<Li> The Surface Transportation Board (STB) was created in the ICC Termination Act of 1995 and is the successor agency to the Interstate Commerce Commission . The STB is an economic regulatory agency that Congress charged with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers . The STB is decisionally independent, although it is administratively affiliated with the Department of Transportation . </Li> <Li> The United States Postal Service (USPS) is defined by statute as an "independent establishment" of the federal government, which replaced the Cabinet - level Post Office Department in 1971 . The Postal Service is responsible for the collection, transportation, and delivery of the mails, and for the operation of thousands of local post offices across the country . It also provides international mail service through the Universal Postal Union and other agreements with foreign countries . </Li> <Li> Other independent agencies: the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). </Li> <Ul> <Li> The Committee on Public Information was an agency created to influence US public opinion regarding American participation in World War I. Lasting from April 14, 1917, to June 30, 1919 it was directed by George Creel . The agency used propaganda available to achieve its goals . </Li> <Li> The Interstate Commerce Commission regulated common carriers and was thus able to render far reaching orders, such as the desegregation of public transportation . After trucking and railroads were largely deregulated, the ICC was replaced with the independent Surface Transportation Board, with remaining functions transferred to the Department of Transportation . </Li> <Li> The United States Maritime Commission was intended to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and build five hundred modern merchant cargo ships for the US Merchant Marine . It also formed the United States Maritime Service . In 1950, its functions were transferred to the United States Maritime Administration, which later became part of the Department of Transportation . </Li> <Li> The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was designed to help finance projects during the Great Depression . It later helped finance the nation's military buildup as World War II approached . Scandals led to its eventual dissolution in 1956 . </Li> <Li> The Atomic Energy Commission was established for peacetime development of atomic energy . In 1974 it was abolished, and two new agencies were created, the Energy Research and Development Administration for military development of nuclear materials and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for regulation of civilian uses of nuclear materials, such as nuclear power plants and medical uses . </Li> <Li> The Office of the United States Nuclear Waste Negotiator was responsible for the placement and long term storage of radioactive waste . It was dissolved in 1995 . </Li> <Li> The United States Information Agency, which was partially merged into the Department of State in 1999 . </Li> </Ul>

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