Organizations
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U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is a federal agency that supports small businesses and responds to disasters. It administers the 8(a) contracting program used by Alaska Native corporations, issues disaster declarations, and offers low-interest recovery loans to storm-hit communities.
City of Cordova
The City of Cordova is the municipal government of Cordova, Alaska, on Prince William Sound. Its City Council, Planning Commission and Harbor Commission set tax rates, regulate alcohol licenses, manage harbor and dock facilities, and oversee roads and waste collection.
City of Whittier
City of Whittier is the municipal government of Whittier, a Prince William Sound port reached through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel. Its city council sets policy on personnel and harbor operations for this cruise, ferry and freight gateway in Southcentral Alaska.
University of Alaska Southeast
University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is the University of Alaska System campus based in Juneau, Alaska. It operates branch campuses in Sitka and Ketchikan and is known for programs in teacher education, fisheries and marine biology, and Alaska Native languages and arts.
Koniag Inc
Koniag Inc is the ANCSA regional corporation for the Kodiak Archipelago, representing Sugpiaq and Alutiiq shareholders. Its subsidiaries hold federal contracts in information technology and administrative services for agencies such as the State Department and Social Security Administration.
Alaska National Guard
Alaska National Guard (AKNG) is the organization that oversees Alaska's Army and Air National Guard units. It carries out search and rescue, disaster response and Arctic defense missions statewide and mobilizes for federal service.
City of Soldotna
City of Soldotna is the municipal government of Soldotna, a city on the Kenai Peninsula along the Kenai River. The Soldotna City Council decides zoning, rezoning and permitting rules, snow storage requirements, and municipal ordinances.
City of North Pole
City of North Pole is the municipal government of North Pole, a Fairbanks North Star Borough city on the Richardson Highway near Eielson Air Force Base. Its City Council sets employee pay, utility and tax policy, and the North Pole Police Department provides local law enforcement.
Cook Inlet Tribal Council
Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) is the tribal nonprofit serving Alaska Native and American Indian people in the Cook Inlet region. It runs workforce training, education, family wellness and youth programs, plus heating assistance from its Anchorage campus.
The White House
The White House is the executive office of the president of the United States, within the U.S. Federal Government. Also called the Office of the President or Executive Office of the President, it issues executive orders, proclamations and signing statements.
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (Alyeska) operates the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), an 800-mile oil pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. It manages right-of-way renewals, land and water permits, and flood, erosion and spill-response planning along the pipeline corridor.
U.S. Forest Service Alaska Region
The U.S. Forest Service Alaska Region is the federal agency that manages Alaska's national forests. It manages the Tongass and Chugach, the two largest national forests in the United States, and oversees logging, roadless area rules and habitat restoration across Southeast and Southcentral Alaska.
Alaska Joint Budget & Audit Committee
The Alaska Joint Budget & Audit Committee (JBAC) is a bipartisan, bicameral legislative committee. It conducts performance audits of state agencies, reviews fiscal management, and draws members from both chambers of the Alaska State Legislature. It oversees the legislative auditor's office.
Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes
Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes (Tlingit & Haida) is the sovereign tribal government for Tlingit and Haida people in Southeast Alaska. It provides social, health, employment and cultural programs, and operates a tribal court that hears child protection cases.
City of Homer
City of Homer is the municipal government that oversees the city of Homer, Alaska, through its city council. The council makes decisions on property transfers, facility demolitions, and capital projects. It governs municipal services and development along Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula.
City of Palmer
City of Palmer is the municipal government of Palmer, Alaska, seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Its council, mayor and police department decide zoning, water system projects and public safety matters. Its meetings, including Planning and Zoning sessions, are recorded and posted publicly.
Clear Space Force Station
Clear Space Force Station (Clear SFS) is the U.S. Space Force installation that provides missile warning and tracking near Anderson, Alaska. It hosts the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) and the 13th Space Warning Squadron.
Doyon, Limited
Doyon, Limited is the Alaska Native regional corporation for Alaska's Interior. Owned by Athabascan shareholders, it is the largest landowner created by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). It operates oilfield services, government contracting, tourism and utilities in the Interior.
Kodiak Island Borough School District
The Kodiak Island Borough School District (KIBSD) is the public school district for Kodiak and the villages of the Kodiak archipelago. Its elected school board sets the budget, staffing, curriculum and calendar, and decides whether to close small village schools as funding tightens.
U.S. Department of Defense
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), also called the Pentagon, is the federal department that oversees the U.S. armed forces. In Alaska it operates Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Greely, and leads Arctic strategy and the Red Flag-Alaska training exercises.
Alaska Court of Appeals
Alaska Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court that reviews criminal case appeals in Alaska. It rules on sentencing, plea agreements, jury instructions, and other criminal appeals statewide. It operates within the Alaska Court System, distinct from the Alaska Supreme Court.
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) is the member-owned utility that provides electricity to dozens of remote rural Alaska villages. It serves communities off the road system using diesel and renewable microgrids. Its rates and power subsidies are set by state regulators.
Foundation Health Partners
Foundation Health Partners (FHP) is the nonprofit health system that provides hospital, long-term care and clinic services in Fairbanks, Alaska. It operates Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, the Denali Center and the Tanana Valley Clinic to serve the Interior region.
Sealaska Corporation
Sealaska Corporation is the Alaska Native regional corporation for Southeast Alaska, owned by Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian shareholders. It operates in sustainable forestry, seafood, and environmental services across the Tongass region.
Southeast Conference
Southeast Conference is the regional economic development organization for Southeast Alaska, whose members are its towns, tribes and businesses. It speaks for the region on ferry service, energy and transportation, and it studies the economy of its fishing, timber, mining and tourism towns.
Anchorage Platting Board
The Anchorage Platting Board (Anchorage Plat Board) is the municipal body that approves subdivision plats in Anchorage, Alaska. It decides replats, lot line adjustments, and vacations of rights-of-way, easements, and plat notes for residential, commercial, and port development.
Calista Corporation
Calista Corporation is the Alaska Native regional corporation for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of southwest Alaska. It is owned by Yup'ik, Cup'ik, and Athabascan shareholders and advances Donlin Gold mining, broadband expansion, and workforce and cultural programs for Delta villages.
City of Hoonah
City of Hoonah is the municipal government that governs the city of Hoonah on Chichagof Island in southeast Alaska. Its council decides local issues including dock and harbor permitting, municipal services, and waterfront development for this Tlingit community.
City of Unalaska
The City of Unalaska (Unalaska City Council) is the municipal government of Unalaska, an Aleutian Islands community that includes the Port of Dutch Harbor. Its council sets budgets and taxes, awards contracts and grants, and runs the harbors, airport and utilities serving the fishing industry.
Denali Borough
Denali Borough is the borough government that administers the Denali Borough, seated in Healy, Alaska. It spans the Parks Highway corridor from Cantwell to Anderson, including the gateway communities to Denali National Park, and sets policy on fire and EMS coverage, landfill fees and housing.