departments: Data on departments
In jfjelstul/ecio: The European Commission Internal Organization (ECIO) Database

This dataset includes data on departments of the Commission, including Directorates-General and service departments (1958-2021). There is one observation per unique department. A new observation is created every time a department is renamed, even if the department itself does not change. This allows you to track changes in department nomenclature over time.

1	departments

A data frame with 11 variables:

key_id: numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each observation. Indicates the default sort order for the dataset.
department_id: numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each department.
department: string. The name of the department.
commissions: string. A list of the Commissions in which the department appeared, separated by a comma.
count_commissions: numeric. The number of Commissions in which the department appeared.
is_current_department: dummy. A dummy variable indicating whether the department is a current department under the von der Leyen Commission. Coded 1 if the department is a current department and 0 otherwise.
department_type_id: numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies the type of the department. Coded 1 for Directorate-General and 2 for Service department. See the variable department_type.
department_type: string. The type of the department. Either Directorate-General or Service department.
department_code: string. The common abbreviation of the department. Coded Not applicable of there is not an abbreviation for the department. Coded None for all Commissions prior to the Prodi Commission.
policy_area: string. The name of the policy area. See the policy_areas dataset.
current_department: string. The name of the current department. See the departments dataset.