Template:PD-USGov-agency/doc

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This template can display a licensing banner for any defined U.S. federal department or agency. The department or agency's abbreviation is used as the first parameter. See Template:PD-USGov-agency/test for a list of the available banners.

Usage

{{PD-USGov-agency |1= }}

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefaultStatus
1The abbreviation for the source department or agencyemptyrequired

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified

Relies on:
This template uses the standard internationalization setup, with Template:PD-USGov-agency/layout, Template:PD-USGov-agency/en, etc. Information for the specific agencies is contained in Template:PD-USGov-agency/lookup. The template normally pulls the the agency names (in the appropriate language) and logos from Wikidata.

Examples

{{PD-USGov-agency|HHS}}

renders as:

Public domain
This file is a work of an employee of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

{{PD-USGov-agency|NAL}}

renders as:

Public domain
This file is a work of an employee of the United States National Agricultural Library, in the Agricultural Research Service in the United States Department of Agriculture, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.