of the Treasury Department → parentAgency → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

Office of Public Affairs of the Treasury Department → partOf → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

Office of the Inspector General of the Treasury Department → partOf → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

James Knox Taylor → employer → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

Office of International Affairs of the Treasury Department → partOf → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

Office of International Affairs of the Treasury Department → parentOrganization → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

John L. Sullivan → employer → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

OTS → parentAgency → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of Thrift Supervision

OTS → partOf → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of Thrift Supervision

Office of Management of the Treasury Department → partOf → United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ

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