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OPA

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U.S. Government.
  1. Office of Price Administration: the federal agency (1941–46) charged with regulating rents and the distribution and prices of goods during World War II.


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The tentative contract also doubles the number of civilian investigators at the OPA to four.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2024

At 1:27 a.m., according to the OPA report, the officers marked themselves en route.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

The conversation went undiscovered until an SPD public-disclosure employee flagged it in September for agency attorney Rebecca Boatright, who referred it to OPA for investigation.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2024

OPA has not publicly released its full findings in the case, nor has Betts said what discipline he recommended Diaz impose.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2024

During those two periods we had OPA price control that the Congress gave us and War Labor Board wage controls.

From State of the Union Address by Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines)

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