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===In Government===

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Although the term Oriental is "sometimes offensive", the term remains inoffensive sometimes and wide use in across the United States. This usage is evidenced by many sources. The term is used on a great number of governmental document and websites across in the USA describing place names,<ref>http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/pr2004/pr04_61.html</ref> medicine,<ref>http://www.acupuncture.ca.gov/pubs_forms/cons_guide_2002.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.health.gov/nhic/NHICScripts/Entry.cfm?HRCode=HR2824</ref> wildlife <ref>http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/January/Day-10/i491.htm</ref><ref>http://ecos.fws.gov/species_profile/servlet/gov.doi.species_profile.servlets.SpeciesProfile?spcode=B03C</ref> plants,<ref>http://www.in.gov/dnr/invasivespecies/oriental_bittersweet_1.pdf</ref> food<ref>http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/syah/orierice.htm</ref><ref>http://hawaii.gov/health/about/rules/11-29.pdf</ref> and people <ref>http://bioethics.gov/transcripts/jun03/session2.html</ref><ref>http://www.michigan.gov/documents/cis_ofis_fis_1043_24817_7.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.fws.gov/midwest/horicon/nativeamericans.html</ref> or communities.<ref>http://www.loc.gov/acq/devpol/sociology.html</ref><ref>http://vitalrecords.alaska.gov/dph/bvs/PDFs/1999/annual_report/Introduction.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/census/Folder.2005-11-23.1639/ec02-reference/small_diner_condensed_final.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.nps.gov/archive/manz/hrs/hrs10i.htm</ref><ref>http://www.va.gov/vetapp/files1/9401243.txt</ref><ref>http://www.michigan.gov/documents/GBFT0203_61996_7.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.nifl.gov/nifl-health/1998/0198.html</ref>  The term is even found on Equal Opportunity Employment<ref>http://ocp.dc.gov/ocp/frames.asp?doc=/ocp/lib/ocp/information/solatt/attachment_j.04_eeo_compliance_documents.doc&open=|34644|</ref> and Fair Housing <ref>http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/library/part109.pdf</ref> documents.  

Although the term Oriental is "sometimes offensive", the term remains inoffensive sometimes and wide use in across the United States. This usage is evidenced by many sources. The term is used on a great number of governmental document and websites across in the USA describing place names,<ref>http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/pr2004/pr04_61.html</ref> medicine,<ref>http://www.acupuncture.ca.gov/pubs_forms/cons_guide_2002.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.health.gov/nhic/NHICScripts/Entry.cfm?HRCode=HR2824</ref> wildlife <ref>http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/January/Day-10/i491.htm</ref><ref>http://ecos.fws.gov/species_profile/servlet/gov.doi.species_profile.servlets.SpeciesProfile?spcode=B03C</ref> plants,<ref>http://www.in.gov/dnr/invasivespecies/oriental_bittersweet_1.pdf</ref> food<ref>http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/syah/orierice.htm</ref><ref>http://hawaii.gov/health/about/rules/11-29.pdf</ref> and people <ref>http://bioethics.gov/transcripts/jun03/session2.html</ref><ref>http://www.michigan.gov/documents/cis_ofis_fis_1043_24817_7.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.fws.gov/midwest/horicon/nativeamericans.html</ref> or communities.<ref>http://www.loc.gov/acq/devpol/sociology.html</ref><ref>http://vitalrecords.alaska.gov/dph/bvs/PDFs/1999/annual_report/Introduction.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/census/Folder.2005-11-23.1639/ec02-reference/small_diner_condensed_final.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.nps.gov/archive/manz/hrs/hrs10i.htm</ref><ref>http://www.va.gov/vetapp/files1/9401243.txt</ref><ref>http://www.michigan.gov/documents/GBFT0203_61996_7.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.nifl.gov/nifl-health/1998/0198.html</ref>  The term is even found on Equal Opportunity Employment<ref>http://ocp.dc.gov/ocp/frames.asp?doc=/ocp/lib/ocp/information/solatt/attachment_j.04_eeo_compliance_documents.doc&open=|34644|</ref> and Fair Housing <ref>http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/library/part109.pdf</ref> documents.