| Description | Answer |
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| collects taxes and administs the Internal Revenue Code/oversees various benefits programs/enforces parts of ACA/Tea Party targeting scandal/Comm. John Koskinen | |
| created in 1970 by Nixon/conducts workplace safety inspections to insure the health of workers/enforcing a variety of whistleblower statutes and regulations | |
| created in 1952 by Truman/global monitoring, collection, and processing of data critical for counterintelligence (SIGNIT)/reports to DNI/Edward Snowden leaks/PRISM program | |
| created in 1946/HQ in Atlanta/HHS agency/main goal is to protect public health through developing ways to prevent or treat infectious diseases, food-born pathogens, etc. | |
| created by Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004/goal is to effectively integrate foreign, military and domestic intelligence in defense of the US | |
| created in Philadelphia in 1792/produces circulating coinage for the US to conduct trade and commerce/4 active mints:Denver, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and West Point | |
| administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination/Clarence Thomas led this agency for most of the 80's | |
| collects, analyzes, and releases essential statistical data to the Congress, etc/conducts research into how much families need to earn to have a good standard of living | |
| part of the Interior Dept/responsible for the administration and management of 55,700,000 acres of land held in trust by the US for Native Americans | |
| biomedical research facility in Bethesda, Maryland/ largest facility of its kind in the world/discoverd that flouride can prevent tooth decay and lithium can treat bipolar disorder | |
| advises the President, Defense Sec, NSC on national security/1 member from Air Force, Navy, Army, Marines, National Guard/no operational command authority | |
| has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes/director reports to Attorney General/HQ at J. Edgar Hoover Building/56 field offices in US | |
| largest law enforcement agency in the US/ charged with regulating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. regulations on trade and immigration | |
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| created by the Federal Reserve Act in 1913/goals are maximizing employment, stabilizing prices, and moderating long-term interest rates/12 regional banks | |
| created in 1916/part of the Interior Dept/oversees 417 units, including 59 national parks | |
| created in 1965/offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence | |
| responsible for protection of public health through supervision of food safety, tobacco products, prescription and over-the-counter drugs, vaccines, medical devices, etc. | |
| DHS agency/responsible for identifying and investigating vulnerabilities in US border, infrastructure, transportation security/deports illegal immigrants | |
| part of the DOJ/combats drug smuggling and use within the US/lead agency for enforcing the Controlled Substances Act | |
| prior to 2003 part of Treasury Dept/moved to DHS/ investigates and prevents counterfeit US currency/tasked w/protecting POTUS, the VP, and major presidential candidates | |
| works to prevent the unlawful use and manufacture of firearms and explosives, the illegal sale of alcohol and tobacco/regulates the lawful sale, possession, transportation of guns | |
| mission to detect and prevent illegal aliens, terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the US, and prevent illegal trafficking of people and contraband/mobile arm of CBP | |
| authority to regulate all aspects of civil aviation/ regulates construction and operation of airports, the management of air traffic, the certification of personnel, aircraft, etc. | |
| created by the National Housing Act of 1934/sets standards for construction, underwriting, and provides mortgage insurance | |
| Commerce Dept agency that issues patents to inventors and businesses for inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property ID | |
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