The agency also acquired its first toll-free line, opened two new call centers, and extended hours for customer service.

He said the agency typically acquired 150,000 acres a year, worth $60 million.

Occasionally, these agencies acquire lands to protect key sites, resources and viewsheds.

Then nonprofit agencies with housing management experience would acquire them for $1.

The fate of the ancillary programs that the agency has acquired during the last five decades is uncertain.

Less commonly, an agency may acquire information resources using an invitation for bids.

The agency acquires the rights to the unsold time and/or space and places the ads as it becomes available.

Administrative agencies acquire this authority to make rules and regulations that affect legal rights through statutes.

Other agencies, he said, have more properties acquired by "inadvertence."

Two large agencies are acquiring or taking equity stakes in other concerns.