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Office Christmas Party
Office Christmas Party is a 2016 Paramount R-rated comedy directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, T.J. Miller, Olivia Munn, and Kate McKinnon, about employees throwing a wild party to save their jobs.
Office Depot
Office Depot is an American office-products retail and business-to-business brand founded in 1986 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and taken private by Atlas Holdings in 2025.
Office du Niger
The Office du Niger, a semi-autonomous Malian state agency, administers one of West Africa's largest rice irrigation schemes, in the Ségou region, created by France in 1932.
Office for Budget Responsibility
The Office for Budget Responsibility is the UK's independent economic and fiscal forecaster, established by the 2011 Act to publish five-year forecasts and assess the sustainability of the public finances.
Office for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS, Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the United Kingdom's recognized national statistical institute, producing official statistics on the economy, population, and society.
Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC), UK central-government body created July 2026 by Prime Minister Andy Burnham, merging the Prime Minister's Office with Cabinet Office coordination and policy functions, alongside No.10 North in Manchester.
Office hysteroscopy
Office hysteroscopy is an outpatient gynecological procedure in which a thin hysteroscope is inserted through the cervix to diagnose and treat intrauterine abnormalities in one visit.
Office management
Office management is the day-to-day running of a physical office and its services, managing space, desks, vendors, budgets, supplies, safety, and administrative staff so the workplace supports the organization's work.
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), now Office of Child Support Services (OCSS): federal HHS/ACF agency overseeing the Title IV-D child support program created in 1975, which locates parents, establishes paternity and orders, and collects and distributes support.
Office of Children's Issues
Office of Children's Issues (CI), CA/OCS/CI: State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs office, created 1994, serving as U.S. Central Authority for the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention and the 1993 Hague Adoption Convention, handling abduction and adoption casework and prevention.
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) was a Department of Energy office created by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to dispose of spent nuclear fuel.
Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety
The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, or Energy Safety, is a California department under the Natural Resources Agency that approves electrical corporations' wildfire mitigation plans.
Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is the US Treasury agency that administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions against foreign regimes, terrorists, and narcotics traffickers.
Office of General Counsel of the Supreme Court of the United States
The Office of General Counsel of the Supreme Court is the Court's in-house legal office, created in 1972, handling certiorari petitions and the Court's own legal needs.
Office of Han Affairs (Han'er si)
The Office of Han Affairs (汉儿司) was the Liao dynasty office administering Han Chinese under Khitan rule, headed by Han Zhigu and later replaced by the Han Chinese Bureau of Military Affairs.
Office of Judicial Review (shenxing yuan)
The Office of Judicial Review (审刑院) was a Song dynasty office, established in 991 inside the imperial palace, that reviewed capital cases before the emperor decided them.
Office of Legal Counsel of the Supreme Court of the United States
The Office of Legal Counsel of the Supreme Court of the United States is a two-attorney office created in 1972 to handle procedural questions and act as the Court's general counsel.
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), formerly the Bureau of the Budget: the largest component of the Executive Office of the President. It prepares the President's Budget, oversees agency performance, procurement, and financial management, and reviews significant regulations through OIRA.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the White House drug czar office created by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988; coordinates 19 federal agencies, a $44 billion drug budget, and the annual National Drug Control Strategy.
Office of Naval Intelligence
Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI): the U.S. Navy's maritime intelligence service, established March 23, 1882 by General Order 292, the nation's oldest continuously serving intelligence agency, headquartered in Suitland, Maryland.
Office of Naval Research
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is the science and technology organization of the U.S. Department of the Navy, established in 1946 to fund basic and applied research.
Office of Pesticide Programs
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), EPA office within OCSPP regulating all US pesticides under FIFRA and setting food residue tolerances; nine divisions, 15-year registration review, 40 CFR Part 158 data rules, 12,000+ review backlog in 2025.
Office of posadnik of Novgorod
The office of posadnik of Novgorod (Новгородский посадник) was the chief elected magistrate of the Novgorod Republic, presiding over the veche assembly until Ivan III abolished it in 1478.
Office of qadi al-qudat of Egypt
The office of qadi al-qudat of Egypt (قاضي القضاة, "judge of judges") was the chief judgeship heading the Fatimid judiciary from the state's foundation in 909 to its collapse in 1171.
Office of qadi of Timbuktu
The office of qadi of Timbuktu was the city's chief judicial office, held by Muslim scholars who judged under Islamic law under Mali and Songhay rule until 1591.
Office of Region Inspector (Cishi)
The Office of Region Inspector (刺史部) was the Han dynasty's network of thirteen regional surveillance circuits, each headed by an inspector sent from the central government to supervise commandery officials.
Office of Strategic Services
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), US wartime foreign intelligence and special operations agency (June 13, 1942 - October 1, 1945), forerunner of the CIA, headed by William Donovan; ran R&A analysis, Secret Intelligence, and Jedburgh sabotage teams.
Office of the Chief Minister (Balhae)
The Office of the Chief Minister (대내상, daenaesang) was the chief minister of Balhae, head of the Jeongdangseong secretariat in a Tang-style government, lasting until Balhae fell in 926.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), an independent US Treasury bureau created in 1863, charters and polices all national banks and federal savings associations.
Office of the Counsel to the Chief Justice
The Office of the Counsel to the Chief Justice is the Supreme Court aide serving as the Chief Justice's chief of staff, created by statute in 1972.