The Executive Department

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The Executive Department
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Department of State (1789)

• Plans and Carries out the Nations foreign
  policy.
• Secretary of State Colin Powell

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Department of State
Issues Passports and Visas Allows a person
to Stay for a specific period of time.
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Department of Treasury -1789

• Collects, borrows, spends, and prints money.

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Dept of Treasury Divisions

• IRS Internal Revenue Service
• Collects taxes
• U.S. Customs Service
• Collects taxes on items sent into
• The U.S. (Combats Smuggling)

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Department of Treasury

• Secret Service Originally set up to combat
  counterfeiting operations.
• Main job now is to protect the President, Vice
  President their families, and important
  dignitaries.

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Department of Treasury

• How long does money last?
• Each Bill contains 75 cotton mostly dungaree
  scraps. The other 25 is flax, a plant used to
  make linen. Each bill costs about 4 cents to make.

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Department of Treasury

• The lifespan (in years) of Paper Currency.
• 1 1.5 20 2.0
• 5 1.25 50 5.0
• 10 1.5 100 8.5

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Department of Defense

• Department oversees the Army, the Navy, Marine
  Corps, and Air Force. DOD is the largest dept w/
  825,000 civilian employees and budget of 270
  billion.

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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
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Department of Defense

• By law, the secretaries of the Army, Navy, and
  Air Force, as well as the secretary of defense,
  may not be military officers.

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Department of Homeland Defense

• 1. United States Coast Guard
• 2. Immigration and
• Naturalization Service

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Department of Justice

• Includes Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
  and U.S. Marshall Service.

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Department of Justice

• Established in 1870. Whenever a federal law is
  broken the Justice Dept investigates, tracks down
  law breakers, puts them on trial, and
  punishes them.

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Department of the Interior

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Responsible for Management of Public Lands And
Implementing of Conservation Programs.
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Department of the Interior
National Park Service oversees over 80 million
acres of land in National Parks in the U.S.
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Department of the Interior

• Includes the Fish and Wildlife Service which
  protects endangered animals.

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Department of Agriculture

• USDA was established in 1889 and its job is to
  help both the farmer and the consumer. Helps to
  develop new crops and ways to grow them.

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Department of Agricultural

• Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA
  Inspected) Meat, Poultry, Fish, and other animal
  products.

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Department of Commerce

• Established in 1903. Encourages the growth of
  businesses and promotes Tourism.

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Department of Commerce

• Bureau of Census
• National Patent and Trademark Office
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  (NOAA)

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Department of Labor

• Created in 1913 to create safer working
  Conditions.
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Provides info in planning careers

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Department of Health
Human Services

• Dept of HHS is concerned w/ the welfare of
  Americans.
• Social Security Administration
• Provides financial
• Support to the
• Elderly and others

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Dept of HHS

• 2. Centers for Disease Control
• Located in Atlanta, GA
• Looks into
• Prevention and
• Cure of Disease.

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Dept of HHS

• Food and Drug Administration
• Oversees the safety of all Food, Drugs, and
  Cosmetics in U.S.

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Dept of Housing Urban Development (HUD)

• Distributes Federal Grants to pay for rebuilding
  Slums, Improving Neighborhoods,
• and Building
• low income
• housing.

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Department of Transportation

• DOT manages the nations highways, railroads,
  airlines, and Sea traffic.

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Department of Transportation

• National Highway Traffic
• Safety Administration
• 2. Federal Aviation Administration
• 3.

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Department of Energy

• Created in 1977 to deal with an energy crises.
  Regulates
• the development
• and use of U.S. oil
• and gas resources
• Regulates Nuclear Power IN

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Department of Education

• Offers advice and federal
• funds for schools. Helps
• w/ bilingual education,
• Health drug education, and Vocational
• Training.
• Mr. Decker

Mr. Decker is the coolest
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Dept of Veterans Affairs

• About 27 million Americans have
• served in the Armed forces.
• Provides Financial aid,
• educational assistance,
• And medical care for vets.

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Executive Agencies

• Executive Agency responsible for dealing w/
  certain specialized areas of government.
• 1. CIA Central Intelligence Agency

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Executive Agencies

• 2. National Science Foundation Promotes
  Scientific research
• 3. National Aeronautics Space
• Administration Develops the Space Program.

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Executive Agencies

• 4. National Foundation on the Arts and the
  Humanities Provides grants for the promotion
  for arts.
• 5. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Protects
  Environment.

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Regulatory Commissions

• Regulatory Commissions Independent agencies
  that protects the public by controlling certain
  businesses and industries. They have executive,
  legislative, and judicial powers.

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Regulatory Commissions

• Federal Reserve System Establishes general
  Monetary policies.
• Federal Trade Commission Prevents monopolies
  and unfair business practices.

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Regulatory Agencies

• 3. Securities and Exchange Commission Regulates
  the Stock Market.
• 4. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  Regulates radio and tv.

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Government Corporations

• Government Corporations Similar to a private
  corporation, but the Government owns it.
• Post Office is one example of a Gov Corp.