Government Acronyms by Eli

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Across
  1. 2. Oversees about 300 different programs
  2. 3. Builds roads,briges,rail lines, and airports
  3. 4. Insures some mortgages that private banks make to homeowners
  4. 6. Certifies the quality of foods and cosmetics sold in America
  5. 7. Establishes rules for air traffic
  6. 9. An organization that tracks down criminals on a global scale
  7. 10. Handles programs for veterans
  8. 11. Collects statistics on diseases and formulate policies for reducing disease
  9. 13. Gives the office cabinet status
  10. 15. A seven-member panel has the job of overseeing the practices of railroads
  11. 18. Issues weather forecast and disseminates weather data that it gathers from satellites
  12. 20. Awards almost 50,000 competitive grants
  13. 22. Separated from the executive branch
Down
  1. 1. Began in 1862 as non cabinet-level agency of federal government
  2. 4. pools together mortgage loans and sells large packages to investors
  3. 5. Mission is to encourage homeownership
  4. 6. Insures the deposits that people have in banks
  5. 7. Makes profit by charging a fee to the investors who buy the Loan packages
  6. 8. Leads the federal government's response to natural disasters
  7. 12. Created in 1947 by Congress and the Navy Department
  8. 14. Created after the stock market crash
  9. 16. Gathers intelligents for the government's security
  10. 17. Also makes profit by charging a fee to the investors who buy the Loan packages
  11. 19. Protecting the oil reserves in Alaska
  12. 21. Replaced the Federal Security Agency in 1953