Government Department/Agencies Flashcards
Who is the current secretary of state?
Mike Pompeo
Department of Labor
Responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, reemployment services, and some economic statistics; many U.S. states also have such departments.
Department of State
Responsible for carrying out U.S. foreign policy and international relations
Department of Energy
Concerned with the United States’ policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material.
Department of Health and Human Services
protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services
Department of Defense
charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces
Who is the current secretary of defense?
Mark Esper
Joint Chiefs of Staff
body of senior uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense which advises the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council on military matters
National Security Council
the President’s principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials
National Clandestine Service
the undercover arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the authority on all clandestine operations throughout the world that concerns the nation’s intelligence community
US Intelligence Community
a group of separate United States government intelligence agencies and subordinate organizations, that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities to support the foreign policy and national security of the United States
The IRS is part of which US department?
Department of the Treasury
Department of Commerce
concerned with promoting economic growth. Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, and helping to set industrial standards and works with businesses, universities, communities, and the Nation’s workers to promote job creation, economic growth, sustainable development, and improved standards of living for Americans
Department of Homeland Security
responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency signed into order by Richard Nixon in 1970 to protect the environment
