Contemporary
- Directorates of the Scottish Government
- Directorate-General, a type of specialised administrative body in the European Union
- Directorate-General for External Security, the French external intelligence agency, established 1982
- General Intelligence Directorate (Jordan), the Jordanian state intelligence agency, est. 1964
- Intelligence Directorate, the Cuban state intelligence agency, est. 1961
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate, an agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (United Kingdom), est. 1989
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