Template:Infobox government agency/doc

is an infobox for use in articles on government agencies, departments, ministries, etc.

Syntax


Parameters
All parameters except the agency name are optional.

Examples
For the United States Department of Agriculture: 

For the Federal Statistical Office of Germany: 

TemplateData
{	"params": { "name": { "suggested": true, "aliases": [ "agency_name" ],			"label": "Name", "description": "Name of the agency", "type": "line", "default": "Name of the page" },		"native_name": { "aliases": [ "nativename" ],			"label": "Native name", "description": "Agency name in a native language using Western characters (French, German, Spanish, etc.), such as Port Lotniczy im. Fryderyka Chopina. Can also be used for two different names in the same language.", "example": "Port Lotniczy im", "type": "line" },		"native_name_a": { "aliases": [ "nativename_a" ],			"label": "Direct native name", "description": "Agency name in a native language with non-Western characters (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, etc.).", "example": "北京首都国际机场", "type": "line" },		"native_name_r": { "aliases": [ "nativename_r" ],			"label": "Romanised native name", "description": "(optional) Use in conjunction with above for Romanized name of the agency.", "example": "Běijīng Shǒudū Guójì Jīcháng", "type": "line" },		"seal": { "label": "Seal", "description": "Seal for the agency", "type": "wiki-file-name", "suggested": true },		"seal_size": { "aliases": [ "seal_width" ],			"label": "Seal size", "description": "Image size for the agency seal (limited to 180 px maximum)", "type": "number" },		"seal_caption": { "label": "Seal caption", "description": "Caption for the agency seal", "type": "line" },		"logo": { "label": "Logo", "description": "Image for the agency\t", "type": "wiki-file-name", "suggested": true },		"logo_size": { "aliases": [ "logo_width" ],			"label": "Logo size", "description": "Image size for the agency image (limited to 180 px maximum)\t", "type": "number" },		"logo_caption": { "description": "Caption for the agency image\t", "type": "line" },		"image": { "aliases": [ "picture" ],			"label": "Image", "description": "Image for the agency", "type": "wiki-file-name" },		"image_size": { "aliases": [ "picture_width" ],			"label": "Image size", "description": "Image size for the agency image (limited to 180 px maximum)", "type": "number" },		"image_caption": { "aliases": [ "picture_caption" ],			"label": "Image caption", "description": "Caption for the agency image\t", "type": "line" },		"formed": { "label": "Date founded", "description": "Date of foundation of the agency", "example": "December 25, 1066", "type": "line", "suggested": true },		"preceding1": { "label": "Preceding agency 1", "description": "Name of a preceding agency. Title of box will automatically pluralise upon use of more than one.", "type": "line" },		"preceding2": { "inherits": "preceding1", "label": "Preceding agency 2" },		"preceding3": { "inherits": "preceding1", "label": "Preceding agency 3" },		"preceding4": { "inherits": "preceding1", "label": "Preceding agency 4" },		"preceding5": { "inherits": "preceding1", "label": "Preceding agency 5" },		"preceding6": { "inherits": "preceding1", "label": "Preceding agency 6" },		"dissolved": { "label": "Date dissolved", "description": "Date of dissolution of the agency", "example": "1782" },		"superseding1": { "aliases": [ "superseding" ],			"label": "Superseding agency 1", "description": "Name of a superseding agency. Title of box will automatically pluralise upon use of more than one.", "type": "line" },		"superseding2": { "inherits": "superseding1", "label": "Superseding agency 2" },		"superseding3": { "inherits": "superseding1", "label": "Superseding agency 3" },		"superseding4": { "inherits": "superseding1", "label": "Superseding agency 4" },		"superseding5": { "inherits": "superseding1", "label": "Superseding agency 5" },		"superseding6": { "inherits": "superseding1", "label": "Superseding agency 6" },		"jurisdiction": { "label": "Jurisdiction", "description": "Name of the jurisdiction in which the agency resides\t", "example": "Government of Western Australia", "type": "line", "suggested": true },		"headquarters": { "label": "Headquarters", "description": "Location of the agency's headquarters.", "example": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "type": "line" },		"latd": { "label": "Latitude in degrees", "description": "Headquarters co-ordinates; latitude in degrees.", "type": "number" },		"longd": { "label": "Longitude in degrees.", "description": "Headquarters co-ordinates; longitude in degrees.", "type": "number" },		"latm": { "label": "Latitude in minutes", "description": "Headquarters co-ordinates; latitude in minutes.", "type": "number" },		"lats": { "label": "Latitude in seconds", "description": "Headquarters co-ordinates; latitude in seconds.", "type": "number" },		"latNS": { "label": "Latitude polarity", "description": "Headquarters co-ordinates; specifies Northern (N) or Southern (S) latitude.", "example": "N", "type": "line" },		"longm": { "label": "Longitude in minutes", "description": "Headquarters co-ordinates; longitude in minutes.", "type": "number" },		"longs": { "label": "Longitude in seconds", "description": "Headquarters co-ordinates; longitude in seconds.", "type": "number" },		"longEW": { "label": "Longitude polarity", "description": "Headquarters co-ordinates; specifies Western (W) or Eastern (E) latitude.", "example": "W", "type": "line" },		"region_code": { "label": "Region code", "description": "Headquarters coordinates; sets the preferred map region of coverage, used in selecting appropriate map resources for the area. The region should be supplied as either a two character ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, or an ISO 3166-2 region code.", "example": "AU", "type": "line" },		"coordinates": { "label": "Headquarter co-ordinates template", "description": "Headquarters coordinates using °N, °W option instead of the above. See documentation at °N, °W for fields.\t", "type": "line", "deprecated": true },		"motto": { "label": "Motto or slogan", "description": "Official motto/slogan of the agency", "example": "Semper Occultus", "type": "line" },		"employees": { "label": "Employees", "description": "Number of employees of the agency", "example": "3200", "type": "number", "suggested": true },		"budget": { "label": "Annual budget", "description": "Annual budget of the agency", "example": "$95 m USD (2006)", "type": "line", "suggested": true },		"minister1_name": { "label": "Minister 1", "description": "Name of a current minister responsible for the agency, in Westminster systems. Title of box will automatically pluralise upon use of more than one.", "example": "Rt Hon Philip Hammond, MP", "type": "line" },		"minister1_pfo": { "label": "Ministerial portfolio 1", "description": "Portfolio of a current minister responsible for the agency, in Westminster systems. Title of box will automatically pluralise upon use of more than one.", "example": "Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs", "type": "line" },		"minister2_name": { "inherits": "minister1_name", "label": "Minister 2" },		"minister2_pfo": { "inherits": "minister1_pfo", "label": "Ministerial portfolio 2" },		"minister3_name": { "inherits": "minister1_name", "label": "Minister 3" },		"minister3_pfo": { "inherits": "minister1_pfo", "label": "Ministerial portfolio 3" },		"minister4_name": { "inherits": "minister1_name", "label": "Minister 4" },		"minister4_pfo": { "inherits": "minister1_pfo", "label": "Ministerial portfolio 4" },		"minister5_name": { "inherits": "minister1_name", "label": "Minister 5" },		"minister5_pfo": { "inherits": "minister1_pfo", "label": "Ministerial portfolio 5" },		"minister6_name": { "inherits": "minister1_name", "label": "Minister 6" },		"minister6_pfo": { "inherits": "minister1_pfo", "label": "Ministerial portfolio 6" },		"minister7_name": { "inherits": "minister1_name", "label": "Minister 7" },		"minister7_pfo": { "inherits": "minister1_pfo", "label": "Ministerial portfolio 7" },		"deputyminister1_name": { "label": "Deputy minister 1", "description": "Name of a current deputy minister responsible for the agency, in Westminster systems. Title of box will automatically pluralise upon use of more than one.", "type": "line" },		"deputyminister1_pfo": { "label": "Deputy ministerial portfolio 1", "description": "Portfolio of a current deputy minister responsible for the agency, in Westminster systems. Title of box will automatically pluralise upon use of more than one.", "example": "Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs", "type": "line" },		"deputyminister2_name": { "inherits": "deputyminister1_name", "label": "Deputy minister 2" },		"deputyminister2_pfo": { "inherits": "deputyminister1_pfo", "label": "Deputy ministerial portfolio 2" },		"deputyminister3_name": { "inherits": "deputyminister1_name", "label": "Deputy minister 3" },		"deputyminister3_pfo": { "inherits": "deputyminister1_pfo", "label": "Deputy ministerial portfolio 3" },		"deputyminister4_name": { "inherits": "deputyminister1_name", "label": "Deputy minister 4" },		"deputyminister4_pfo": { "inherits": "deputyminister1_pfo", "label": "Deputy ministerial portfolio 4" },		"deputyminister5_name": { "inherits": "deputyminister1_name", "label": "Deputy minister 5" },		"deputyminister5_pfo": { "inherits": "deputyminister1_pfo", "label": "Deputy ministerial portfolio 5" },		"deputyminister6_name": { "inherits": "deputyminister1_name", "label": "Deputy minister 6" },		"deputyminister6_pfo": { "inherits": "deputyminister1_pfo", "label": "Deputy ministerial portfolio 6" },		"deputyminister7_name": { "inherits": "deputyminister1_name", "label": "Deputy minister 7" },		"deputyminister7_pfo": { "inherits": "deputyminister1_pfo", "label": "Deputy ministerial portfolio 7" },		"chief1_name": { "label": "Head 1", "description": "Name of current agency chief/director/executive director.", "example": "Alex Younger", "type": "line", "suggested": true },		"chief1_position": { "label": "Head position 1", "description": "Position title of current agency chief/director/executive director.", "example": "Chief of the SIS", "type": "line", "suggested": true },		"chief2_name": { "inherits": "chief1_name", "label": "Head 2" },		"chief2_position": { "inherits": "chief1_position", "label": "Head position 2" },		"chief3_name": { "inherits": "chief1_name", "label": "Head 3" },		"chief3_position": { "inherits": "chief1_position", "label": "Head position 3" },		"chief4_name": { "inherits": "chief1_name", "label": "Head 4" },		"chief4_position": { "inherits": "chief1_position", "label": "Head position 4" },		"chief5_name": { "inherits": "chief1_name", "label": "Head 5" },		"chief5_position": { "inherits": "chief1_position", "label": "Head position 5" },		"chief6_name": { "inherits": "chief1_name", "label": "Head 6" },		"chief6_position": { "inherits": "chief1_position", "label": "Head position 6" },		"chief7_name": { "inherits": "chief1_name", "label": "Head 7" },		"chief7_position": { "inherits": "chief1_position", "label": "Head position 7" },		"chief8_name": { "inherits": "chief1_name", "label": "Head 8" },		"chief8_position": { "inherits": "chief1_position", "label": "Head position 8" },		"chief9_name": { "inherits": "chief1_name", "label": "Head 9" },		"chief9_position": { "inherits": "chief1_position", "label": "Head position 9" },		"parent_department": { "label": "Parent department", "description": "Parent department of this agency (when the parent is not an agency)\t", "example": "Home Office", "type": "line", "suggested": true },		"parent_agency": { "label": "Parent agency", "description": "Parent agency of this agency (when the parent is also an agency)\t", "type": "line" },		"child1_agency": { "label": "Child agency 1", "description": "An agency that reports to this one.", "type": "line" },		"child2_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 2" },		"child3_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 3" },		"child4_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 4" },		"child5_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 5" },		"child6_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 6" },		"child7_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 7" },		"child8_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 8" },		"child9_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 9" },		"child10_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 10" },		"child11_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 11" },		"child12_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency " },		"child13_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 13" },		"child14_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 14" },		"child15_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 15" },		"child16_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 16" },		"child17_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 17" },		"child18_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 18" },		"child19_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 19" },		"child20_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 20" },		"child31_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 31" },		"child22_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 22" },		"child23_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 23" },		"child24_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 24" },		"child25_agency": { "inherits": "child1_agency", "label": "Child agency 25" },		"keydocument1": { "label": "Key document 1", "description": "Hyperlink to key document for the organisation.", "type": "url" },		"keydocument2": { "inherits": "keydocument1", "label": "Key document 2" },		"keydocument3": { "inherits": "keydocument1", "label": "Key document 3" },		"keydocument4": { "inherits": "keydocument1", "label": "Key document 4" },		"keydocument5": { "inherits": "keydocument1", "label": "Key document 5" },		"keydocument6": { "inherits": "keydocument1", "label": "Key document 6" },		"website": { "label": "Website", "description": "Hyperlink to agency's website.", "type": "url", "suggested": true },		"map": { "label": "Map", "description": "Image for the map", "type": "wiki-file-name" },		"map_size": { "aliases": [ "map_width", "pushpin_mapsize" ],			"label": "Map size", "description": "Image size for the map (limited to 180 px maximum)", "type": "number" },		"map_caption": { "label": "Map caption", "description": "Caption for the map", "type": "line", "aliases": [ "pushpin_map_caption" ]		},		"footnotes": { "label": "Footnotes" },		"type": { "label": "Type", "description": "Type of agency", "type": "line", "default": "agency" },		"service": {}, "agency_type": {}, "subbox": {}, "italic title": {}, "child": {}, "embed": {}, "seal_alt": {}, "logo_alt": {}, "image_alt": {}, "status": {}, "minister_type": {}, "minister8_name": {}, "minister8_pfo": {}, "deputyminister_type": {}, "deputyminister8_name": {}, "deputyminister8_pfo": {}, "parent_agency_type": {}, "child21_agency": {}, "agency_id": {}, "map_alt": { "aliases": [ "pushpin_map_alt" ]		},		"map_type": { "aliases": [ "pushpin_map" ]		},		"map_dot_mark": {}, "map_dot_label": { "aliases": [ "map dot label", "pushpin_label" ]		},		"relief": { "aliases": [ "pushpin_relief" ]		},		"image_map": {} },	"format": "block", "paramOrder": [ "name", "native_name", "native_name_a", "native_name_r", "type", "seal", "seal_size", "seal_caption", "logo", "logo_size", "logo_caption", "image", "image_size", "image_caption", "formed", "preceding1", "preceding2", "preceding3", "preceding4", "preceding5", "preceding6", "dissolved", "superseding1", "superseding2", "superseding3", "superseding4", "superseding5", "superseding6", "jurisdiction", "headquarters", "latd", "longd", "latm", "lats", "latNS", "longm", "longs", "longEW", "region_code", "coordinates", "motto", "employees", "budget", "minister1_name", "minister1_pfo", "minister2_name", "minister2_pfo", "minister3_name", "minister3_pfo", "minister4_name", "minister4_pfo", "minister5_name", "minister5_pfo", "minister6_name", "minister6_pfo", "minister7_name", "minister7_pfo", "deputyminister1_name", "deputyminister1_pfo", "deputyminister2_name", "deputyminister2_pfo", "deputyminister3_name", "deputyminister3_pfo", "deputyminister4_name", "deputyminister4_pfo", "deputyminister5_name", "deputyminister5_pfo", "deputyminister6_name", "deputyminister6_pfo", "deputyminister7_name", "deputyminister7_pfo", "chief1_name", "chief1_position", "chief2_name", "chief2_position", "chief3_name", "chief3_position", "chief4_name", "chief4_position", "chief5_name", "chief5_position", "chief6_name", "chief6_position", "chief7_name", "chief7_position", "chief8_name", "chief8_position", "chief9_name", "chief9_position", "parent_department", "parent_agency", "child1_agency", "child2_agency", "child3_agency", "child4_agency", "child5_agency", "child6_agency", "child7_agency", "child8_agency", "child9_agency", "child10_agency", "child11_agency", "child12_agency", "child13_agency", "child14_agency", "child15_agency", "child16_agency", "child17_agency", "child18_agency", "child19_agency", "child20_agency", "child31_agency", "child22_agency", "child23_agency", "child24_agency", "child25_agency", "keydocument1", "keydocument2", "keydocument3", "keydocument4", "keydocument5", "keydocument6", "website", "map", "map_size", "map_caption", "footnotes", "agency_type", "service", "subbox", "italic title", "child", "embed", "seal_alt", "logo_alt", "image_alt", "status", "minister_type", "minister8_name", "minister8_pfo", "deputyminister_type", "deputyminister8_name", "deputyminister8_pfo", "parent_agency_type", "child21_agency", "agency_id", "map_alt", "map_type", "map_dot_mark", "map_dot_label", "relief", "image_map" ],	"description": "An infobox template for use in articles on government agencies." }

A related note
'Infobox government agency' is discouraged as the sole infobox for certain government bodies, such as law enforcement, military units, space programs, and a few others because they all have infoboxes specializing in those subjects. However, practical embedding of infoboxes is encouraged.