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| Dept Of Agriculture 1889 | show 🗑
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| show | Promotes economic growth and job creation; gathers economic and demographic data for business and govt decision making; issues patents and trademarks through US Patent and Trademark Office; also includes NIST, NOAA
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| show | Initiated by Washington and created by Congress as Departmnet of War in the first Cabinet. Coordinates and supervises all functions of government relating to national security and military defense.
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| Department of Education 1979 | show 🗑
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| Department of Energy 1977 | show 🗑
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| show | Created as Health Education and Welfare; changed to HHS in 1980; protects health of people in th US and provides essential human services; includes CDC; FDA; NIH
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| Department of Homeland Securtiy 2002 | show 🗑
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| Department of Housing and Urban Development 1965 | show 🗑
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| Department of Interior 1849 | show 🗑
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| show | Attorny General was initially a legal advisor to president and part of the original cabinet; the name stuck when the Department of Justice was created in 1870. Enforces federal laws and defends interests of US government; ensures administration of justice
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| Department of Labor 1913 | show 🗑
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| Department of State 1789 | show 🗑
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| Department of Transportation 1966 | show 🗑
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| show | Prints and mints all paper currency and coins through Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Collects federal taxes through Internal Revenue Service. Advises president on financial issues. Enforces tax evasion, counterfeiting, smuggling, and gun law violations
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| Department of Veterans Affairs 1989 | show 🗑
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| show | independent agency responsible for administering most US government foreign aid, under direction of Secretary of State
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| show | Quasi-governmental agency/corporation created by Congress in 1971 to administer passenger rail service in the US
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| show | Regulatory and law-enforcement agency, part of US Department of Justice, responsible for enforcement of firearms and explosives laws
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| Bureau of Engraving and Printing BEP | show 🗑
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| Central Intelligence Agency CIA | show 🗑
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| Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC | show 🗑
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| show | Intelligence-gathering agency of Department of Defense
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| show | Drug-enforcement agency of Department of Justice; responsible for enforcement of Controlled Substances Act of 1970
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| Enviromental Protection Agency EPA | show 🗑
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| show | Created by President Kennedy and charged with ending employment discrimination in the US
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| Federal Aviation Administration FAA | show 🗑
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| show | Primary investigatory and law-enforcement agency of Dept of Justice; startes ad Bureau of Investigation in 1908
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| Federal Communications Commissions FCC | show 🗑
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| Federal Deposit INsurance Corporation FDIC | show 🗑
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| show | federal agency created in 1974 to enforce federal campaign finance legislation
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| Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA | show 🗑
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| show | quasi-governmental banking system of US government; responsible for monetary policy and regulation of banking system
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| Federal Trade Commission FTC | show 🗑
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| show | Agency of the United States Department of Health and human services; responsible for regulating food, dietary supplements, drugs, biological medical products...etc
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| Government Accountability Office GAO | show 🗑
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| show | Agency of legislative branch of US fovernment responsible for printing all documents related to legislation and the functioning of Congress
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| show | Agency established in 1949 to support the basic functioning of the us government agencies 9buildings, supplies, etc)
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| show | No longer exists separate from dept. of homeland security; now mostly Bureau of department and Customs enforcement
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| show | Bureau of Department of Tresury; responsible for collecting taxes
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| show | International organization that monitors exchange rates and offers financial assistance and advice to countries when requested
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| show | Established in 1958 to administer he us government's space program
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| show | Indepentdent agency charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records
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| show | Federally funded program that offers support and funding for projects that exhibit artistic excellence; founded in 1965
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| show | federally funded program supporting research, education, preservation and public programs in the humanities founded in 1965
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| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA | show 🗑
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| show | Agency part of dept of health and human services; responsible for biomedical research
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| National Security Agency NSA | show 🗑
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| show | Independent agency responsible for investigation of accidents involving aviation, highway marine, pipelines and railroads in the US
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| Nuclear Regulatory commission NRC | show 🗑
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| show | Agency of Department of Labor charged with preventing workplace injuries and illnesses created in 1970
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| Office of Personal Managment OPM | show 🗑
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| show | Independent agency of the us gov established in 1961 to promote world friendship and peace by sending volunteer workers to countries in need
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| Securities and Exchange Commission SEC | show 🗑
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| show | SSSAgency of the US gov created in 1917 to administer draft
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| show | Created in 1953 agency of US government designed to promote the interests of small business including loans
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| show | Agency of us gove administers social security system
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| show | component of executive branch quasi-governmental agency; founded as Post Office Department in 1775 by ben franklin
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| show | Official radio and television broadcasting entity of US gov.
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