As of April 2022, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was the most trusted government agency among the American population, with 20 percent of survey respondents reporting NASA to be very trustworthy, followed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department for Homeland Security (DHS), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were among the most untrustworthy.
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