Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information
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The Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information was a Russian state body responsible for secure government communications and information security that succeeded the KGB in this domain after the Soviet Union’s dissolution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information canonical | 1 |
| Федеральное агентство правительственной связи и информации | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T326756 — 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.
Target entity: Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information Context triple: [KGB, followedBy, Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information]
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A.
Defense Communications Agency
The Defense Communications Agency was a U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for managing and developing military communications networks and infrastructure.
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B.
Federal Security Agency
The Federal Security Agency was a former U.S. government agency (1940–1953) that oversaw major social welfare, public health, and education programs before its functions were absorbed into other departments.
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C.
Division of Information of the National Emergency Council
The Division of Information of the National Emergency Council was a U.S. federal wartime information agency that coordinated and disseminated government news and public information before being succeeded by the Office of Government Reports.
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D.
U.S. federal agencies
U.S. federal agencies are national-level government bodies responsible for implementing and enforcing federal laws, regulations, and policies across a wide range of domains in the United States.
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E.
Office of Government Information Services
The Office of Government Information Services is the U.S. federal FOIA ombudsman that mediates disputes between requesters and agencies and reviews agency Freedom of Information Act compliance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information Target entity description: The Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information was a Russian state body responsible for secure government communications and information security that succeeded the KGB in this domain after the Soviet Union’s dissolution.
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A.
Defense Communications Agency
The Defense Communications Agency was a U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for managing and developing military communications networks and infrastructure.
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B.
Federal Security Agency
The Federal Security Agency was a former U.S. government agency (1940–1953) that oversaw major social welfare, public health, and education programs before its functions were absorbed into other departments.
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C.
Division of Information of the National Emergency Council
The Division of Information of the National Emergency Council was a U.S. federal wartime information agency that coordinated and disseminated government news and public information before being succeeded by the Office of Government Reports.
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D.
U.S. federal agencies
U.S. federal agencies are national-level government bodies responsible for implementing and enforcing federal laws, regulations, and policies across a wide range of domains in the United States.
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E.
Office of Government Information Services
The Office of Government Information Services is the U.S. federal FOIA ombudsman that mediates disputes between requesters and agencies and reviews agency Freedom of Information Act compliance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian federal agency
ⓘ
signals intelligence agency ⓘ |
| country |
Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
|
| dissolvedInto |
Federal Protective Service of Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Protective Service of the Russian Federation
Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation ⓘ other Russian security and communications bodies ⓘ |
| field |
communications interception
ⓘ
cryptography ⓘ information security ⓘ secure government communications ⓘ signals intelligence ⓘ |
| formedFrom | elements of the former KGB ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Moscow ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal authorities of the Russian Federation ⓘ |
| mainTask |
ensuring confidentiality of state communications
ⓘ
ensuring integrity of state information resources ⓘ providing technical means for secure communication channels ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Федеральное агентство правительственной связи и информации
|
| operatedIn | post-Soviet period ⓘ |
| oversight |
Government of the Russian Federation
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Russia
President of the Russian Federation ⓘ
surface form:
Russian President
|
| parentOrganization | Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ |
| precededBy |
KGB 16th Directorate
ⓘ
KGB ⓘ
surface form:
KGB 8th Main Directorate
|
| relatedTo |
KGB
ⓘ
Russian cryptographic services ⓘ Russian intelligence community ⓘ |
| replaced |
KGB functions in government communications
ⓘ
KGB functions in signals intelligence ⓘ |
| responsibility |
development of cryptographic systems for government use
ⓘ
monitoring of communications networks of interest to the state ⓘ protection of government communications ⓘ protection of state information systems ⓘ provision of secure communications for top state officials ⓘ signals intelligence in support of Russian leadership ⓘ |
| sector |
intelligence
ⓘ
national security ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| shortName | FAPSI ⓘ |
| successor |
Federal Protective Service of Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Protective Service of the Russian Federation
Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post-Soviet Russia ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | civilian intelligence agency with military support functions ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
ⓘ
surface form:
Government ministries of Russia
President of the Russian Federation ⓘ
surface form:
President of Russia
Russian Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Russian armed forces leadership
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How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information Description of subject: The Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information was a Russian state body responsible for secure government communications and information security that succeeded the KGB in this domain after the Soviet Union’s dissolution.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.