Fictional government agencies?
And other oddities
Clive Cussler's fictional "National Underwater and Marine Agency" comes to mind.
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Whatever the inspiration for the fiction was, it is certainly in the context of the existence of actual government agencies.
It's a genre of "men's fiction" sometimes considered "clean" because it contains absolutely no romance or involvement with women.
There's the stereotype of a "gay weatherman" or meteorologist on television.