Complex sentence: Following a brief period during the Carter administration, when it was called the International Communications Agency (ICA), to avoid confusion with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) the agency's name was restored to USIA in August 1982.
Split into simpler sentences: Following a brief period during the Carter administration, when it was called the International Communications Agency (ICA). To avoid confusion with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) the agency's name was restored to USIA in August 1982.