That is not proof that the gifts were not made, however. Some of the major departments declined to comment. And The Post did not survey every single agency or office of the federal bureaucracy — a list so long that even the government itself has trouble keeping track. Official estimates of the number of federal agencies range from 118 up to more than 600, depending on how “agency” is defined, according to a 2018 report by the Administrative Conference of the United States.

Source: Washington Post July 30, 2021 04:47 UTC