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Works cited entries

United States, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Child Nutrition Programs. Eligibility Manual for School Meals: Determining and Verifying Eligibility. National School Lunch Program, July 2015, www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/cn/SP40_CACFP18_SFSP20-2015a1.pdf.

Canada, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. 2015-16 Report on Plans and Priorities. Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2015.

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Treat the government agency as the author, giving the name of the government followed by the name of the department and the agency, if any.
For print sources, give publication information.
For sources found on the web, follow the model for an entire website or a short work from a website, depending on the length of the document and its location on the website.

See also Organization or company as author and Report.

General guidelines for the MLA works cited list

Directory to MLA works cited models

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