Agencies Flashcards
- creates foreign policy
- sets up embassies in foreign countries
- protects and assists Americans traveling abroad
- issues passports and visas
Dept of State
secretary of state
John Kerry
secretary of treasury
Jack Lew
- collecting, borrowing, and spending money
- IRS collects income tax
- US customs collects income tax
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Secret Service hunts countefeiters
- 1789
Dept of Treasury
- oversees army, navy, and the air force
- largest dept in executive branch
- carries out most of President’s duties as commander in chief
- joint chiefs of staff-highest ranking office from each branch
- 1949
Dept of Defense
secretary of defense
Ashton Carter
- attorney general was fourth member of G. Wash’s cabinet
- responsible for investigating crime
- FBI conducts investigations
- 1870
- Bureau of Prisons
- DEA
- US Marshal Service
Dept of Justice
attorney general of justice
Loretta Lynch
- responsible for conservation and protection of nation’s land and resources
- includes Fish and Wildlife Service
- National Park Service
- Bureau of Indians (562 tribes)
- Bureau of Land Management
- 1849
Dept of Interior
secretary of interior
Sally Jewell
- helps farmers and consumers of farm products
- USDA’s soil and conservation service
- Food and Nutrition service distributes food stamps to millions of families
- US Forest Service
- Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Farmer’s Home Administration
- WIC
- 1889
Dept of Agriculture
secretary of agriculture
Thomas Vilsach
- established to encourage growth of American business
- supervises international trade
- oversees NOAA
- promotes tourism and business
- Bureau of Census
- 1903
Dept of Commerce
secretary of commerce
Penny Pritzker
- OSHA sets health and safety standards
- BLS collects info about the job marketing
- provides job training for new workers
- unemployment insurance for workers
- 1913
Dept of Labor
secretary of labor
Thomas Perez
- CDC
- FDA
- NIH
- Social Security
- Family Support Administration
- Medicare: elderly
- Medicaid:aid the poor
- 1953
Dept of Health and Human Services
secretary of health and human services
Silvia Matthews Burwell
- oversees America’s defenses against terrorism
- FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
- ICE: Immigration Customs Enforcement
- USCIS: US Citizenship and Immigration Service
- 2002
Dept of Homeland Security
secretary of homeland security
Jeh Johnson
- supervises loans to farmers by federal banks; FCA
- executive agency
Farmer Credit Administration
- gathers political and military info on foreign nations; CIA
- executive
Central Intelligence Agency
- maintains federal office buildings and property; GSA
- executive
General Service Administration
- promotes scientific research; NSF
- executive
National Science Foundation
- protects the interests of small business; SBA
- executive
Small Business Administration
- gathers and evaluates info on discrimination
- executive
Commission on Civil Rights
- develops and administers the space program; NASA
- executive
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- protects and enhances the environment; EPA
- executive
Environmental Protection Agency
- administers programs and voluntary service including the peace corps
- executive
ACTION
- prevents monopolies and unfair business practices; FTC
- regulatory commissions
Federal Trade Commisson
- regulates the stock market; SEC
- regulatory commissions
Securities and Exchange Commission
- regulates radio and television; FCC
- regulatory commissions
Federal Communications Commission
- protects the rights of employees; NLRB
- regulatory commissions
National Labor Relations Board
- works to eliminate job discrimination; EEOC
- regulatory commissions
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- develops standards of safety for consumer goods; CPSC
- regulatory commissions
Consumer Product Safety Commission
TVA; government corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
AMTRAK; government corporation
trains
- Establishes general monetary policies; FED
- regulatory commissions
Federal Reserve System
